Comments on: The woes of multi tasking in project management http://pmstudent.com/project-multi-tasking/ Helping new and aspiring project managers reach their career goals! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:16:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Josh http://pmstudent.com/project-multi-tasking/#comment-69427 Josh Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:20:56 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=2078#comment-69427 Thanks for the comment! And please check out my new site at http://KanbanSchool.com for lots of videos, tutorials, and discussions on Kanban specifically. Thanks for the comment! And please check out my new site at http://KanbanSchool.com for lots of videos, tutorials, and discussions on Kanban specifically.

]]> By: sabyasachi http://pmstudent.com/project-multi-tasking/#comment-69424 sabyasachi Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:04:15 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=2078#comment-69424 Hi Josh , I have gone through your videos and I felt that it does help to concentrate on one task at a time . Focussed work and handling one task at a time , has helped me to achieve a lot of tasks efficiently , in a short span of time . We all go through a lot of situations where we are compelled to look at multiple things together . But the downside of multitasking is that it affects the quality of our work and in many cases it takes longer time to complete the tasks . I agree with you on the fact that switching tasks are good in some situations and bad in other situations . They could be good when we schedule them , or they are completed . Also , they could be bad when they are not scheduled. Also can we have some more videos on Kanban Or could you share the links to those videos which you have dedicated for Kanban . Thanks & Regards Sabyasachi Gupta , PMP Hi Josh ,

I have gone through your videos and I felt that it does help to concentrate on one task at a time . Focussed work and handling one task at a time , has helped me to achieve a lot of tasks efficiently , in a short span of time . We all go through a lot of situations where we are compelled to look at multiple things together . But the downside of multitasking is that it affects the quality of our work and in many cases it takes longer time to complete the tasks .

I agree with you on the fact that switching tasks are good in some situations and bad in other situations .
They could be good when we schedule them , or they are completed . Also , they could be bad when they are not scheduled.

Also can we have some more videos on Kanban Or could you share the links to those videos which you have dedicated for Kanban .

Thanks & Regards
Sabyasachi Gupta , PMP

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]]> By: Josh Nankivel http://pmstudent.com/project-multi-tasking/#comment-24917 Josh Nankivel Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:58:00 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=2078#comment-24917 A fair point Imran. When multitasking is not using the same parts of the brain simultaneously, perhaps it can work. I'd argue against the "as long as u feel good" hypotheis however. "Explorers" feel good when multitasking, even if it's less productive and even harmful to their long-term cognitive abilities. See this for more info: <a href="http://pmstudent.com/chronic-media-multitasking/" rel="nofollow">Do Your Project Teams Suffer From Chronic Media Multitasking?</a> A fair point Imran. When multitasking is not using the same parts of the brain simultaneously, perhaps it can work.

I’d argue against the “as long as u feel good” hypotheis however. “Explorers” feel good when multitasking, even if it’s less productive and even harmful to their long-term cognitive abilities. See this for more info:

Do Your Project Teams Suffer From Chronic Media Multitasking?

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