Re: People don't see problems that don't happen

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

I consider this a default part of managing multiple projects.  Anytime
I find myself in a position where I have more than one project to
juggle (which is pretty much all the time when you have more than
one person on the team), I outline everything and present the big
picture to upper management to define my group's priorities so that
we know which projects are the most critical ones and decide which
projects we will pull people off if it becomes necessary to meet the
needs of the critical ones.  Then, if I see potential problems down
the line I can issue advisories that "we are X weeks away from
having to pull resources off Project D in order to complete Projects
A-C on schedule."  The idea is to give visibility to impending issues
before you are at a breaking point.  Doesn't always work, of 
course.

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michelle Vina-Baltsas" <Michelle_Vina-Baltsas -at- datascope -dot- com>

> Once I 
> outlined all the project deliverable dates and tasks she could see that 
> one person could not possibly meet the projected dates. She met with the 
> project managers and they've given me priority lists so that I know what 
> should be done first, second, etc. I've never had to do this before in my 
> 15 years experience, but I was at a breaking point. 
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