When you work from home, most of the time, we lose time and end up with incomplete tasks. So planning and creating sticky notes is the best practice we use. But what if I tell you that you don’t need these things and that you always finish your work on time. In this article, we will learn how to use Microsoft planner and keep track of tasks when work from home.
Microsoft Planner is a to-do application only provided with Office 365. In these days of self-quarantine, let’s learn how to use the app to make us more productive. While being at home can make us lazy, prioritizing tasks is what we need to do.
Use Microsoft Planner to track tasks
The application works with “PlansLinked to Office 365 groups. This means that all tasks or plans work according to the group to which they belong. When a new plan is created, a new group is also created automatically. Unless the task is assigned to an existing group, it will always create a new group. But if you don’t understand it, don’t worry, you will learn by working on a daily basis.
Lily: How to add plans and tasks in Microsoft Planner.
When we work for an organization, whether large or small, we even differentiate one task. From planning to completion, we divide a task into several stages. The planner allows us to create compartments like this so that we can differentiate tasks. Now small organizations can divide tasks like Make, In progress, Completed. However, the naming convention and not. compartments may vary from large organizations.
When it comes to writing an article, we try to structure the alias as Planning, Research, Writing, Editing, Revision, Submitted for review, etc. We can also use progress bars to display task progress.
To create the tasks, you must create the compartments. The compartments contain the tasks accordingly.
in the Board section click Add a new compartment.
Enter the name of the bucket.
Now click on Add task.
Enter the task name, define due date and assign it to the employee.
Click on Add Task and the task is created.
After creating a plan and tasks, one can simply prioritize it. To set the priority, click on the task from any compartment. Now select the Priority drop down level.
Each priority level has its own logo. To assign the task, simply click on the Attribute and enter the employee’s email id. You can also define task colors. Larger task, on the right side of the window, you will come across the color palette. Select one.
You can easily define the progress of the tasks assigned to you. Expand the task and select the task progress from the drop-down list. Enter the task notes or descriptions.
To check the overall progress of the Plan and Tasks, click on Graphics in the menu above. It will show you the status of the plan in any way possible.
You can also add your tasks to yours Outlook Calendar. Just click on the three dots in the top menu next to it Program and select Add a plan to Outlook calendar. 
Now click on Publish then click on Add to Outlook. 
In a new tab, your Outlook Office 365 calendar will open. Select here the calendar you use for your office work, choose a color and click on Import.
There you are, all of you are ready to complete the task entrusted to you two days ago.
Now you can track each task using Microsoft Planner.
If you use it daily with wider use, it will become the most powerful and useful application for you.