PM methodology in one's personal life

[REPLY-TO] I used EMV, Affinity diagram, risk/reward ratio & regression analysis especially regression channels.

Interesting! In what scenarios do these help?

[REPLY-TO] How about you?

I have a lot of small examples.

- I primarily use scheduling methodologies for everything. For example, I have created an MS Excel-based work to-do list which calculates a priority rating for every task (based on importance, duration (using t-shirt sizing), and due date of each task) and shows me only the next task I should take up. This allows me to focus on one deliverable at a time.

- At home, I manufacture task dependencies to allow me to follow the same algorithm.

- When we were looking to shift, we used a full-fledged project selection approach by rating every contending house on various parameters (cost, proximity to work, condition, amenities, etc.) and reviewing the scores to shortlist our best possible options.

- The wife and I have a specific RACI for anything related to household -- we've distributed our responsibilities accordingly and are able to distribute all activities, chores, tasks, etc. evenly.

- I use the ROI calculations for deciding on investment options (granted, this was its original purpose! but I found affinity to these methods only after learning it during my early career and during the PMP preparation).

- I keep two sets of informal "lessons learnt" journals (one for personal, one for professional) introspection and review.

...And so on.

Hello Karan
They help in scalping the market.

That looks like an ideal PM Life Style - Good for you Karan !

Karan,

Do you mind sharing excel based to-do list @ b_duvvuri@yahoodotcom as it sounds interesting

Thanks
Bala

I can't imagine having a RACI at home...

Karan,

As I posted earlier, I found what you shared helpful. When I read the words "the wife", I cringed a bit. As the project management professional world becomes increasing diversified with women project managers, you may want to rethink using those words. "My wife" or using her actual name is more palatable for me; however, I do not speak for all female PMPs. Just a suggestion.

Again, thumbs up for your post,
Victoria

Thanks, Rami! There are a lot of good practices which can be implemented on a small scale and make life easier.

I'll go one better! I've submitted a request to the site admins to allow me to contribute this sheet as a template on this site.

Let's know once it is posted

Absolutely! That, as well!

Thanks, Sante. The site admins have responded. I just have to pretty up the template and submit it for their review.

This sounds very interesting! I never thought of using MS Project (did not have access to the application back in the day).

But a good, strong approach to help focus and prioritise. Thanks!