The New PPM: Personal Project Management

Michael R. Wood is a Business Process Improvement & IT Strategist Independent Consultant. He is creator of the business process-improvement methodology called HELIX and founder of The Natural Intelligence Group, a strategy, process improvement and technology consulting company. He is also a CPA, has served as an Adjunct Professor in Pepperdine's Management MBA program, an Associate Professor at California Lutheran University, and on the boards of numerous professional organizations. Mr. Wood is a sought after presenter of HELIX workshops and seminars in both the U.S. and Europe.

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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? Enter the world of Personal Project Management (the new PPM!).

Like work-related projects, personal projects come in all shapes and sizes from Honey-Do lists to weddings; each accompanied with their own levels of complexity, risk, timelines, budgets and outcome expectations. Beyond any of your specific projects is the prioritization process regarding your basket of all your projects.Consider the following template for scoring and ranking these personal projects and what benefits could be gained by applying your well-honed project prioritization and project management skills:

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