Remember to do this! Don’t forget to finish off that task by tomorrow! Have you done this? Can you tell me the progress of that task please?

Management expects their employees to answer such questions immediately to enable them to make accurate plans. If not provided with the right tools employees tend to use out of date techniques to handle their to do list. Old technique include:

Keeping their to do list on a piece of paper

This technique of keeping a to do list is unreliable and unscalable. It is unreliable since papers are easily lost and it is unscalable since if the tasks to handle increase the solution will become unfeasible.

Keep your to do list in a text editor

This technique is better than the former since it is a more reliable method. The problem with this method is that you cannot set reminders or prioritise your tasks.

A to do list software helps employees handle their to do list in an efficient and effective way. To do list software:

• allows the input and modification of tasks.

• allows an employee to handle tasks in an efficient manner by splitting them into smaller and less complex sub tasks.

• stores all tasks with their related notes files and participants in a safe place. This will avoid the loss of important information.

• boosts the productivity of the employees since they do not waste their time in the administration of their own tasks.

• helps employees keep track of the progress on each task.

• makes employees more committed, since they will be reminded of approaching deadlines and hence remind them to finish off tasks on time.

• provides a report of the ongoing progress of all the tasks an employee is handling.

• boosts the morale (which in turn has an effect on productivity) of employees, when they will mark a task as complete.

It is the duty of management to provide their employees with the right tool to handle their to do list.