#8 – Time and Project Management: Job Hacks, with Adriana Buelna

Adriana Buelna, an Associate Project Manager at AVID Center, shares her insights on time and project management. She emphasizes the importance of evaluating task value and reallocating time to productive activities. Adriana highlights the significance of personal branding, relational equity, and adapting to change. She recommends using tools like Smartsheet and the Eisenhower Matrix for prioritizing tasks. Adriana advises new professionals to set boundaries, delegate tasks, and reflect on their performance to improve efficiency. She also stresses the importance of staying current with industry trends and leveraging available resources, such as Project Management Institute’s free tools and templates.

I really encourage you that as you’re planning your week, your day, your projects, you take a look at the deliverables and the task at hand and say, ‘Does this really bring value? Is this going to move the work forward? Is this moving the needle in what I’m doing?’ And if it’s not, then you get the opportunity to reallocate your time to things that will do that for you.

Adriana Buelna, Associate Project Manager, AVID Center