The Ultimate Guide to Prioritizing Tasks and Projects as a Leader: 5 Tips for Success

April 15, 2023April 15, 2023Francesco Pecoraro

Leadership is all about managing multiple tasks and projects, while ensuring that your team is working towards the common goal. However, with so many tasks to manage, it can be challenging to know where to start. That’s where prioritizing tasks and projects comes in. By prioritizing based on urgency and importance, creating a to-do list, using project management tools, delegating tasks, and regularly reviewing and adjusting priorities, leaders can effectively manage multiple tasks and projects, reduce stress, and ensure that their team is working towards achieving the organization’s goals in a timely and efficient manner.

What does portfolio mean?

December 7, 2020May 29, 2021Francesco Pecoraro

Today, the term portfolio is used in different contexts and has to do mainly with a variety of items and objects. The most common meaning of the portfolio refers to a collection. In addition, the combination of the term portfolio with other words such as “project” and “management” has created new terms such as “Project […]

Aspects to manage programs successfully

January 21, 2020May 17, 2021Francesco Pecoraro

Managing programs is not as easy as it seems. In fact, there are some aspects that program managers should consider in order to manage programs successfully. Let’s analyze some of the most critical aspects that can support program managers in this tough business. Documenting project activities and tasks Usually, when projects start stakeholders rarely know […]

Create a program plan that minimizes interruption

January 14, 2020May 17, 2021Francesco Pecoraro

To plan a program you need to plan all projects that compose the program. Developing an effective program plan often requires more than one planning cycle. Feedback and adjustments are important to create a program plan that minimizes interruption and makes more efficient all the work that has to be done. Planning each project that […]

A mature portfolio management capability

January 8, 2020May 9, 2021Francesco Pecoraro

Project portfolio management allows organizations to identify and bring greater value from strategic project and program investments. When a company has a mature portfolio management capability in place, every project or program team will consider its results as critical for specific organizational strategic goals and objectives. Let’s analyze the importance of providing executives with useful […]

Identifying and managing project interfaces

January 7, 2020May 9, 2021Francesco Pecoraro

Large and complex programs usually have projects with lots of dependencies. Identifying and managing interfaces between projects is crucial for program success. Identifying project interfaces There can be different types of project interfaces. For instance, let’s imagine that we have two projects that are part of the same program: project A and project B. It […]