Competency Enhancement: Prioritizing Multiple Tasks

1. Describe a time when you had to juggle several tasks at one time and how you prioritized your work One time, I was assigned to several tasks at the same time, and deadline to finish all these tasks was by the end of the day. First of all, I assessed all the work that must be finished by the end of the day, I started to prioritize all the tasks I had in hand, and allocated time to each project according to its difficulty as well as urgency. After that I quickly realized that there is no way for me to finish all the tasks at once. As a result, I reached out to my peers for help by explaining my situation. One of the team member kindly offered to help me and took one of the most time consuming task out of my plate. Then I started to tackle all my tasks one by one according to its urgency in the most efficient way possible. At the end of the day, I was able to finish all the tasks that were being assigned to me with high satisfaction rate.
2. Describe the system you use for keeping track of multiple projects. How do you …show more content…
I created my own system to help me track my work progress to ensure that I can deliver the project on time. A new project was broken into several tasks. A task was the equivalent of workload for a day. By counting the number of tasks remaining, I got a straight forward understanding of how many work days were needed to complete the project. Everyday I took a task from a project that has least amount of free time remaining in its timeline. To help me stay focused, I only tackled one project at a time. In addition, I never left a piece of code half finished. I always tidy up my code before leaving work. So when I came back the next day, I can fully focus on a new project without thinking the unfinished business from the day before. I achieved high efficiency by staying highly focused on one project in one day and thus I never missed a