Day in a Life

A Day in the Life It’s great that Rachel reports to work early wanting to get a head start on her day. It shows a lot of initiatives and hard work as a manager. Rachel spent a fair amount of time speaking with a few of her colleagues but by the end of the day she managed to get plenty of work done. She took the time to help Victoria get caught up on her project. She not only checked but also responded to her emails and voicemails. She visited with her project team members and made some adjustments that was requested by them. She was responsible for their performance as well. Her boss approached her and told her some of the problems that was happening with the project. At the end of the day she sorted everything out and communicated with her team. So, I do believe she spent her time effectively that day.
By getting a one day glimpse of Rachel’s professional life I can already tell it’s filled with non-repetitive work and excitement. Non-repetitive work is great because it makes the job not so boring. I can only imagine the challenges that she must face on a daily basis but handled everything quite well. She was constantly communicating with others by emails and phone. It goes to show that project manager would need to have great communication skills. There were always something to get done or an issue that needs to be solved—decision making skills goes into play. The case study also showed that Rachel did interact with mixtures of people from other departments. Meaning one of project manager’s important quality is to have to get along with a diverse group of people. She does have a lot of on her plate and I’m sure some days can be overwhelming. It probably explains why she gets to work before any of her project team members does.