The Juggler's Guide to Managing Multiple Projects

  • 1h 42m
  • Michael R. Dobson
  • Project Management Institute
  • 1999

How Many Projects Are You Managing Now? One? Five? More?

Are they small and numerous or large and complex? Both? If you are managing large multiple projects, chances are you've never done it before. You've probably never been trained for this level of complexity.

Do your bosses know what they want? Didn't think so. Are there a large number of unknowns in the project equation? That many? What about the project budget? Not adequate for the job? You're completely responsible for the results, aren't you? Is your boss expecting a miracle?

About the Author

Michael Dobson has managed multiple porjects for an entire career. He wrote The Jugglers Guide to Managine Multiple Projects for managers who haven't yet mastered the art of multiple project management but are ready now to be put in charge of the entire process.

Thumb through Dobson's guide and you'll find clear, sequential steps, worksheets, tips, exercises, easy-to-follw advice and reassurance--lots of reassurance--that you can construct a new building, move the company computer center, publish a magazine (not all at once, we hope) or accomplish the multiple tasks that have qualdrupled your job descritpion.

Every project manager should read this book!

In this Book

  • The Art of Juggling
  • Juggling the Task-Oriented Project Portfolio
  • Juggling the Independent Project Portfolio
  • Planning a Single Project
  • How to Read and Use a Gantt Chart
  • How to Schedule Multiple Projects
  • How to Manage Multiple Projects in an Independent Portfolio
  • Juggling the Interdependent Project Portfolio
  • Planning an Interdependent Project Portfolio
  • How to Manage Multiple Projects in an Interdependent Portfolio