Project Managers, by nature, create to-do lists. It’s our job. It’s what we do.
Applying project management principles to our personal lives is very tempting- and dangerous. Lives are complicated things. They have a lot of moving parts. It takes no time for your ‘task list’ to get horribly out of hand.
Web Worker Daily has some good advice about this: make smaller to-do lists. I have tried this principle, and it works. It’s a great idea at work for your project teams as well. Creating smaller, more easily manageable lists that you can accomplish in a short period of time creates a quick sense of accomplishment, simplifies objectives, and promotes quick action. You spend more time doing, less time deciding what to do. Give it a shot!
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This blog is written by me, Stacey Douglas, an analyst, project manager, systems designer and executive in the software industry. You can learn more about me at my website, http://www.staceydouglas.com.