Email Task Management & Prioritization Template

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Transform your email management process by converting emails into tasks and prioritizing them based on urgency and importance. This template helps you set up an efficient system for handling emails, ensuring you stay on top of your responsibilities without missing any important messages.

With a structured approach to email task management, you can improve productivity and focus on what matters most. Follow the steps in this template to integrate your email with a task management tool, define task categories, and establish a routine for daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly reviews.

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Proposed Tasks

Urgent and Important

  • Task 1: Set up email integration
    ☐ Connect email to task management tool ☐ Test email to task conversion
  • Task 3: Prioritize tasks
    ☐ Review all tasks ☐ Assign urgency and importance to each task
  • Task 4: Review tasks daily
    ☐ Review tasks at the beginning of each day ☐ Adjust priorities as needed

Important, Not Urgent

  • Task 2: Define task categories
    ☐ Identify main areas of responsibility ☐ Create categories in task management tool
  • Task 5: Weekly task review
    ☐ Review tasks at the end of each week ☐ Plan tasks for the following week
  • Task 6: Monthly task review
    ☐ Review tasks at the end of each month ☐ Plan tasks for the following month
  • Task 7: Quarterly task review
    ☐ Review tasks at the end of each quarter ☐ Plan tasks for the following quarter
  • Task 8: Yearly task review
    ☐ Review tasks at the end of each year ☐ Plan tasks for the following year

Urgent, Not Important

  • Task 10: Set up task deadlines
    ☐ Set up deadlines for important tasks ☐ Test task deadlines
  • Task 11: Set up task delegation
    ☐ Set up task delegation for tasks you don't need to do yourself ☐ Test task delegation
  • Task 12: Set up task tracking
    ☐ Set up task tracking to monitor progress ☐ Test task tracking
  • Task 13: Set up task reporting
    ☐ Set up task reporting to analyze performance ☐ Test task reporting
  • Task 9: Set up task reminders
    ☐ Set up reminders for important tasks ☐ Test task reminders

Neither Urgent nor Important

  • Task 14: Train team on task management
    ☐ Train team on how to use task management tool ☐ Test team's understanding of task management tool
  • Task 15: Set up task automation
    ☐ Set up task automation for repetitive tasks ☐ Test task automation
  • Task 16: Set up task templates
    ☐ Set up task templates for common tasks ☐ Test task templates
  • Task 17: Set up task comments
    ☐ Set up task comments for team communication ☐ Test task comments
  • Task 18: Set up task attachments
    ☐ Set up task attachments for file sharing ☐ Test task attachments
  • Task 19: Set up task subtasks
    ☐ Set up task subtasks for breaking tasks into smaller parts ☐ Test task subtasks
  • Task 20: Set up task notifications
    ☐ Set up task notifications to stay updated ☐ Test task notifications