BUT…that is pretty much it.Įven though this seems like quite a bit, it frustrated me at times with its limitations and I was constantly doing workarounds. Put a due date on it, categorize it, you can even turn an email into a task. It’s a great way to make sure you don’t get sidetracked and to just get stuff done.

It also gave me a good way to manage high-level project tasks without MS Project. I’ve used Tasks in Microsoft Outlook for many years. Which is why I created categories, search folders, and tasks (this last one is very important). As a Project Manager, I have always pushed additional functionality in Outlook. Outlook was in wide use at this company, but only for email and calendars. I started poking around a little and noticed the add-in to Outlook. While at this company, I always felt there was a better way to use OneNote. It was used by everybody and everybody felt it was a chore to use.

This company fell under Sarbanes-Oxley rules, and as such everything was in the public domain: meeting notes, invites, emails, everything. My first experience working with OneNote was about 5 years ago at a large corporation.

One note for project management