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Getting things done
If you think the group of people that you work with could be getting more done, or having an easier time doing it, you probably haven’t met one of these needs or the connections that support them.
Every organisation, a business, government department, a social club, etc, all exist to achieve something. This can usually be broken into two sorts of tasks. One is to create value for the people who ensure you exist, often with money. Then there are internal tasks to make you better able to do these external tasks.
- Tasks often require information, and then produce information, so they need to be linked to files.
- They’re done for people, who often work for businesses
- They’re done by various people, who are often in teams of departments
- These people follow SOPs, and need training
- Tasks get lost easily, so we keep them together in projects
- Projects and their tasks are often tied to locations
- The people, businesses, and other things have locations
- As things get done, knowledge is accumulated and needs to be shared
- There are costs and payments that need to be tracked in accounts
- Everything takes time which needs to be used effectively
- Resources are used, both physical and software
- All of these things need to be communicated about
You can already see these needs don’t stand alone. To benefit, they must all work together.
Information is rich
Then all of these things are enriched with information. The task has a due date, maybe a priority. The project also has a due date, and a manager. Files need to be found, so it’s useful to know their purpose and format. Everything is enriched and made more useful by attaching information.
But information also needs to be accurate. This requires it to be managed in a way that maintains a single source of truth that is updated automatically.
Everything is connected
Connections convert a sea of data into a network of information. And when it is designed well, that information flows through the network. So the time that it has taken to do a task, can flow through to the project. The contract signed for the project can be linked to the business it is for. SOPs for a department get signatures recorded by that department’s staff.
In a system that has been deeply integrated, these connections automatically produce the information when actions are taken. So everything is automatically captured and updated.
Reporting is visual
This network of things, enriched with data, and connected to everything else becomes a lot of information. Too much information to take in at a glance. So the container that holds this deeply integrated information needs a way to only show what’s important. Your to-do list must only show what can be done now, and just enough information to decide what to do next. Your contact list just needs to show contact details, and when they were last contacted.
Simplicity comes from showing only what is needed, when it is needed. So you can have the powerful functionality of rich and connected information, while keeping everything clear and easy to use. This is enhanced by formatting the information to make the most sense. Tasks are a list. How time’s been spent is a chart. What’s happening in a project is a timeline.
A comprehensive and flexible foundation
Because every organisation has these needs, and because these needs all need to be linked together in the same way, building how this all connects together only needs to be done once. That’s what the Complete Business Management Suite is. All of these pieces connected together in a way that makes it easy to work with and report on.
Your organisation may still have other unique needs. The Complete Business Management Suite has been built on Notion. So it is easy to customise and extend your workspace to ensure it is a perfect fit. Some of this might have already been done for you, like events management, including attendees. Instead of waiting and hoping your software provider will get around to your request, make the change as soon as you need it.
See this in action
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