My tip: keep a site diary!

[readiescards]

My tip for project management is to keep a diary of who's on site and what they are doing.  Although I've got a security camera recording this it would have saved me lots of time if I'd kept a diary from the start.

 

My 'diary' now is a simple text file in a Dropbox folder that me or my partner (co Project Manager) update daily consisting of just a line per day giving which contractor is onsite, how many men and what they are doing. Takes about 30 secs a day to update.

 

 

 

 

[ToughButterCup]

Hmmm, thanks for the nudge.  Got a site diary, but it's so full of sludge and 'notes-to-self' - your idea is so much simpler and better.

 

Just decided that (I use Box) it would be best to use the resident BoxNote file format because I can update that from any device - even my very poorly specified phone. In other words, I don't need an editor on the machine I use to make the entry, because the editor is resident in the browser. (Needs to be HTML5 and CSS3 compliant I think)

 

Ian

[SteamyTea]

I always used a daily diary when running factories, they called me Mr Pad in one place.

Proved its worth many times.

[Grosey]

I use Evernote on the iPhone, add daily whose on site, what's happened and add in a couple of progress pics.