This document provides tips for meeting deadlines, including organizing and prioritizing tasks, planning backwards from the deadline, grouping similar tasks, multitasking, establishing routines, rewarding yourself, breaking projects into small tasks with time slots, writing tasks down, finding extra time, removing distractions, working in the correct environment, knowing your strengths and weaknesses, and allowing for unforeseen issues. The overall message is that careful planning, organization, prioritization, and time management are key to achieving deadlines.

1. Welcome
How to Meet
Deadlines
Date: July 18, 2015
Presented By : Development Team
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2. • Well organised and well planed.
• Be realistic in the tasks.
• Create environments - both internal and external.
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Few tips to achieve deadline

3. Organise and Prioritise
Plan backwards from your deadline and use tools to
organise, track, and keep on top of your project.
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4. Organise and Prioritise
• Prioritise Tasks :
Decide tasks urgency according to the deadline,
amount of marks attributed to the project and on
practicalities.
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5. Organise and Prioritise
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6. Organise and Prioritise
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• Plan Ahead :
It’s easier to get straight on to a task if you have
already planned what and how you are going to do it.
Similarly, you can waste a great deal of time just
trying to make a decision ... before you know it it’s
lunch time and you’ve done nothing!

7. Organise and Prioritise
• Group Tasks :
Increase your efficiency by grouping similar tasks.
For eg., Three separate trips are far less efficient
than one trip to do all the tasks which are on the
way.
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8. Organise and Prioritise
• Multitask :
If possible one should try to do multi tasking by
doing two things one which is tough and another
which is lighter and can be done easily.
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9. Organise and Prioritise
• Establish a Routine :
If you make it a habit to do certain tasks at a specific
time, you don’t think twice about it, it just happens
automatically.
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10. Work Hard And Play Hard
• Plan times to have fun :
Build a timetable for your project and stick to it.
Include guilt-free time for having fun and socializing
so build timetable which also includes that .
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11. Work Hard And Play Hard
• Reward Yourself :
Reward yourself when you complete tasks with
things you like.
Don’t Cheat!
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12. Break The Project Down
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Divide the project into small tasks and allocate time slots to
achieve each task.
 Give yourself several small deadlines and stick to them.
 Define the tasks and make them specific, realistic and achievable.
 Do small tasks in small time slots - use spare bits of time
productively.

13. Write It Down
• This helps you think about the project and identify what
steps are involved in completing the project.
 What and When
 Become a 'list' Person
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14. Find Extra Time
• Find all of the small pieces of wasted time in your life and
press them into service
 Assess your life
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15. Remove Distractions
• Turn off your Phone, Social Media, or any other
Distracting Devices while you are working on the task at
hand.
• If you have other things on your mind that are interfering
with your concentration, put them safely to one side so
that you can focus on the task ahead.
Once you have finished the task you can ‘reload’ your
troublesome thoughts into your brain.
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16. Work In The Correct Environment
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17. Know YourSelf
• Keep on track- monitor your progress and put in a little
effort to catch up if you fall slightly behind…its easier to
catch up from small delays than big ones.
• Work on demanding tasks when you are at your best – are
you a ‘morning person’ or a ‘night owl’?
• Undertake tasks that require extended focus at times
when you are less likely to be interrupted.
• Allow for unforeseen circumstances – something will
always go wrong when it’s most inconvenient!
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18. “The moment a project is behind deadline, quality
assurance tends to go out of the window.”
Thank you!
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