Project management can help you achieve your New Year’s resolutions. I have to admit, however, that I have not been so good for the past seven years.
Pawel Brodzinski’s blog post challenged me to clean up my act. For 2010, I will make the following SMART changes.
- Divide multi-year goals into one-year chunks (specific and measurable)
- Limit my goals to 12 versus as high as 24 in 2003 (achievable and realistic)
- Set interim milestones for each goal (time-constrained)
- Stick to the plan
For 2010, I will take a French course, become a master scuba diver, run my fifth marathon, earn the PgMP, publish three books, produce Chief Scout Award recipients, visit Western Canada with my family, max out our RRSPs, contribute to my children’s RESPs, reposition Agilitek, license an intellectual property and consult/speak in another country.
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Consider using Microsoft Visio if you need to quickly put together a high-level timeline to share with your project sponsors and team members. If needed, you can easily embed the visual timeline into a regular document or a presentation slide deck.
Did you know that you can generate gorgeous Gantt charts using Microsoft Visio?
At the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers’ (CAPS) National Convention in Calgary, I unfortunately missed an item in the checklist. So, there were no screen and projector when I showed up 15 minutes prior to my presentation.
