ACCA BT Syllabus E. Personal Effectiveness and Communication in Business - Role of Information Technology - Notes ^{3 / 3}

IT Planning Aids:

• Electronic personal organisers

• Project management software

• Hand-held computerised dairies

• Integrated software packages

Integrated software packages like MS Outlook® has the following features for personal productivity management:

1. A calendar allows users to timetable their activities for the day and plan meetings with others. 

   It will also be able to generate reminders, for example when a deadline is approaching, or the date of a meeting.

2. An address book.

3. To do lists.

4. A journal. This can automatically record interactions with people involved in a project, such as email messages and record and time actions such as creating and working on files. 

   The journal will keep track of all of this and is useful both as a record of work done and as a quick way of finding relevant files and messages without having to remember where each one is saved.

5. A jotter for jotting down notes as quick reminders of questions, ideas, and so on.

Handheld

Computers like the Palm do not attempt to do the work of a complete computer. 

It tracks appointments and contacts, synchronises them with a desktop computer, and takes the occasional note. 

The features include

• Date book

• Address book

• To Do list

• Calculator

• Expense Tracking

• Memo pad