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When the topic of *personal goal setting* comes up, the first thing that comes to anyone’s mind is to write down your goals. It’s a great suggestion-writing down your goals, because well, you have a better chance of achieving them when you see them written down almost everyday. 

However, I’ve thought of how that helps in the long run and I can’t say for sure if it helps much. Yes, you see that you wrote down some goals you plan to achieve this year in your Notes app but is seeing them almost everyday helping to take you closer to achieving them? I think not. 

This is why the use of a project management tool can come in handy. Your goals can be broken down into different projects you plan to have finished before the end of the year, you can put in place certain metrics you plan to track, you can always know how well you’re doing by taking a single look in the right place for a graphical representation of your progress, and so many other perks. You can boost your chances of success by being organized, focused, and accountable by employing a project management tool. 

Project management tools, containing features like task lists, calendars, Gantt charts, and collaboration features, can assist you in properly managing personal projects, just as they would manage professional projects at work. 

The goal here is to develop a disciplined and strategic approach to personal goal planning and tracking that can your boost productivity, enhance time management, and lead to increased success in reaching your personal objectives.

In this article, I will be writing about how setting your personal goals and tracking them with project management tools is beneficial to you. 
## How can project management tools help your personal goal setting and tracking? 

With its many important features, project management tools can do a lot for setting your personal goals and tracking your progress. 
Here’s how project management tools are beneficial to your personal goal setting and tracking: 

### **1. It helps keep your goals organized**

Writing down your goals in your Notes app, for example, does little to nothing in helping to organize what you have to do, and sometimes, it can even overwhelm you. Incorporating a project management tool helps arrange your goals in a way that doesn’t overwhelm you and makes sure you are aware of everything in your purview. 

### 2. **It helps you adapt to changes easily**

Let’s say you planned to apply to at least 10 different places for an internship everyday for a month, and then you now have more responsibilities and you need to create time for them. Using a project management tool helps you make that change by updating and changing the deadlines of your tasks. It aids your flexibility to your changing circumstances which is the only constant when trying to achieve a goal. 

### 3. It helps you to prioritize your tasks in order of importance
A good project management tool helps you to outline your tasks/projects in order of importance in order to give you a clearer picture of what you need to do and when it is relevant. A tool like [Drogo](drogo.ai) has a *personal focus* feature that lets you state what your focus for that week is and plug in the tasks that are relevant. This does a lot for your focus and overall productivity. 
### 4. It helps you to track your progress more easily
A study carried out by Wrike found that people who use a project management tool are 2.5 times more likely to successfully achieve their goals. That’s compelling information, if you ask me.

Putting your goals in a Notes app or just plain writing them down in a book, cannot help to accurately measure your progress. A good project management tool like [Drogo](drogo.ai), will always make sure you are greeted with a chart of how well or how badly you are doing with a goal you have set for yourself. 
Let’s say you planned to have learnt a skill and you have broken down that one goal into at least 2 tasks a day, and you are lagging, you wouldn’t have to do much to know how behind you are in achieving your goals and where you need to step up. 

### 5. It preserves your motivation  and makes being accountable easier
I know what you’re thinking; you’re thinking, “for motivation I can just set reminders on my phone for me to get things done, I don’t need a whole tool for that”. 
Well, you do. 
Using a project management tool for your personal goals can help you preserve your motivation by making it easier for you to collaborate with others who might have great ideas for you to achieve your goals or people who are able to act as accountability partners to keep your spirit alive. 

Edwin A. Locke developed the goal-setting theory in 1968. According to his hypothesis, when people commit to another person, they are more likely to achieve their goals.
An American Society of Training and Development (ASTD) study then found that these people are 65% more likely to achieve their goals when they commit to another person. So, it can make a big difference in staying motivated and achieving your goals if you have someone to share your progress with, who can offer encouragement and support.
A great tool facilitates this. 
### 6. It makes collaboration a walk in the park
This is almost an extension of the benefit of preserving your motivation that project management tools provide but let me show you how different this is. 

Let’s say, you and a group of other individuals plan to build an app in the span of 3 months.  Imagine, you had to do everything through an app like WhatsApp where you state the responsibilities everyone has only for the message to get swallowed up by other messages in the group chat or worse, your team members get distracted. 

