April is a great month for the project manager in all of us. We can look back at the first three months of the year and assess where we are with our projects both at work and at home.
When we think of the words “Spring Cleaning,” many of us tend to think of taking large garbage bags and doing a purge of the clutter in our lives. While that is tempting, the old garbage bag approach is just a quick fix and doesn’t address why the clutter is there. Instead, we want to develop long-term solutions that help you keep your projects moving along and make sure you enjoy the success you deserve.
Here are my seven favorite tips when I look at applying my knowledge of Project Management to the notion of Spring Cleaning.
1. Probe the Pile
If there’s always a pile (or multiple ones!) in your workspace or home, the question is what’s in the pile? When you actually sort through a pile, you’ll find the answer to a missing link in your system. For example, if you sort through a large pile on your desk and there are several articles that you want to read, receipts that need to be scanned and a lot of unopened mail, the question is – do you have a system for dealing with each of those things? Create places and systems for the clutter in your life, and it will disappear.
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