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A Little History
• My first story of multitasking
• I wrote an article about how to say no with visualizations
• https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/portfolio-management/2017/02/visualize-your-work-so-you-can-say-no/
• Turned into a 4-part series plus the article
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Raise your hand if you like multitasking among several projects.
Keep your hand up if you are multitasking.
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What Are You Supposed to Do First?
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What’s the Problem?
• Too many simultaneous projects
• Your team members are not available when you are
• Too much interrupting work
• Effects of multitasking on technical work is invisible
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Possible Cause
• Resource Efficiency
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Possible Solution
• Flow Efficiency
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Ask Some Questions
• “Can We Add More People?”
• “What Should I Stop Doing?”
• “These Are the Risks I See …”
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Visualize Your Work
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Possible Board Refinement
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My Board
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Value of Paper
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Park Work in a Parking Lot
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What Roads Look Like at 100% Utilization
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100% Utilization is for Machines
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It doesn’t matter how many projects you start.
What matters is how many projects you finish. And when.
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Let’s Stay in Touch
• Pragmatic Manager:
• www.jrothman.com/pragmaticmanager
• Please link with me on LinkedIn
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