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Your Sticky Notes Are Not A Project Management Tool

       Look around your desk, your walls, everywhere in your office. There is likely to be a sticky note or loose note placed somewhere.  However, I have seen throughout my career that to some, the sticky note is used for more than just the little things and has become the default for everything that must be remembered. They will use the humble sticky note to manage their every move, meeting, appointment, plan or idea, plastering them en masse across their workspaces. Surely we have all witnessed someone frantically looking for that loose note somewhere, with the only thing turning up being frustration. Perhaps they didn't lose the note but simply forgot about it and failed to meet a deadline.   If your sticky notes and loose notes are overwhelming you, that is a sign that you need to adopt better project management strategies. But what about your growing wall stickies in your office, how do you part with your old ways overnight? Old habits die hard, a...