When you’re a Designer on team, you’re probably juggling with several clients and projects at once. Then you should know how important it is to use a project management tool to keep your work on the right track. A tool that will help you stay organised, collaborate in real time and keep up with the current task at hand. And there’s where Outplanr steps in. 👋
And how can Outplanr help me? You ask. Well, just sit back, relax and get to know all the amazing features Outplanr has to help you rocking your Designer work. 🤩🥇
Plan awesome projects better: If you have multiple projects with one or several clients you’ll be able to view each project on its own with separate tasks lists. You’ll also be able to break down large, complex tasks lists into simple ones and split your project task list in Sections, for even better planning.
Create project templates: Whether you work at a small agency or at a in-house Design team for a big company you probably stick to a process. By creating a design project template you’ll record how to carry out each step.
Teamwork made easy: The Plan view is a great place to assign work to your team, across different projects, and check how busy or free they are. If a teammate is too overwhelmed with work you can drag-and-drop tasks to another one. With this easy planning you’ll certainly avoid team burnout and guide everyone towards greater productivity and creativity.
Always on time: Keep work moving forward on time with due dates. Set a due date to every task and make sure you stay on top of deadlines.
Check project progress: In the Project Details you’ll see what’s going on with your project in a glance, including all tasks and events created within that project. In this view you can quickly add tasks and check their status, progress and time balance against the time planned.
Track tasks in real-time: With “Task Play and Pause” everyone in your team will know exactly what’s happening at any given moment. The time recorded will be shown when you mark a task as done. If you’re being paid hourly this will make it easier to know how much to bill your client for at a later date.
Collaborate with clients: You can add a “Standard” person to a team, giving them restricted access to a specific project. Doing this will allow your clients to take a sneak peek at what you’ve been doing.
Book meetings: Besides adding tasks in Outplanr you can add Events as well. By event we mean an important project milestone, a deadline or a meeting. When you add an attendee to an Event, the time spent on that event shows in the Plan view as allocated.
Get one master calendar: Or as we prefer to call it the Plan View. This is where everyone’s tasks, projects and events are sync, allowing you to see the big picture. It’s ideal for you to organize your team’s weekly workload.
Set daily reminders: This feature might be particularly handy for those who are, let’s say… a bit distracted. If you activate e-mail notifications, an e-mail will reach your inbox everyday at 7am with your tasks for today. You can also receive an e-mail when an urgent task is assigned to you.
Stay updated from anywhere: With the super-handy mobile app for Android and iOS that you can download. And if you don’t feel like downloading the app know that Outplanr also has a fully responsive mobile version so you’ll get immediate access to your Work View and you’ll be able to start tasks, check them off and or add new tasks and events on the go.
Apart from all these there is a fairly long list of features that Outplanr brings along that will certainly improve overall work efficiency and workflow.
It’s beyond doubt how important it is for your Design Team to stay organised, so that it can position itself to come up with original ideas and meet ambitious deadlines. Let’s picture this: if you’re a Super Design Team 🦸♂️ then Outplanr can be your trustworthy sidekick, always helping you to move work forward faster.
Now that you know all about Outplanr’s features it’s time to try them out. Just go to our website, enter your e-mail address and start a 30 days FREE trial! (A little heads up, once you try it you won’t get enough of it 😉🔝)
