Reusable Checklists

Checklists are a great way for getting things done. If you have experience and are known for getting things done and getting things done right, perhaps you have a good internal checklist.

So why create a checklist? Checklists will help others who do not have this internal checklist, it will help them clear up any uncertainty and reduce any complexity regards completing a task or project by use of that checklist.

Checklists aimed at routine tasks makes sense. They allow your projects to be completed without missing anything. Creating checklists for more complex projects is even more important as sometimes there are many tasks, and tasks required which are hard to remember.

It is often hard to find time to remember all the tasks required for a certain project, especially if at your work you are used to dealing with multiple different types of projects. And why waste time documenting it every time.
It's a very good reminder to have a checklist to remind you of the complexity of the task, and the checklist will remind you why some things take more time than you think they should.

As an explain lets say you had to organise a training course, simple, a few steps you might thing. Take a look at our training checklist, you may see there are a few more considerations than your initially thought.

Over time if you have the list stored electronically it can be modified and updated to ensure that the items to be checked are still applicable, based on this time and the experience put into the list, the checklist will evolve to be much more accurate and one day become perfect.

A great book on the usefulness of checklists is Atul Gawande's The Checklist Manifesto,take a look.

If you are ready, go create or use a checklist today and get things done quickly and get things done right. Here, there and everywhere offers free reusable, printable checklistsor tick-lists for using again and again with its application Depute.

Checklists are a useful tool which standardise knowledge and lead to the prevention of mistakes by ensuring critical steps are completed. Great checklists are short and focused and don't replace thinking, but support it.

A few tips for creating a checklist;
- The people using the checklist need to be its owner.
- The users of the checklist must understand the elements on there, it must be clear, and have a defined purpose.
- It should be correctly targetted at its audience and be of interest to them.
- A checklist should not be too long, if you find it os getting ong perhaps it needs dividing.
- They should only be manditory only in the right cirumstances, as this can make them fixed and lack creative input.
- Checklists normally solve a common problem.
- Checklists should include items which are easy to forget.
- Checklists should be maintained and kept upto date.
- There should be enough spaces for notes on the checklist. If something is not checked it is better to leave a note why.

Online Default Lists

Every time you want to use a checklist of course you don't need to create one from scratch. By selecting an online default list you can just use the tasks that have been defined before. So ideal for things like Recipe Lists, Shopping and Grocery Lists/Packing Lists etc.

So when setting up your projects you can choose from projects performed before. E.g. Baking Bread? Why re-invent the wheel?

All our lists are shareable but you choose who to share with, individuals, your friends, your colleagues or the world. So if that checklist has been shared by someone else you can use that too.

Below are a few examples of shared checklists;

Online Recipes

Setup you project, picking the default list for making bread.



It is then displayed straight away, print it out also if you like, get baking!.



Click here to see an example of the printable recipe check list(Print one out for yourself now and get baking).

Online Reusable Grocery List/Shopping List

The weekly Shopping List or Grocery List also lends itself to a reusable list.




Click here to see an example of the printable shopping list, or printable grocery list(Print one out for yourself now).

Online Packing Lists/Travel Lists

Another example of re-usable lists you can use is for packing lists.




Follow the link to see an example of a printable packing check list.(Print one out for yourself now and don't forget your toothbrush again).

Click here to go setup a checklist;

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