When is a planning app really easy to use?

Don’t let them pull the wool over your eyes. In this article, we’ll tell you the characteristics of an app that is really easy to use.

We have to invest more time in implementing tasks than in learning how to plan them. That is why the project planning and management apps need to be really easy to use, while at the same time being able to manage big projects with numerous dependencies between activities and resources.

 

There is no link between the app being difficult to use and its workability.

 

Before changing you planning app, take note of the criteria to bear in mind when selecting a new one. The first thing to consider is about the learning curve. Your work team needs to invest a minimum effort into learning to use the new app. The fact is it’s one thing to learn to plan and quite another to learn to use the planning tool.

 

10 key points to identifying when an app is easy to use

 

1.  Intuition: Intuitive tools stand out because they take us where we need to go almost without us noticing. Human being have certain types of logic in common which mean we repeat things or we look for what we need down the same routes. The key is in getting it right with this joined-up thinking and, in particular, putting ourselves in the user’s position. This is why Sinnaps always wants to know more about the user in order to serve up exactly what they want, checking out their movements so as to get better every day. Technological empathy!
2. It will take you less than 10 minutes to start adding activities to your new project..
3. You can start to manage using apps like Sinnaps during your working day. You don’t need to place your research into a new tool on the back burner for when you get home. Now, you can start in your office, because in no time flat you’ll be on to other tasks.
4. The registration process is the world’s fastest. Just an email and the obligatory confirmation later to know it’s you and shake hands. That’s the first of the 10 minutes..
5. Clear and direct help messages to start using your app.
6. The user guide is minimal. You can read it in a morning. At our Sinnaps Academy, we have had to add tips on use and remove instructions as the app has become one of the most intuitive in existence.
7. Automation and applied logic. When planning, we should let ourselves be guided by logic and automation. Apps which are really easy to use have techniques which simplify our work down to a minimal effort. Hence, Sinnaps calculates the work path you ought to follow, the order in which to implement your activities and if something doesn’t seem right, it lets you know! If this doesn’t happen, then you are letting your intuition run along the most productive path possible.
8.  Tailoring. You can make your way of working even more intuitive by personalising your Gantt-flow Chart by colouring the activities in your own way.
9. Clarity, minimalism and few buttons. Life should be easy and the screen of your device clear and minimalistic. Simplicity and an organised desk help you think better.
10. It is good to go into the planning before starting the day! If you still can’t identify an easy-to-use app with these tricks, don’t worry because your own body will let you know. It all depends on how much you want to go back to an app that doesn’t just convince in terms of usability, but also dazzles the eye from the first. You’ll always want to go back…

We hope that now you can identify which tools are really easy to use. Above all, we hope you understand that a powerful app that can manage the very smallest to the very biggest engineering projects does not need you to take courses and acquire outside certificates in order to understand and make the most of it.

 

How can we help you from Sinnaps to plan using your intuition?

 

One of the main goals for Sinnaps is that it takes you as little time as possible to learn to use the app. The learning curve should be minimal to best use the time to start your projects as soon as possible. That’s why we offer you different ways to find out about the uses of the tool. Additionally, we are continually upgrading our interface so the app can be as intuitive as possible.

 

Step by step to start planning

 

When you create a new project, these messages appear and explain the basics so you can start to plan the project.

 

 

These messages explain the button where you add activities, access to general information about your project and team, the pending notifications panel for new conversations or invitations to other projects, and the creation of project reports.

 

 

When we create a new activity, the activity information and editing panel opens. To do this, Sinnaps informs you of the basics through which you can start using the activity management possibilities offered by the app: from validating tasks to chatting within each activity and the various options in the panel. For further info on your activity panel, click here.

 

Messages in each button

 

What’s more, if you don’t know what some of the buttons are for, just place the cursor above them and read the many messages explaining the purpose of each before starting to use it.

 

Ask our agents

 

If you still have any doubts, you can ask the Sinnaps Help Center directly using the chat (in the lower-right hand side of the app).

 

 

Directly access to the Sinnaps Help Center

 

In order to exploit our tool to the hilt, access Sinnaps Help Center and take note of each tip with its detailed information. We can find out all about the features of the app, by clicking on the icon in the upper right-hand section of your planning.

Welcome to our Help Center 😉