Question 2.2

Scenario You are a Team Lead at "Money Matters". Your team consists of skilled accountants and bookkeepers who provide comprehensive financial services to clients. As a Team Lead, you are responsible for utilising technology to effectively manage work priorities, allocate tasks, and ensure the team's productivity aligns with organisational goals.

Excerpt from "Money Matters" Policies and Procedures Manual: Technology Integration

Using technology to manage work priorities:

• Team Leads are encouraged to leverage technology tools for task management, communication, and collaboration.
• Utilising technology should result in improved efficiency, streamlined processes, and better alignment with organisational objectives.

Your team is currently handling a multitude of client projects and tasks. After researching technology options, you decide to implement Kanbans within Microsoft Teams. This will allow for task tracking, progress monitoring, and collaboration features in a platform familiar to your team.

Question As a Team Lead, how would you use Kanbans within Microsoft Teams to manage work priorities for your team? Use the table below to outline the steps you would take to set up Kanbans, assign tasks, track progress, and ensure alignment with organisational goals.

Step	Process
Kanban setup
Task card creation
Task assignment
Priority columns
Task tracking
Progress monitoring
Collaboration
Alignment with goals

HINT

To help find the answer, research:

• What is a kanban board and how to use it.
• Add a kanban board in Microsoft Teams.

(Approximate word count: 130 - 180 words).