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The case against multitasking

It is true that project management requires us to wear many different hats, but we do not need to continually multitask. PM Oracles puts forth the case against multitasking.

June 2, 2015

Managing

Are we facing a project-based future?

A project-based future needs a project-based work environment and it seems many organisations are already embracing activity based working. Let there be projects and project spaces, writes editor Adeline Teoh.

June 27, 2014

Blogs

Using agile timeboxing for managing tasks

How often have you heard someone say they were good at multitasking? Michelle LaBrosse advocates for agile’s timeboxing, the practice of focusing on one project task—without distractions—for a short, pre-defined period of time, as better for productivity.

June 10, 2014

Blogs

Starting a career in project management

Project management is a dynamic field that operates in unpredictable working environments and creates a variety of challenges. If you have been considering a career transition, Kelly Smith outlines a few skills you should have before you become a project manager.

May 27, 2014

Attention all project managers!

With a plethora of technology at our fingertips, it’s easy to think we have the realm of communication sorted. But what about the finite resource of attention? Read about what happens when communication technology turns on editor Adeline Teoh.

May 2, 2014

Blogs

Review: The Change Book by Krogerus & Tschäppeler

The Change Book contains 52 different models of change designed to help us understand our ever-shifting world. Instead, Adeline Teoh finds a case of too much of little depth.

February 15, 2013

Theory

The myth of multitasking

There is a common belief that we can do more than one task at the one time; the bad news is however that the human brain is not wired to multitask. Silvia de Ridder reveals the real effects and defects of dividing your attention.

February 1, 2013

Time