Perhaps I'm just naive, but when I try to decipher the wall of tasks I'm targeted to do over the course of a week, I just can't help but think whoever builds the project schedule needs to get some remedial training on basic project management.
For example, I am assigned 13 tasks today, the shortest lasting .13 days (default time metric in Microsoft Project), and the longest lasting .75 days. I can't help but think that it is blatant micromanagement scheduling projects in sub 10 minute intervals.
The effects of management are becoming evident in slipped tasks, resource assignment exceeding capacity by a factor of two at some points in time, and spending more time clearing tasks and figuring out what comes next than actually doing work.
How can I convince the project manager to create tasks with larger duration and to see the larger picture?
Best Answer
Ask your manager to set priorities on each one of the tasks. Then, agree to complete the tasks in priority order.
He won't do it.
You could try introducing management to CCPM. They'll find out in a hurry that the single biggest bleeder of productivity is interruptions.
But seriously, do you really think you can change that kind of mindset? Lives have been squandered trying.