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Thursday, August 9, 2012

ATTN Freelance Writers: You are Project Managers too.

As a freelance writer, you can get in trouble when you have too many writing projects going on at once. Each project is always at a different stage. Each one needs something different to move it forward. It can drive you seriously nuts (been there).

If you don't already, you need to think of yourself as a sometime writer, sometime project manager. ConceptDraw can help you assume this role without having to attend ze L'Universite de Project Management.

Here's the kind of map I use every week to keep track of my contracts. It takes me just a few minutes to create and update the map, which I do at the end of every day:

The map lets me see AT A GLANCE where I am with all of my work. I can visually track the milestones of each project. I can tell by the various icons that I have attached relevant documents, be they Word docs, emails, mind maps, or just notes to myself. I can add notations about things that went on during a phone call. I can add reminders. But best of all, I have all my projects--and direct links to all my documents, in one easy-to-read document.

Download a ConceptDraw MINDMAP free trial and give it a try. And enjoy your new status as a bona fide project manager.

2 comments:

  1. Thanks for this post Hobie! I just started to use outlook project manager and it has made a huge difference in my day to day work activities. I seriously don't know how I ever went without it, thank you for sharing this with us!

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  2. Hi Mike,
    Sorry it took so long to get back to you (family emergency). I've never used outlook project manager, and will take a look at it. Thanks back atcha!
    Whatever tools we use, it's just important to find ways to stay on top of the workload. Glad you found something that works for you!

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