How To Manage Multiple Projects At The Same Time
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.
Managing Multiple Projects
Learn how to manage the juggle and keep all your projects moving forward.
How to be a Portfolio Thinker
When you are juggling several projects at once, it pays to be able to take the bigger picture view of your workload. So why does that seem so hard? Once you’re stuck in the detail of To Do lists and Gantt charts it can feel difficult to lift your head and see how everything fits…
Help! I’m Managing Multiple Projects
There has always been a tension between running the business and changing the business. As a project manager, my work leading change has often felt like it’s got in the way of my colleague’s ability to run the business. Project leaders are regularly told that ‘run’ takes priority: keeping the lights on is more important…
3 Productivity Saboteurs and What To Do About Them
Learn the top three productivity saboteurs at work and why people are not as productive as they would like to be.
What to do when you’ve got too much work
Learn just what to do when you have too much work (even when you can’t admit it to yourself).
How to Secure Resources for Your Projects
Learn how to secure resources for your projects, especially when you are managing multiple projects.
How to Thrive in the Multi-Project Workplace
It is common for project managers to work in a multi-project workplace. Learn what it looks like and the skills you need to thrive.
Managing Multiple Projects: Statistics
What are the key challenges when working on multiple projects simultaneously? How do you prioritize work when everything is important? I asked 570 project managers these questions (and more) to find out what life is like in 2024 for project managers leading multiple projects, to follow on from my research on the same topic in…
Elizabeth Harrin Shortlisted for Business Book Awards 2023
The highly anticipated shortlist for The Business Book Awards in partnership with Pathway Group 2023 has been announced for top business books published in 2022. Authors, publishers, and business figures gathered in London last month for the shortlist reveal party to celebrate the incredible breadth, diversity and quality of business books published last year. Now…
Ladder and Hot Air Balloon Scheduling
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…
A Framework for Managing Multiple Projects
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…
3 Reasons You Need the Skills to Manage Multiple Projects
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…