Plan
Check below video to create step by step project or plan
From a Birthday party to a grand Wedding or you can absolutely plan everything at PlanMyWork. In the Create Plan, you would see ready to use Templates as –
Above screen show the brief of navigation about the Plan. We have covered most of the frequently used plans with the template to take off some work from your shoulder. We are constantly working to improve it further in the best way possible. We also working on adding new template which might help you to automate your day to day work.
However, if you have a Custom Plan and want to define your own Template, use the Option below to create a Custom Plan. You are in control of everything at PlanMyWork.
Once you choose Ready to use Plan, you will see the list of ready to use Plans to choose from. You can also choose from ready to use the templates from the drop-down menu at the right top corner. Choose the Plan you would like to manage
Let’s Plan and manage a Wedding. From Invitations to Shopping, Reception to Band Baja and Baarat, you can plan and manage every nook and corner related to Wedding at PlanMyWork.
Enter Plan Name – Once you select a predefined template, you can enter the Plan Name here. This will be the main Title which will also appear on your dashboard where you can track the overall progress of all your plans.
Add Member – This would be a good time to create your team for the Plan or overall contact list. Once you click on add member button, you will get a pop up to as below to add the Member. If a member already exists in application, just provide the Email address, rest of details will be auto-populated. Add required Email Address, Name and Mobile number of your team member.
Once you are done with adding your team members, the list of Members will appear below to choose from -
Click on Select Icon to select Team members to your Plan. These Members will be auto-suggested during Task creations. You can simply assign the task to these members in your plan. Once you are done selecting Plan, selected Members will appear on right as a final list before you finally add them to Your Plan. After reviewing, click on Add Plan to proceed
Once you Add Members to your Plan, you will be shown next screen to add Categories, Planning and Budgeting.
1 Select Category & Add Tasks
Categories will auto-populate based upon the type of Plan You Choose. All the relevant Categories are ready to choose from. You can do the plan for each category, create Tasks and reminders about these. You can also create your own custom category by clicking on the ‘Add New Category Button’. You also have the option to Edit or Delete any existing category per your convenience. At PlanMyWork, you are in control of your plans.
Once you select the Category, you will see the related Tasks, Tips, and Item List which are relevant to that Category.
Tasks
Tasks are what makes a Plan, and Category helps you keep those Tasks organized. Choose from pre-existing tasks which are available in individual categories. You can select all the Tasks from available tasks. Should you need a Task which doesn’t exist, click on ‘Add New Task’ to create a Custom Task under any individual Category.
Tips
Tips help you to keep extra notes and checks in place which are helpful in completing the Tasks efficiently. For Example, if you are in Category ‘Venue’ and Adding Tasks to Finalize a Hotel, you can select or add custom Tips like to check the Reviews, Feedback, Quotes etc. Tips come in handy for all type of tasks.
Items
For each Task, you might feel the need of items which are required to complete it. This is a free entry where you can create multiple lists and add multiple items under each list. To create an Item list, click on Add New List and start adding the items you feel would be required to complete the Tasks. You can also add multiple items but only choose to check only a those you needed while executing task. Once you are done with Tasks, Tips, and Items you can navigate to the next Category to continue Planning.
Once you are done with Planning for the Categories you need, you will see the summary of the Plan at right side like this –
Review the Added Categories, Tasks, Tips and Items in that category and Click on ‘Proceed to Plan’ to start Planning these Tasks.
2. Planning
Tasks -
Once you add required Categories, Tasks and Tips you can Plan the same under Planning.
Under Each Category’s Task, you can assign Members, give date and timeline and assign the required vendors.
First Assign Date and Time for the Task
Add Vendors – We have a list of Vendors in our database which is constantly increasing. If your tasks involve a vendor / places / business, those vendors will be visible here. For Example, for a shopping task, a shopping mall/store can be added in ‘Assigned Vendors’.
Note – Click on Note to add any comments you have for your reference related to Task.
Members – End Results are always better with teams. From your member’s list, you can assign a task to many of the selected members. Assigned members will be visible here. If any member leaves project or require removing from member list, then first remove member from all tasks that assigned to member and then remove from plan member list.
Tips - Within planning section, once you are done with the Tasks, you have the option to go to Tips and Items for individual Tasks. Navigate to Tips from the navigation button shown below to see the Tips for each Task at once –
Items -
After you are done with Tasks and Tips, it’s time to prepare your Items for all the Tasks where you have added them.
Navigate to Items as shown below and update the quantities of those items which you would need to complete the Tasks. –
Once you are done with your first Task. Repeat the same steps for all the Tasks, Tips and Items. Once you are done its time to go to Budgeting.
Budgeting
Budgeting is one of the simple, intuitive and most powerful part in PlanMyWork. You can Use Budgeting standalone irrespective of the Categories you selected. For Instance, You can do the Budgeting for Transports, even though you have not added any Tasks in this category.
You can choose from pre-existing Items or add an item of your own choice for which you would like to do the Budgeting. Even you can delete these items that pre-populated if you wish not to see them in your budget.
Once you enter an amount for an individual item in each Category, you will the summary of Totals at the Top –
Print and Offline PDF
To print the Plan, click on the Print Icon. If you would like to email or take the Plan offline, you can always download the Plans, click on the PDF Icon.