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Project management ‘how to’ guides from Elizabeth Harrin. Want to learn how to get something done? Check out these guides for a step-by-step overview.
Project managers tend to live or die by their schedules. They shape decisions, priorities and stakeholder engagements. We feel good when the schedules give us confidence. We feel nervous when they change a lot. We feel out of control when the schedule is clearly fictional with no chance of ever being delivered. It’s no surprise…
How do you start to get your work under control when you are juggling several projects at once? That’s the question I answer in my book, Managing Multiple Projects. The starting point is knowing how all the different parts of your workload fit together so you can manage them in an efficient way. And do…
Watch my free webinar training on the 3 critical skills you need to manage multiple projects. Learn the skills you really need to juggle all your work (and still leave the office on time!) Why do you need to learn how to manage multiple projects? That’s what we’re looking at in this article. I’ll share…
In this article, I’ll explain what a strategy planning meeting agenda can cover and share a sample agenda you can customize for your strategy sessions.
In this webinar we discuss tips and strategies for managing multiple projects. If you prefer to read, there is a transcript is below the video. Transcript Hello and welcomes Hello everyone, can you hear me? Okay? Can you see me? I’m Elizabeth I’m going to be doing the webinar today and I know you’ve got…
Rolling wave planning, also known as progressive elaboration, is an iterative planning technique to use when it’s difficult (or pointless) to schedule too far ahead. The APM Planning, Scheduling, Monitoring and Control Guide (2015) defines rolling wave planning as ‘the planning density that is achieved at different moments in time. Primarily more detailed planning in…
Watch my free webinar training on the 3 critical skills you need to manage multiple projects. Learn the skills you really need to juggle all your work! “There’s another project I’m just waiting to hear about,” said my sponsor. I silently groaned. I was already managing a couple of projects and while I probably could…
Learn how to manage an international project team with these 6 tips. You’ll see how to better appreciate the differences and create a trusting team environment for project work.
Copy what I do to manage your tasks, resources and time across several projects at once! This article shares loads of tips for staying on top of lots of different projects at once.
A project management soft skill that we can all work on is being assertive at work. Andy Kaufman offers advice on how to do so nicely.
Six real project managers share how they stay on top of multiple projects. Their tips will help you manage your own workload and stay organised! There’s things in here that I had never come across before that will change the way I juggle my workload. It’s great to learn from each other!
Expand your problem solving toolkit by using your lessons learned log to uncover potential problems.