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Time and Task Management: Time Management Techniques (Udemy.com)

Time management techniques and strategies that you can apply today to get more things done with more value

4.5
26,994 reviews

Created by: Joseph Phillips

Last updated October 2025

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Based on the ratings of 26,994 students, a sample of their written reviews and the syllabus, as the course stood in October 2025. No course pays to be reviewed.

Joseph Phillips, a project management author and consultant, built this as a short primer: 27 lectures across four sections, about two hours in total. The sections move from defining time management to strategies, then time sucks, then lessons learned. It is aimed at anyone who feels swamped, and the only requirement is setting aside the time. It also counts for two PMI PDUs, which will matter to project managers collecting continuing education hours. Think of it as a first pass, not a full system.

Student reactions are mostly warm. Of 26,994 ratings, 13,189 are five stars and another 10,161 are four. Reviewers praise the clear presentation, the immediate action items, and the four built-in assignments, and one calls Pomodoro a method they can use every time. The teaching style gets a mixed note: one reviewer finds the delivery a little odd and wants visuals instead of a talking head. The real complaint is sound. Several low ratings say the speaker is silent in some lectures while the intro and outro music plays, and one says it has been reported for years. Another finds it too basic and stretched.

Value is the easy part: it is paid but short, with 80,955 students enrolled and a refresh in October 2025. The catch is the audio. Reviewers point to the second and third videos and to later sections, so check a few lectures early and report any silence to Udemy. If the sound works for you, it is a decent, low-effort starting point. If you want a deeper system or more visuals, look elsewhere.

Best forBusy professionals, especially project managers needing PMI hours, who want a quick, practical time management primer.
Skip it ifYou want a deep system or visual teaching, or can't risk lectures where the speaker's audio drops out.

Pros

  • Four built-in assignments make students apply the ideas, which reviewers say helps
  • Short at about two hours across 27 lectures, easy to finish in a sitting or two
  • Practical takeaways such as the Pomodoro method and clear action items
  • Worth two PMI PDUs, handy for project managers logging hours

Cons

  • Several reviewers report a silent speaker in some lectures, with only the intro music audible
  • Intro and outro music is reportedly much louder than the speech
  • Basic for some; one reviewer found it drawn out, and another wanted more visuals
Very practical and knowledgeable. Take the opportunity to do the assignments built into this course. They will set the foundation for progress and productivity.
Melissa Matthews, a student

Suits true beginners at time management; the only stated prerequisite is accepting that time is limited.

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What you will learn

  • Manage time and tasks more effectively
  • Immediately apply several easy time management techniques

Course content

4 sections · 27 lectures · 2 hours of video 4 assignments, 1 article

  1. 1Defining Time Management 3 free previews6 lectures · 1 quiz · 36 min
  2. 2Leveraging Time Management Strategies7 lectures · 1 quiz · 25 min
  3. 3Time Sucks and What to do About Them7 lectures · 1 quiz · 34 min
  4. 4Time Management Lessons Learned7 lectures · 1 quiz · 21 min

Who it is for

The instructor says it suits

  • Anyone who wants to better manage their time
  • Anyone who wants to accomplish more with less effort

What you need before you start

  • Basic understanding that time is a constraint
  • You'll need to budget some time to complete this course

How it compares

Against the other 143 rated Udemy courses in Productivity on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 50% of them
  • Reviews26,994#6 of 144 by number of reviews
  • Length2 hourslonger than 50% of them
  • Last updatedOctober 2025more recently than 67% of them

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Course Description

Are you feeling overwhelmed, pressed for time, and don’t know how you’ll squeeze another minute out of your day? If so, this is the course for you. In this hands-on, practical course, management consultant and author Joseph Phillips will show you how to get more things done with less stress and more efficiency. 

You have demands from projects, operations, bosses, and even coworkers. Meetings that could be summed up in an email – meetings that rob you of time from getting things done. Complicated tasks require focus and need your undivided attention to invade your desk and email daily. You need a system to organize your work, a system that’s more than a long list of what you need to do, but rather a system that helps you prioritize, create a strategy of accomplishment, and get things done.

In this course, you’ll learn how to:

  • Manage different types of activities

  • Identify and create priorities to add more value

  • Manage constraints that squeeze your options

  • Create to-do lists that work

  • Experiment with time management strategies

  • Get organized – for real, this time!

