Managing Your Own Project Volume
I direct a project management office that supports a high-volume creative agency. We solved the challenge of losing the forest for the trees with all the campaigns, deliverables, and other responsibilities. Our work management system is Asana.
Challenges: We missed the big picture
Project managers and contributors couldn’t keep track of the many projects they’re working on
Executives couldn’t get a simple answer of “how’s that one campaign coming along?”
Creatives and other contributors got caught in the weeds by navigating task-by-task
A portfolio in Asana
Solution: Portfolios for each project manager and contributor
The PMO manages custom portfolios for each project manager and other contributors to aggregate relevant projects with important details of each
Project managers post recurring project status updates with a concise, high-level summary and next steps of the respective project
Anyone can link these project status updates to executives and other stakeholders who want to know the latest on the project
A project status update in Asana
How does your PMO manage your project volume?
