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.
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.
Learn just what to do when you have too much work (even when you can’t admit it to yourself).
Learn how to secure resources for your projects, especially when you are managing multiple projects.
Learn the top three productivity saboteurs at work and why people are not as productive as they would like to be.
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…
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…
What are the key skills for working on multiple projects simultaneously? What tools do you use to prioritize your work? How do you get through the day when you’re juggling All. The. Things? I posed these questions (and more) to our community and the insights were illuminating. And unfortunately, not in a good way. In…
I’ve been waiting to share this with you… and today’s the day! I wrote a new book! It’s called Managing Multiple Projects: How Project Managers Can Balance Priorities, Manage Expectations and Increase Productivity And it’s not just any book. I wanted to write a book to help busy project managers – like you – juggle…
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…