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Juggling Projects

Posted by Cathryn in : Miscellaneous , trackback

I’ve just taken on a new project, which will keep me busy about 8-10 days a month until the end of March. I’m still available to take on another small-medium sized project, which needs a project manager 2-3 days a week. 

For many projects, a full-time project manager is overkill, and so balancing two or three smaller projects is something project managers often have to do. I do it by being organised and flexible, and very open about what I’m doing. I make sure all clients are aware of my availability through my weekly reports to them, and book days in advance. If there’s any emergency on a day I’m elsewhere, I’ll deal with a call or email as quickly as I can while treating the other client’s time with respect. In reality, that means a quick call or email with followup overnight or at lunchtime.

If you look to the right ==> of this screen, you’ll see a paragraph describing my availability. That’s always up to date, so visitors to the site know when I’m next able to take on more work.

By being flexible, the client saves the cost of a full-time project manager, while I get the security of having more than one client at the same time. Everyone wins.

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