Application of the wheel of life balance to time management software

Abstract

We look at using the wheel of life balance in the context of information technology for time management. All the factors of achieving success are divided into 2 categories, specifically those are external and internal factors. For further use in the information technology the components of external factors categories are divided into following groups: social, economic, technological, geographic, political, ecological, competitive. The process of the division of the internal factors is more complicated and begins with defining the social roles, centers of character, goals and priorities. The wheel of life balance is used as a visual tool. In the process of working with this technology the user is prompted to either create the wheel of life balance out of their own values or use an existing template. To then form a strategy each value gets graded, the level of dissatisfaction is measured, "laziness and procrastination", "fears and uncertainty" are determined. The specifics of the software product are described, namely: the process of "pulling up" the components of the wheel of life balance, study of the dynamics of changing category values, usage of labels and hashtags, division of events into phases and uniting of external and internal categories. The class diagram and the activity diagram of the software module "Wheel of Life Balance" are developed and the specifics and peculiarities of its functioning are briefly described.