Getting challenging projects done
All of us have been in these situations, where we have fought for a challenging project to be assigned to us. Now, we have it for ourselves. Hmm. Now what? How do we start? It slowly sinks into you that it is indeed a very challenging project, for a short time line. Some of us start feeling jittery even.
Lifedev.net has a great writeup, for just this sort of situation. Read on
here
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The essence of the article is:
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Start small
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Make small timelines
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Frequently review the details
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Don’t sweat the details… yet.
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Think outside the box
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Think INSIDE the box
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Ask advice
Each one of these bullets is important - ones that we often tend to ignore in high-pressure situations.