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In today's fast-paced digital workplace, the single greatest barrier to productivity is friction. The constant switching between keyboard and mouse for routine tasks creates cognitive drag and wastes thousands of clicks per day. This course, Project Productivity with Essential Shortcuts, is designed for project managers, coordinators, and any professional who wants to reclaim that lost time.
You will learn a powerful, repeatable methodology to identify your most frequent actions, curate the essential keyboard shortcuts for those tasks, and build a personalized workflow that dramatically accelerates your work in any software. Through hands-on labs, you will conduct time trials to quantify your own productivity gains, providing you with a clear, data-driven case for your new skills. By the end of this course, you will have created a Personalized Productivity Toolkit that will serve as your foundation for continuous improvement.
Once you have mastered this foundational skill, take your project management expertise to the next level by applying your newly developed speed to industry-leading tools in courses such as Google Project Management or Asana Project Management.
This module lays the foundation for transforming your workflow. You will discover why top performers rely on keyboard shortcuts, moving beyond the mouse to reduce cognitive load and save time. You will learn how to identify your most frequent tasks within any software and create a personalized, structured quick-reference guide to commit these essential shortcuts to memory.
What's included
3 videos2 readings2 assignments
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3 videos•Total 16 minutes
The 1% Time-Saver Challenge•6 minutes
Shortcuts in Action: A Trello Power User Demo•5 minutes
Identifying Your 'Big Three': High-Impact Shortcuts with Trello•5 minutes
2 readings•Total 10 minutes
The Power User Gap: How Seconds Turn into Hours•5 minutes
How to Build a Quick-Reference Guide That Sticks•5 minutes
2 assignments•Total 30 minutes
Hands-On Learning: Your First Three: Document Your Shortcuts•25 minutes
In this module, you will move from learning shortcuts to proving their value. You will learn how to calculate the real-world efficiency gains from your new keyboard-centric workflow using time-trial data. This module focuses on developing the habits and communication strategies needed to make these productivity gains permanent and to advocate for their adoption across any team or toolset.
What's included
2 videos2 readings2 assignments
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2 videos•Total 8 minutes
From Habit to High Performance•5 minutes
Calculating Your Efficiency Gain: A Step-by-Step Analysis•3 minutes
2 readings•Total 12 minutes
Quantifying Your Speed: The Metrics of Productivity•5 minutes
Preparing Your Personalized Productivity Toolkit: A Final Checklist•7 minutes
2 assignments•Total 45 minutes
Personalized Productivity Toolkit•30 minutes
Hands-On Learning: Time-Trial Analysis: Calculate the Savings•15 minutes
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