Episode 243: Achieve better Project Performance through Personal Organization (free)

Summary: Listen Now: {audio}http://traffic.libsyn.com/pmpodcast/PM_Podcast_243_2013_10_11_-_brian_fee.mp3{/audio} This episode is sponsored by The Agile PrepCast for The PMI-ACP Exam: If you want to know what the “best” way is for you to manage cost, time, resources or quality on your project, then you can open the PMBOK Guide or turn to any of a dozen project management methodologies out there and they will guide you. But what about the best for you as a project manager to be productive and organized? Where can that be found? Personally I don’t recall a single PM methodology or framework that addresses your or my work style and gives us the tools to improve. To discuss one possible approach we welcome Brian Fee (www.linkedin.com/in/brianfee37) to the program, who says that having a personal set strategy for collecting, processing, organizing and reviewing information has helped him as a project manager. He believes that it is a worthwhile exercise for other project managers to consider their own strategy for staying organized. This is because there is an assumed level of competence that project managers are expected to just have in terms of personal productivity; and it never seems to be directly taught or addressed in the educational process. We are expected to be able to handle a tremendous onslaught of incoming  information effectively and also be able to perform processes and manage projects. Brian believes that many PMs (and other professionals, too) feel a great deal of stress juggling the information they receive through email, voice mail, hallway conversations, or meetings. This interview is about is his personal experience and many of his recommendations that will help inspire you and you set on the right track to improving your own personal productivity.