Many of us are pretty accomplished project managers, at least while on the job. But how many of us apply project management principles and disciplines to our personal lives? Personal projects come in all shapes and sizes, each accompanied with their own levels of complexity, risk, timelines, budgets and outcome expectations. Enter the world of Personal Project Management...the new PPM!
With the volume of information that we have to deal with, we need effective filters in order to manage our personal project management process. So how do we determine our priorities, and how do we apply them?
Not everyone believes in your project. But sheer force of personality doesn’t bring about buy-in; it doesn’t dissolve legitimate doubts or deliver desired results. Take time before the project starts to build a shared understanding of where you're going, why you're going there, and how success will be measured when you get there.