Parkinson's Law

Parkinson’s Law is the idea that your work will expand to fill the time allotted for its completion.

Strategies to over come Parkinson’s Law:

• Plan work strategically, assessing length of tasks
• Set self imposed deadlines
• Timeboxing tasks
• pomodero techique for staying on task

For Project based:

1. Clearly outline your vision statement and drivers
   • What this project’s value is (this is the vision)
   • Why this project makes sense for your team and your organization (these are the drivers
2. Clarify roles and responsibilities (Using DACI framework)
   • D = Driver. The one person responsible for corralling stakeholders, collating all necessary information, and getting a decision made by the agreed date. This may or may not be the project’s full-time owner, depending on the decision.
   • A = Approver. The one person who makes the decision.
   • C = Contributors. They have knowledge or expertise that may influence the decision (i.e., they have a voice, but no vote).
   • I = Informed. They are informed of the final decision.
3. Understand what’s in and out of scope
   • Figure out what can be done in the timeframe
4. Identify your trade offs
   • Figure out the priorities of tasks
5. Set your timeline
   • identify milestones and deadlines that occur within the project