Control the Time! Project Management with Success
Mindfulness & emotional intelligence, learning anti-stress tricks & composure, solving problems, focus clarity & communication
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Control the Time! Project Management with Success
Mindfulness & emotional intelligence, learning anti-stress tricks & composure, solving problems, focus clarity & communication
About This Book
With the 5th revised and improved edition, published by a state funded publisher involved in EU programs and a partner of the Federal Ministry of Education, you receive the concentrated expertise of renowned authors (overview in the book preview) and extensive add-ons as well as individual consulting. At the same time, you do good and support sustainable projects. For which project manager would not like to master the time that seems to run through the fingers of too many people unused. In fact, this is absolutely possible within the framework of efficient project management. After all, every project consists of several tasks that add up to a common goal. These tasks are subject to certain constraints. These include, for example, the time, people and resources required to complete the project. Therefore, there are numerous project tools and agile methods in project management that help to lead projects to success and successfully control time at the end. This book shows how to do it. For its concept "Information as Desired, " the publisher was not only involved in an EU-funded program but also received the Global Business Award as Publisher of the Year. Therefore, by purchasing this book, you are also doing good: The publisher is financially and personally committed to socially relevant projects such as tree planting actions, scholarship foundations, sustainable housing, and many other innovative ideas. The goal of providing you with the best possible content on topics such as career, finance, management, recruiting, or psychology goes far beyond the static nature of traditional books: The interactive book not only provides you with expert knowledge but also allows you to ask individual questions and receive personal advice. In addition, each book contains detailed explanations and application examples to help you make the most of the free consulting services available to book buyers. You can also download e-courses, work with workbooks, or engage with an active community. This way, you receive valuable resources that increase your knowledge, stimulate creativity, make your personal and professional goals achievable, and make successes tangible. And more: We want to give you the opportunity to make your journey to personal growth and success even more unforgettable. Because we know that true change does not only take place in the mind but above all through personal experience and application. That is why we have created special success experiences to complement each book. Expertise and technical innovation go hand in hand, as we take the responsibility of delivering well-founded and well-researched content and the trust you place in us very seriously. Therefore, all texts are written by experts in their field. We only use AI-supported data analysis to better find information that supports your search for knowledge. Publisher and editor Simone Janson is also a bestselling author and one of the 10 most important German bloggers according to the Blogger Relevance Index. She has also been a columnist and author for renowned media such as WELT, Wirtschaftswoche, or ZEIT - more about her can be found on Wikipedia.
Frequently asked questions
Information
Home office or office? Better time management through the right work environment
// By Simone Janson
This is how your office should be set up
If you mainly work from home
If you have rented an extra office
If you work in multiple locations
Checklist: basic equipment for your office
- Desk with a comfortable, back-friendly chair
- Pens, always ready to hand and functional (sharpened pencil, working ballpoint pen, etc.)
- Tools for time planning or address management (calendar, smartphone).
- Computer with internet access. The computer also helps with archiving: Many documents can be stored here to save space and tidily. You can have a separate folder on the computer for each topic. You are also supported here by a search function. However, you should not create too many subfolders as there can be problems transferring data to storage media or to the cloud. Whether you prefer to store your data on your own computer or in view of possible data loss and data synchronization with other devices in the cloud is an open question.
- Storage container for papers: In this case, papers include everything that gets in the way of your work, from important documents to magazine articles to advertisements and flyers. You need three storage bins: one for incoming, one for outgoing documents, information, letters, etc., and one for material that you still want to look through. Don't be too generous with the shelves: at least once or twice a week, you should go through your baskets and arrange the papers in your system or throw them away. If you collect longer, you will end up garbage and chaos. For this purpose, the shelf should also be clearly visible so that you always have an overview of the work to be done.
- Archiving for papers: This depends first of all on your needs, your personal taste and the storage space: Perhaps you need a folder for bank documents, telephone bills, insurance documents, contracts, work samples or the like? Do you prefer folders and shelves, cabinets with sliding doors and magazine files or filing cabinets with hanging files? The former are cheaper and more space-saving, in the latter you can store and find your papers more quickly.
- It should take you less than three minutes to take something out of the inbox and put it down so that you can easily find it at any time. This requires an appropriate setup - for example, no shelves up to the ceiling where you have to climb into a chair to reach the files. And if you object that you don't have enough space to organize your files in the best possible way: The more storage space you plan, the more you will fill it with things. So only plan as much storage space as necessary.
- Trash into which you rigorously throw what you no longer need and which you regularly empty: Throwing away is still the most efficient way of keeping things tidy. And if you are afraid that you might still need something afterwards: If you do not throw anything away, you will find less and less quickly what you are looking for.
- Notes that are always close at hand and on which you can quickly write something down, as well as a place where you can then store the notes. This shouldn't be the inbox as this is where you can lose your important notes. A pin board or (to save space) a skewer to impale on the desk is possible. Try what suits you best. It is important that you always have an eye on the notes and that you regularly sort appointments, addresses and tasks into your organization system. EDP āānote systems, such as virtual sticky notes on the computer, have not proven themselves for quick notes (on the phone, for example), because taking notes takes too long and transferring the data is usually cumbersome.
- Printer: Even if a lot can now be done electronically, some things still have to be printed out. Combination devices that function as a scanner and desktop copier at the same time are very practical. Make sure, however, that each color of ink has a separate chamber. With some devices, all cartridges, including the color cartridges, must also be installed so that you can print something. If you print something out frequently, you should leave your printer connected to the power: Every time you connect it, the printer cleans itself and uses ink. It can be cheaper to buy a printer with toner here.
Classification systems
Typical order problems and the solution to them
Problem situation | Troubleshooting |
You don't know where to sort a document, for example with the projects or the letters. | If you create a uniform, preferably alphabetical order system, you will always know where something has to go and where to look for it. |
To file a document, you first have to dig out a folder, get into the chair, or go to another room. | You shouldn't need more than 1-2 minutes to take something off the shelf and put it into your system. If you take longer, you lose the desire to sort and you don't do it anymore. Therefore: change something. |
As soon as you open the file drawer, a mountain of paper swells towards you and your filing on the desk is also overcrowded. So that the documents don't get lost, put them on the shelf - a new pile. | Throw them away regularly. Go through your āarchiveā at least once every six months and sort your filing at least once a week. If there is no other way, expand your organization syste... |
Table of contents
- Imprint
- Introduction: How this book supports you
- Future form of work: Cooperation is everything! // By Anne M. SchĆ¼ller
- Work more efficiently with time management and process optimization in 10 steps // By Dr. Gabriele Cerwinka, Gabriele Schranz
- Wrong decision wrong strategy and planning errors: Experience doesn't help! // By PD Dr. York Hagmayer
- 6 Tips for Effective Teamwork: Swarmintelligenz vs. stove stupidity // By Gerd Mittmann
- Time management for everyday work: 9 steps to success [+ checklist] // By Sylvana Pollehn
- Home office or office? Better time management through the right work environment // By Simone Janson
- Productive as boss and entrepreneur: Delegate employees properly // By Martin Geiger
- Organizing Productively: The 3 X 6 Best Tips for Structured Time Management // By Simone Janson
- Concentration in the workplace: Flow instead of multitasking - 5 tips // By Stephan Derr
- Time management 2 X 5 tips: Identify time traps, overcome obstacles // By Simone Janson
- Working Productively With Social Media - 8 Tips: Does the Internet Make Inefficient? // By Simone Janson
- The end of increasing efficiency: is time management dead? // By Simone Janson
- Closing Remarks
- Authors Overview
- About the publisher Best of HR - Berufebilder.deĀ®
- Notes on translation