When you use a project management tool you will find that collaborating isn’t such a burden or stressful activity because everything communication is done right there on the app, which increases your chances of actually achieving your goals. 
### 7. Your projects are more likely to succeed
The most significant benefit of using a project management tool is that it makes you more likely to achieve your goals. When you’re always on track; organized, meeting deadlines, collaborating and finishing tasks, you are bound to reap success and feel accomplished. All that might even push you to want to achieve more. 
## Conclusion 
I recommend incorporating a project management tool into setting your personal goals and trying to achieve them. As I have stated, using a project management tool keeps you organized, can reduce the sense of overwhelm you get when you have a lot to do, will make collaborating with other people as driven as you are a walk in the park, and keep you motivated and thirsty for more success. 
Try out a tool like [Drogo](drogo.ai) today and see how it reflects in your personal goals and your success in terms of achieving them. 


When the topic of *personal goal setting* comes up, the first thing that comes to anyone’s mind is to write down your goals. It’s a great suggestion-writing down your goals, because well, you have a better chance of achieving them when you see them written down almost everyday. In this article, I will be writing about how setting your personal goals and tracking them with project management tools is beneficial to you.

7 Benefits of using a project management tool for personal goal setting and tracking


### 5 ways project management tools can help you prioritize effective communication.

Monday morning has arrived. After your strategy meetings, you're eager to hear about your team's progress on the project they began working on the previous week. 

But instead, you get a case of;

> I didn’t think I was supposed to be doing this. That was Daniel’s job.

Or,

> I thought Jessica was in charge of social media.

As someone who has a brand, or works within a team, this might not be an out-of-the-ordinary experience for you and as a result of that, you are now the definition of tired. 

Project.co did some research and found that a whopping 68% of people have complained that they have wasted time due to communication issues within the organization.

In that same survey, it was found that 12% of people lost customers to their competitors owing to—you guessed it—poor communication. 

Today, many organizations believe that once they incorporate any project management tool into their processes, they have magically solved every problem imaginable. However, the contrary is the case; especially when you key into just any project management tool that lacks most of what you need to aid success in your organization.

In this article, I will explain why it is important to prioritize effective communication and how project management tools can supplement your intention to prioritize communication. 

### How project management and communication are related to each other

![communication](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/40rBma3t53-vFdeNJdI9rfGF__eg28ynJM6Fwr_YDdUuaeTWQZ3zBbtcejMzNAveAWXEMrgRkXRRXwdwcju5Cpkd5zQkNn2NH02fgObgqlSR48bvqdius2ls7UwtQjhe-T8hjqMgQl9xGJu-IIts8hU)

Let me paint you a picture: you and your team are managing a project and everyone is working towards achieving the objectives that have been laid out. 

You have a lot of people working on different tasks that are all intertwined, so the question of how well things are coordinated frequently rises. 

This is where effective communication comes into play. You’d be surprised by just how much talking about things can do for your team and the quality of their project management. 

To improve the quality of their project management, everyone needs to lay their respective plans down, talk about the snags they might face here and there, and make sure everyone is sure of what exactly they are supposed to be doing. 

So, look at it like this, effective communication is the oil that keeps project management running smoothly and effectively. 

So imagine a project management tool that prioritizes communication as much as they prioritize task management and Gantt charts.

## Why is it important to prioritize communication when picking a project management tool? 

You don’t have to be Einstein to know the reason good and effective communication is important in project management, but here are some itemized reasons prioritizing communication when picking a project management tool is a great idea:

### 1. It reduces the stress levels of your team members

Imagine using a project management tool where you can only input projects’ proposed start and end dates and nothing else. And then, the way you communicate is through a platform like Slack where you might have to be going back and forth between your project management tool and your communication tool for reference. Over time, you may begin to question why you even have the project management tool in the first place, seeing as it seems to be creating even more stress for your team members.

Now imagine using a project management tool that prioritizes communication in the sense that you can not only add proposed start and end dates for your projects and manage your tasks but you can also actually communicate on the platform. You can ask about the progress of the tasks on the tool, you can communicate problems right there on the tool, you can brainstorm on the tool itself with regards to whatever project, and so on. Think of the great things that does for your team members' stress levels. Everyone knows where to go for a timely response to a problem, everyone is assured of what everyone else is doing on the project, and all they are left to worry about is just plain getting their jobs done. 

