Comments on: Serial Monogamy Project Management http://jrothman.com/blog/mpd/2008/08/serial-monogamy-project-management.html Management, especially good management, is hard to do. This blog is for people who want to think about how they manage people, projects, and risk. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:23:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Dwayne Phillips http://jrothman.com/blog/mpd/2008/08/serial-monogamy-project-management.html/comment-page-1#comment-18810 Dwayne Phillips Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:44:25 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/mpd/?p=8472#comment-18810 Years ago, a manager two levels above me asked, "Do you like to work on one big project full time or lots of little projects all at the same time?" I didn't have an answer for him at the time. To be candid, his question sounded stupid to me. I later learned that he had another agenda. He wanted me to solve some of his problems by committing to something that I didn't want to do. My answer today to that question is, "I don't see life as a choice between single-tasking and multi-tasking. Life and work are too complex for such a simple question and answer. I like the idea of committing to one project at a time. Try to work one thing at a time and leave your options open. Years ago, a manager two levels above me asked, “Do you like to work on one big project full time or lots of little projects all at the same time?”

I didn’t have an answer for him at the time. To be candid, his question sounded stupid to me. I later learned that he had another agenda. He wanted me to solve some of his problems by committing to something that I didn’t want to do.

My answer today to that question is, “I don’t see life as a choice between single-tasking and multi-tasking. Life and work are too complex for such a simple question and answer.

I like the idea of committing to one project at a time. Try to work one thing at a time and leave your options open.

]]> By: Kathleen http://jrothman.com/blog/mpd/2008/08/serial-monogamy-project-management.html/comment-page-1#comment-18802 Kathleen Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:26:15 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/mpd/?p=8472#comment-18802 Now I feel dumb. I'd always felt diffident that I don't like and largely refuse to commit to a gamut of projects. I like to work on one thing at a time until it's done and then move on to the next. Now I feel dumb. I’d always felt diffident that I don’t like and largely refuse to commit to a gamut of projects. I like to work on one thing at a time until it’s done and then move on to the next.

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