  • Remove "time sucks" that rob you of productive time

  • Create realistic duration estimates

If you’re ready to stop wasting time – and to take back control of your time – this is the course for you.

Seeking Professional Development Units? This course is worth two (2) PDUs with PMI for your continuing education hours.


This course aims to help you find balance, get things done, and stop the flood of chaos from work, personal life, and disorganization.

In this course you’ll learn how to:  

  • Manage different types of activities

  • Identify and create priorities to add more value

  • Manage constraints that squeeze your options

  • Create to-do lists that actually work

  • Experiment with time management strategies

  • Get organized – for real this time!

  • Remove "time sucks" that rob you of productive time

  • Create duration estimates that are realistic

If you’re ready to stop wasting time – and to take back control of your time – this is the course for you.

Seeking Professional Development Units? This course is worth two (2) PDUs with PMI for your continuing education hours.
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Instructor Details

Joseph Phillips

Keep Moving Forward!

Joseph Phillips is the best-selling author and project management instructor.

He has more than 25 years of experience as a project management consultant, educator, technology consultant, business owner, and technical writer. He has consulted as a project manager for a range of businesses, including startups, hospitals, architectural firms, and manufacturers. 

Joseph is passionate about helping people learn and master project management.  He has led both in-person and web-based seminars on project management, PMP certification, IT project management, program management, writing, business analysis, technical writing, and related topics. 


Certifications:

Project Management Professional (PMP)   

PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)

PURE Project Manager 

CompTIA Project+ Professional   

CompTIA Certified Technical Trainer+   

Certified ITIL Foundations Professional

Professional Scrum Master I

Author of:  

PMP Project Management Professional Study Guide, McGraw-Hill

CAPM/PMP All-in-One Exam Guide, McGraw-Hill

PMI-ACP All-in-One Exam Guide, McGraw-Hill

PMP Project Management Lab Book, McGraw-Hill

The Certified Technical Trainer All-in-One Exam Guide, McGraw-Hill

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Reviews

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By Cloudine B. Foreman on 8/19/2026

This was a good course because there are days on the job where stress plays a strong role. Learning to declutter your mind helps you to manage your time and tasks.

By Aarnav Dave on 7/6/2026

Course seems pretty good, but in the 2nd and 3rd videos, there was no audio. I could hear the intro and outro, but not the speaker.

By Melissa Matthews on 6/3/2026

Very practical and knowledgeable. Take the opportunity to do the assignments built into this course. They will set the foundation for progress and productivity.

By Florence MOTARD on 6/2/2026

Oui tout à fait, de bons conseils sont présentés pour améliorer notre efficacité et productivité sur nos différentes tâches.

By Kristy Summers on 6/1/2026

This guy is a little odd, to be honest. Good message overall, but should consider using some visualization vs. being a "sage on the stage"...even for these relatively short videos.

By Marsha Hagner on 4/1/2026

I've enjoyed listening to his perspective on time and time wasters. Also, how to make my day more productive by avoiding anything that might be a waste of time. This is a good training.

By Mary Steigerwald on 3/9/2026

I learned some good, solid techniques for assisting me with something I struggle with all the time. The instructor was excellent - pace was perfect and he was engaged in the material and upbeat, making him easy to listen to and learn from.

By Aileen Colin on 3/9/2026

Presenter is engaged in the material, provides actionable examples of how to achieve the various items presented, and addresses difficult items -- like scheduling protected focus time, acknowledging activities that waste time, and emphasizing the value of a given task -- that others tend to leave out or dance around. I feel like there could be a section on making more of one's time via upskilling and automation, or at least the process by which to decide if those actions are needed.

By Lee Huat Seng on 3/4/2026

Time management has help me to manage different types of activities, identify and create priorities to add more values in my personal life and work.

By Fahad on 2/16/2026

It was very informative and I was able to grab new techniques which i can implement in daily routine. This will surely help me maintain focus and efficiently finish my tasks

By Nguyen Kieu Lien on 11/15/2020

It's pretty general. The instructor just only explain the terms, not much details in steps to practice

By Smith on 11/8/2020

To help identify areas where my time seems to be going to that I can better manage time and efforts.

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Time and Task Management: Time Management Techniques
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  • Lectures:27 in 4 sections
  • Students:81,000
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