Everyday Project Management

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Multiple Bosses and Multiple Projects, and Staying Balanced

In this chapter, you learn how to keep your wits on multiple projects, help your bosses not to overload you, handle multiple reporting structures, and be assertive when overload seems unavoidable.

Multiple Projects at a Time

Sometimes you’re asked to manage this and manage that. Organizations will often assign smaller projects to up-and-coming managers, such as you, as a form of on-the-job training. By enabling you to try your hand on small fleeting projects, this will make you better prepared to tackle larger ones. Some companies also assign newly hired staff to serve as project team members on small projects, so that they will gain a wider view of company operations and, in time, ...