Posts Tagged ‘Project Management’

Too Many Projects: A Remedy

Friday, June 18th, 2010
Every project is implemented under three const...

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Now that we have a diagnosis of too many projects, it is time to discuss remedying the problem.

Write your project list

To begin with, we will need to come up with a list of all our projects, similar to the one that I made in the diagnosis post. To be fair, here it is again for reference:

  1. Programming a website from scratch;
  2. Starting my career as a professional belly dance performer and instructor;
  3. Continuing my web design business;
  4. Writing on this blog;
  5. Writing on my professional “Hey this is me” blog;
  6. Opening a belly dance online store;
  7. Planning my wedding, which is less than a month away;
  8. Writing a book about starting a business;
  9. Hunting for a job in Albuquerque and…;
  10. Looking for a place to live in Albuquerque before…;
  11. Moving to Albuquerque in order to keep on…;
  12. Getting my college education.

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Too Many Projects: A Diagnosis

Saturday, June 12th, 2010
Project Management main phases
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At one time, being successful meant relaxing on a beach in Cabo, tapping on a Blackberry to check Swiss bank accounts. These days, however, times have changed, and being successful tends to be equivalent to being busily working away at the top of a huge company. The more we have to do, it seems, the more successful we appear to be to others. I define success as being happy and at peace, however, so I decided to do a two-part series about how to tell if you have too many projects and how to remedy the situation.

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The Printable CEO

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

David Shea’s The Printable CEO (or PCEO, for short) is probably one of the most revolutionary tools for productivity and organization a small business owner—anyone, really—can have in their toolbox.

The PCEO is a collection of 5 printable worksheets for goal tracking, task tracking, daily planning, planned versus unplanned tracking, and individual task tracking. (More about each after the jump.)

Shea came up with this amazing set of working because he didn’t have the ability to focus on moving his company forward:

[It] comes from the idea that a good CEO should focus primarily on those things that move the company forward; since I can’t afford to hire my own CEO, being able to print one out seemed like the next best thing! :-)

It’s about that simple to use PCEO: print, fill out, conquer. (more…)

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