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how How to manage many small projects?

Background

I have recently been promoted to a new job in hardware development, which has two different aspects  :

The first one is to lead a small fast prototyping team (3 people icludingincluding me at the moment, expected to grow to 6-7 in a year or two). The basic idea is that designers who want to test an idea come to me with schematics, and I am in charge of quickly building a prototype for them to test.

Concurrently, iI am the lab manager, which means that iI have to tend to a lot of small tasks, handle logistics and keep an eye on order and safety.

Before that iI was a technician, assigned to a single project for weeks or even months, so iI do not have a lot of planning experience.

Because iI know the team, I am quite confident regarding the people management side,-management side; but the planning/project management has me confused. I have read about Prince2 and PMBOK (which are the PM solution used in my company), but those solutions seem to be quite heavy for what iI am doing. Aside from that, I know next to nothing about project management.

Problem

How do iI manage many small projects (a few man-days each), many small tasks (15 minutes each, about 5 a day) and general vigilance without forgetting something, burning out or running around like a headless chicken?

I am slowly starting my new job, and work has started piling up, iI would like to bring some structure to it before it gets out of hand.

As a bonus, iI would like to orient my carreercareer towards a technical PM path, so building experience in recognisedrecognized PM methods, or even better, experience that would lead to PM certifications would mean a lot to me.

how to manage many small projects?

Background

I have recently been promoted to a new job in hardware development, which has two different aspects  :

The first one is to lead a small fast prototyping team (3 people icluding me at the moment, expected to grow to 6-7 in a year or two). The basic idea is that designers who want to test an idea come to me with schematics, and I am in charge of quickly building a prototype for them to test.

Concurrently, i am the lab manager, which means that i have to tend to a lot of small tasks, handle logistics and keep an eye on order and safety.

Before that i was a technician, assigned to a single project for weeks or even months, so i do not have a lot of planning experience.

Because i know the team, am quite confident regarding the people management side, but the planning/project management has me confused. I have read about Prince2 and PMBOK (which are the PM solution used in my company), but those solutions seem to be quite heavy for what i am doing. Aside from that, I know next to nothing about project management.

Problem

How do i manage many small projects (a few man-days each), many small tasks (15 minutes each, about 5 a day) and general vigilance without forgetting something, burning out or running around like a headless chicken?

I am slowly starting my new job, and work has started piling up, i would like to bring some structure to it before it gets out of hand.

As a bonus, i would like to orient my carreer towards a technical PM path, so building experience in recognised PM methods, or even better, lead to PM certifications would mean a lot to me

How to manage many small projects?

Background

I have recently been promoted to a new job in hardware development, which has two different aspects:

The first one is to lead a small fast prototyping team (3 people including me at the moment, expected to grow to 6-7 in a year or two). The basic idea is that designers who want to test an idea come to me with schematics, and I am in charge of quickly building a prototype for them to test.

Concurrently, I am the lab manager, which means that I have to tend to a lot of small tasks, handle logistics and keep an eye on order and safety.

Before that I was a technician, assigned to a single project for weeks or even months, so I do not have a lot of planning experience.

Because I know the team, I am quite confident regarding the people-management side; but the planning/project management has me confused. I have read about Prince2 and PMBOK (which are the PM solution used in my company), but those solutions seem to be quite heavy for what I am doing. Aside from that, I know next to nothing about project management.

Problem

How do I manage many small projects (a few man-days each), many small tasks (15 minutes each, about 5 a day) and general vigilance without forgetting something, burning out or running around like a headless chicken?

I am slowly starting my new job, and work has started piling up, I would like to bring some structure to it before it gets out of hand.

As a bonus, I would like to orient my career towards a technical PM path, so building experience in recognized PM methods, or even better, experience that would lead to PM certifications would mean a lot to me.

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how to manage many small projects?

Background

I have recently been promoted to a new job in hardware development, which has two different aspects :

The first one is to lead a small fast prototyping team (3 people icluding me at the moment, expected to grow to 6-7 in a year or two). The basic idea is that designers who want to test an idea come to me with schematics, and I am in charge of quickly building a prototype for them to test.

Concurrently, i am the lab manager, which means that i have to tend to a lot of small tasks, handle logistics and keep an eye on order and safety.

Before that i was a technician, assigned to a single project for weeks or even months, so i do not have a lot of planning experience.

Because i know the team, am quite confident regarding the people management side, but the planning/project management has me confused. I have read about Prince2 and PMBOK (which are the PM solution used in my company), but those solutions seem to be quite heavy for what i am doing. Aside from that, I know next to nothing about project management.

Problem

How do i manage many small projects (a few man-days each), many small tasks (15 minutes each, about 5 a day) and general vigilance without forgetting something, burning out or running around like a headless chicken?

I am slowly starting my new job, and work has started piling up, i would like to bring some structure to it before it gets out of hand.

As a bonus, i would like to orient my carreer towards a technical PM path, so building experience in recognised PM methods, or even better, lead to PM certifications would mean a lot to me