How often has it happened to you that you actually came up with a brilliant idea that you then introduced and presented to your colleagues – but it didn’t turn out as you intended? One of the reasons might be that your team’s ‘to do’ list is simply too long and that no priorities have been defined. Another reason, though, might be that the tasks were not clear to everybody involved – and here a written document often helps.
Work plan
A written work plan is one way of organizing and allocating tasks. The example given here gets better and better as more specific information is added. Putting your ideas into words in the first step forces you to be specific. As soon as you add the names of the people responsible, you add a very binding component to the plan. If it shows that additional resources are necessary, the work plan can serve as the basis for discussions with the leadership. To use this work plan in the best possible way, it is essential to see it as something dynamic which needs to be reviewed and adapted at regular intervals.
Download the work plan template (word)