Prerequisites

• Basic professional experience in a role involving planning, execution, or supervision.
• Preferably, participants bring a real work initiative/task to apply the tools during the course.

Course Description

Good ideas alone aren’t enough… what makes the difference is the ability to turn them into clear action. This course gives you practical tools to plan execution and set priorities intelligently amid time pressure and changing requirements. You will learn how to build an actionable plan with measurable steps and how to focus on the highest-impact tasks. The result: less wasted time, smarter resource management, and higher productivity for you and your team.

Course Objective

By the end of this course, participants will be:
• Transform ideas and initiatives into clear implementation plans through practical, measurable, achievable steps.
• Systematically identify and prioritize tasks using effective tools to focus on the most impactful work.
• Reduce time and effort waste by applying smart time and resource management techniques.
• Increase individual and team productivity by adopting effective planning and organization practices.
• Apply short-term and long-term planning tools to achieve organizational goals despite changing priorities or time constraints.

Course Outline

• Turning ideas into actionable implementation plans:
- From idea to initiative: defining scope and expected outcomes.
- Building SMART actions (specific, measurable, achievable, etc.).
- Converting goals into tasks, deliverables, and milestones.
- Ownership, accountability, and follow-up basics.

• Prioritization and high-impact task management:
- Understanding “urgent vs. important”.
- Prioritization tools (e.g., Eisenhower Matrix, Pareto 80/20).
- Building an impact-driven task list.
- Managing competing requests and shifting priorities.

• Reducing waste through smart time & resource management:
- Diagnosing time-wasters and workflow inefficiencies.
- Practical time management techniques (batching, focus blocks, minimizing interruptions).
- Resource management: time, energy, tools, and capacity.
- Preventing rework through clearer planning and faster decisions.

• Boosting individual and team productivity through planning practices:
- Daily/weekly planning routines that improve productivity.
- Delegation and workload distribution for teams.
- Tracking progress and adjusting plans without losing control.
- Creating a team execution rhythm (cadence).

• Short-term & long-term planning to achieve organizational goals:
- Short-term vs. long-term planning (weekly/monthly vs. quarterly/annual).
- Planning under constraints (time, resources, fast change).
- Managing change while maintaining direction.
- Linking execution to organizational goals and performance indicators.

Course Benefits

• A graduation certificate by Al Jazeera Media Institute.