Productivity Strategies

Pomodoro Technique

This technique is one of the most popular and used by students all over the world. Pomodoro, an Italian word for tomato, refers to both the technique and the breaks in between. The history goes way back to three decades ago, when Francesco Cirillo, a then university student, invented the pomodoro method with the use of a tomato timer.

Follow these steps to using the pomodoro technique:

Identify a task or tasks that you need to complete
Set a timer for 25 minutes
Work on a task with no distractions
When the alarm sounds, take a 5-minute break
Repeat the process 3 more times
Take a longer 30-minute break and start again

2-Minute Rule

This rule is created to finish activities quickly and prevent students from procrastinating. The step is as simple as it gets—set a goal and complete a task in two minutes or less, nothing more, no delay.

It serves its purpose of helping students overcome the slump of starting a project, and making them feel less overwhelmed about the burden of the task. Starting a project would result in ease of continuing it by scaling a plan from it.

Eisenhower Matrix

The Eisenhower Matrix is a productivity tool that helps users prioritize tasks by urgency and importance. It consists of four quadrants: "urgent and important", "important but not urgent", "urgent but not important", and "not urgent and not important". The goal is to focus on the first quadrant and minimize time spent on the other three.

Kanban Board

Kanban Board is a visual management tool used for managing and organizing tasks, workflow, and processes. It is used to visualize the workflow and limit the amount of work-in-progress, allowing teams to focus on completing one task at a time. Each task is represented as a card and moved through different columns, such as "to-do," "in progress," and "done," on a board. Kanban boards are commonly used in manufacturing and software development, but can be applied in any industry.

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