### 2. It prevents avoidable mistakes 

When everyone is well aware of every other person’s responsibilities, it reduces the chances of avoidable mistakes and increases the chances of a well-done project. Nobody is making duplicate reports, no one is misled about what their roles are, and everything is just a well-oiled machine. 

### 3. It streamlines the workflow of team members 

When everything is timely and effectively communicated, work becomes clearer. Everyone would know the process of what they are supposed to be doing, and this will reduce the occurrence of redundant questions and save the time of everyone involved in the project.

### 4. It builds trust and fosters teamwork between coworkers

Effective communication suggests that everything be laid bare for everyone to be aware of and discuss. This includes laying bare the plans, and the documents involved in a project, highlighting the next steps, seeking help from coworkers where necessary, and so on. Over time, actions like these build trust and form a closeness between coworkers that might not have neem there before.

See also: [6 project management tools that can make your content marketing top-notch](https://blog.drogo.ai/en/blog/6-project-management-tools-that-can-make-your-content-marketing-top-notch-2023)


## 5 ways project management tools can help you prioritize effective communication 

Here are five ways project management tools can help you prioritize effective communication: 

### 1. Real-time collaboration

90% of remote workers say that video conferencing increases the connection they feel to their work and coworkers. 

When you incorporate a project management tool that allows for real-time collaboration through video conferencing, and whiteboards, live chats, and so on, it allows your team members to communicate and work together on tasks regardless of where everyone else might be. A tool like Miro helps with this kind of collaboration with their whiteboards and the ability of the app to integrate with communication tools like Slack and Zoom.

### 2. Task management 

Teams have reported a 30% increase in productivity as a result of using task management software/features. 

When you incorporate the use of project management tools that take task management a step further by not only allowing team members to add a proposed start and end date for various projects, but also allowing for teams to assign tasks, set deadlines for these tasks, and track the progress of these tasks. 

A tool like [Drogo](https://drogo.ai) with its task management features like the ability to assign tasks, track the progress of these tasks, and set deadlines helps teams work together seamlessly while maintaining open and transparent communication. 

Drogo has a dashboard that provides an informed view of all ongoing projects, relevant messages regarding the project, and a quick way to reach the chat feature that helps team members communicate efficiently, share files, discuss ideas, and provide feedback in real-time, making it easier to manage tasks undertaken and stay on top of deadlines.

### 3. Centralized communication 

Good project management tools ensure that every form of communication regarding projects being carried out is done in one place as opposed to a back-and-forth email communication. 

Drogo for example, has a comment feature that allows team members to comment their concerns under a task they may have added and even tag their fellow team members to important responsibilities that need their attention. The chat feature also allows team members to talk in clear terms about their progress on their projects and where they hit snags during their work. 

What this means this means is that teams can reference old messages from one source if at all they need information that has been passed before. This saves time.

### 4. Time tracking

This is a feature of good project management tools that help team members track how long they spend on a task or an overall project. This feature helps team members identify areas where they are spending too much or too little time, and help them focus on being more productive in the areas that matter. 

### 5. Reporting and analysis

Apart from manually tracking how much time it takes to finish a task, project management tools also help with automated reports and analysis. Using a project management tool lets team members track progress and identify potential issues without having to do much except—you guessed it—communicate. This is because the automated reports are running on the information fed to the tool and letting you know how your work is reflecting on the overall project. 

There you have it! These are 5 ways good project management tools can help you prioritize communication in your workplace. From real-time collaboration to task management to centralized communication, time tracking, and reporting and analysis.

## Wrapping up

As I earlier stated, communication is the oil that keeps the machine that is project management in the workplace, going. Without it, the quality of your team’s project management would be down in the dumps and unimpactful. This is why it is important to seek project management tools that like you, prioritize communication. It makes completing your project, more likely than if you do not prioritize communication at all. 

Drogo is one of the most effective tools when it comes to prioritizing communication in project management. It is a bold claim, but we suggest trying it out before you knock it.

Project.co did some research and found that a whopping 68% of people have complained that they have wasted time due to communication issues within the organization. In that same survey, it was found that 12% of people lost customers to their competitors owing to—you guessed it—poor communication.

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