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The Multi-Project Challenge

Tags : strategic planning, change management, time management, leadership, risk management, Microsoft project, ms project, product development, project software, workflow, POM, project management office, project management, project manager, project,
Industry : Management & Strategy Consulting
Functional Area : Project Management
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Here we will have a detail discussion on the time-efficient and cost-effective strategies to evaluate, select, prioritize, plan, and manage multiple projects. Presents proven methods and practical applications for the development of successful project portfolios and prosperous multiproject environments. Share your thoughts on it...

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1 Right Planning, Right team,Coordination and Review
2 Create Program management office (PMO)
Dhananjay Raturi  |  Added idea  "Depends"  |  2 years ago
See it's all about juggling constraints in the optimal way.But your constraints are different in different situations Assuming you are managing projects of similar kind 1.Identify opportunities threats -- common activities? project...
Goharr Mumtaz  |  Supported idea  "Proper classification and arrangement of projects "  |  2 years ago
Thanks Samir for your support, as you have asked how we decide priorities: 1. Duration of Project as some time it happen we are having a long term milestone and another of short term, that can be manage easily. 2. If you are working on a product...
Radha V  |  Supported idea  "Right Planning, Right team,Coordination and Review"  |  2 years ago
There should be proper planning about the deliverables,one of the pre-requiste thing while working in a project is the co-ordination, better in terms called as Team Unity and being in par with synch and Mutual Understanding and timely reviewing...
 
 
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1 Time Management is also a big challange.
2 Proritizing the project / program management tasks.
attar singh  |  Supported idea  "Time Management is also a big challange."  |  2 years ago
I am to say that time management is a very big challange to multiprojects.If time will be controlled that automatically the cost will controlled.
Samir Das  |  Supported idea  "Proritizing the project / program management tasks."  |  2 years ago
Yes i completely agree with you that prioritizing the multi project is big issue.Each individual project is has a certain characteristic feature which is important for the project so project manager has to take care all of them at a time which is...
 
 
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Administrative part or technical part 
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Biranchi Narayan Acharya  |  Argues in support of  " Both"  |  2 years ago
In one line, a project manager need to provide a good leadership for any project to be accomplished. A good leadership can only be provided by a leader who has skills of every subject that is under his purview. Thus a project manager need to be...
Ramya Gundavajhula  |  Argues in support of  "Administrative part or technical part"  |  2 years ago
I understand that a multi project is one which is a cumulation of many smaller projects.When we are talking about a project manager I think that it is his/her responsibility to give equal importance to all parts of the project.He/she should be...
Anirban Bhattacharya  |  Argues in support of  " Both"  |  2 years ago
By default a project manager should handle all administrative part. But monitoring and control is so intricate part of a project, that if not handles properly, a project is bound to fail here.   Practically if a PM wants to be a sucessful PM, he...
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1 Project classification system
2 Proper portfolio management
Shivendra Pandey  |  Added idea  "Through Group Programming techneque..."  |  2 years ago
Although sounds like an IT solution to the problem but actually Group Programming is a generic term used for Multi tasking a Job using a team rather than a individual with limited skill set.. Useful in retaining the knowledge base of the company...
Amit Khan  |  Supported idea  " Product strategy "  |  2 years ago
Product road map should be the driver to decide on the projects and priorities.
 
 
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With so many projects to handle. How often should one review their project portfolio ???
RanjithKumar Panjabikesan, PMP  |  Answered  |  2 years ago
Project Portfolio Reviews and assessment should be done at frequent intervals to facilitate 1. Right Mix of Projects are in the Portfolio  (ie, A portfolio should nt have too many risky projects or too many Low value projects) 2. Terminate the...
Prasun Singhal  |  Answered  |  3 years ago
You should very often review your project portfolio, it might be when the release date changes, when your project is completed, when new product is introduced in the market and when you have enough information about the next version of a product
 
 
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Does size of the multiproject affect the tracking process? Please advice!!!!!!!!
Sabyasachi Gupta  |  Answered  |  2 years ago
Size estimation is NOT the first step. We must analyze 'what are the processing requirements' and 'who are the users and their role in this project' as first step. As an answer to the question 'how tracking size attributes to monitor' -I would...
RanjithKumar Panjabikesan, PMP  |  Answered  |  2 years ago
For any projects, size estimation is the first step to be performed to determine the magnitude of the project. There are various estimation models  industry wide accepted that could be used 1. LOC (Lines of Code) 2. FP (Function Points) 3. UCP...
 
 
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Research indicates that project management becomes increasingly difficult when there are multiple overlapping projects. How PMO helps to enhance the  success rate of multi project?
Mihir Jhaveri, PMP, CSCM  |  Answered  |  2 years ago
Hi Dipen Kindly find the high level points of what is expected out of PMO in a organization. Based on my expericence in setting up the PMO in couple of companaies, have put across the points. This may be different for each organization or there...
RanjithKumar Panjabikesan, PMP  |  Answered  |  2 years ago
Generally, PROJECT OFFICE should supply scalable services built on what organization needs. In other words Project Office might start very small grow or scale up as the need within Organization increases. Following are the various services...
 
 
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1 Well Defined SCOPE...!!!
2 Project Planning is important
indyacentral  |  Added idea  "Try to visualize the unseen factors"  |  2 years ago
Its human tendency that what you visualize that much only you can think. but there are always hidden factors which we are not able to visualize. Like you said the bridge construction example where you can visualize what length should be kept but...
Dipen Trivedi  |  Supported idea  "Project Planning is important"  |  2 years ago
Yes Planning is the initial and most important part of completing the project successfully.Determining costs associated with the project,the duration of the project,allocation of tasks to different project members etc.all this forms part of the...
varsha  |  Supported idea  "Well Defined SCOPE...!!!"  |  2 years ago
yes i  do agree with it.. scpoe if is clearly defined .. its half way successfully travelled for any project.. so it make a proper synchronization of all efford which will lead to success of any project..
 
 
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Site worker 
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sakthivel  |  Argues in support of  "Site worker"  |  1 year ago
In construction industry all works is a result of team effort. Obviously Site Workers do hard work in field but credits should go to both Site workers and Office workers.
Resmi Maxim  |  Argues in support of  "Office worker"  |  2 years ago
Both Site and Office staff work towards achieving a common goal. Though they carry out different functions, integrated working plays a key role in the success of the Project. While the Site job involves more physical exertion, the Office job...
Devi Kaladeen  |  Argues in support of  "Office worker"  |  2 years ago
I am not supporting that any of the two functions are more important than the other since you cannot compare an office worker to a site worker . Both of these workers are employed to do specific tasks. An engineer cannot do the work of an...
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Theory 
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Pamela  |  Argues in support of  "Practice"  |  1 year ago
Practice is the best way to start with implementation. Practice can be used, studied, and refined. It is faulty to create theory that has not been proven to work and accepted because the possibility exists that theory is not effective as stated....
Vijay Bhaskar  |  Argues in support of  "Theory"  |  2 years ago
It does seem like a chicken and egg scenario but it is not so. Theory is subjective and practice - if done properly is objective. But again unless the manager is not well versed in the subjectivity of the situation, it cannot be sifted to choose...
Makrand Bhave  |  Argues in support of  "Theory"  |  2 years ago
Practice makes MAn perfect! The old adage comes true every now and then! When you are selling it always helps to make mock calls! Mock calls help in understanding the consumer and gives an insight to the sales person as to HOW can he navigate the...
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