PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY & TIME MANAGEMENT FOR TECHNICAL PROFESSIONALS

OVERVIEW

You are working harder and harder….arriving earlier….leaving later….. and yet the work still keeps piling up. You feel you're drowning! How do you work smarter and manage time better - get the job done without working longer and longer? This one day workshop will show you how.

Why you should attend

The workshop provides practical, proven advice about how to get the most out of each minute: how to work efficiently, effectively, quicker.

Who should attend

All technical professionals and specialists from all disciplines.

How you will benefit

You will learn how to:

  • Avoid habits and activities that waste time
  • Develop time-creating techniques
  • Use priorities to your advantage
  • Communicate effectively to reduce misunderstandings and rework.

Programme

  • Time Destroyers

    Why Time Disappears
    What Eats Time
    Management by abdication
    I'll stop procrastinating - when I can get round to it.
    The crisis creator
    Time inflation - 10 reasons why projects over-run
    Bad time habits - and how to kick them

  • Time Creators

    Habits that Save Time
    Secrets of Technical Productivity
    Lessons from Technical Time Managers
    The Project Approach To Time Management
    Terms of Reference and fog creators
    Specifications that Stick
    Why Milestones may be a Mistake
    What's a deliverable?
    Lessons from Technical Time Managers

  • Setting Priorities

    The Urgent and the Important
    Red Tape and Scissors
    Does it have to be You? Put the Monkey Where it Belongs
    How to Use Others - Aspects of Technical Support

  • Communication Issues

    Is iteration necessary - or is coherence better?
    How to Communicate More Effectively
    Travel- in Space and Time?
    How to Milk Appointments
    Managing Technical Meetings: Avoiding Time Mayhem
    Why Read Technical Reports?

  • Save Time Thinking - Lessons in Time

    Assessing Options - the Short Cuts
    Making sound decisions quickly
    How to avoid time loss on rework
    Bugs, enhancements and wish lists:
    How faults can save time
    Staying focussed in chaos
    How do Succesful People Always Have Spare Time?
    Scientific Methods for Time Management

  • Delegates' Personal Action Plan

The workshop will be supported with issue of models and checklists

Workshop Leader

Andrew Hiles or Yvonne Gunn or Ian Carman

 

Books by Kingswell Consultants

Books on Service Management

Hiles, A. N. The Complete Guide to IT Service Level Agreements, Matching Service Quality to Business Needs.. ISBN 0-9641648-2-5 published by Rothstein Associates Inc.  The standard work on IT Service Level Agreements.

Hiles, A. N. E-Business Service Level Agreements: Strategies for ISPs, ASPs, *SPs and CLECS.  Published by Rothstein Associates Inc.  The first book to deal specifically with e-commerce Service Level Agreements.

Hiles, A. N. Service Level Agreements, Winning a Competitive Edge for Supply and Support Services.  ISBN 0-9641648-4-1published by Rothstein Associates Inc. This book applies Service Level Agreements to services other than IT. Real case studies and example SLAs are provided ranging from Human Resources, Logistics, through Training, Livestock Handling, Logistics and Field Service Engineering.

Hiles A.N. and Gunn, Dr. Y. Creating a Customer-Focused Help Desk: How to Win and Keep Your Customers. Published by Rothstein Associates Inc. ISBN 0-9641648-6-8 This book has the support of the Help Desk Institute www.helpdeskinst.com

Books on Business Continuity

Hiles A.N. Business Continuity Management: Best Practice. Published by Rothstein Associates Inc. ISBN 0-9641648-3-3.  This book explicitly covers all the ten areas of business continuity competence required for membership of the Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII) and the Business Continuity Institute (BCI).

Hiles A.N. Enterprise Risk Assessment & Business Impact Analysis – Best Practices ISBN 1-931332-12-6 Published by Rothstein Associates Inc. Covers many techniques and methods of risk and impact assessment with detailed examples and checklists.

e-Publication. Kingswell books on Business Continuity, Service Level Agreements and  Help Desk Management will shortly be available by page download in conjunction with Rothstein Associates Inc and Books24x7.com.

New and updated books. Existing  books Business Continuity Management – Best Practice and IT Service Level Agreements have been extensively updated. See our products page or visit www.rothstein.com .

All the above books can be obtained from:

Rothstein Associates Inc.
4 Arapaho Road
Brookfield
Connecticut
0608-3104 USA

www.rothstein.com

e-mail pjr@rothstein.com

Telephone: USA: 1-888-ROTHSTEIN
Worldwide: +1 203 740 7400

Hiles A.N. Guide to Risk Management. Published by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales.

Hiles A.N. and Barnes, P. (Editor and main contributor) The Definitive Handbook of Business Continuity Management, John Wiley & Sons, 1999, ISBN 0 471 98622 4.

Hiles, A.N. (contributor), Croner’s Purchasing and Supply Guide to I.T., 1994, ISBN 1 85524 271 0

Hiles, A.N. (contributor), Guide to Business Continuity Management, 1999, for the Confederation of British Industry by Caspian Publishing

Hiles A.N. (contributor) Business Continuity Management, 2000, Institute of Directors / Department of Trade & Industry.

 

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