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How efficiently do you think Rachel spent her day?

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How efficiently do you think Rachel spent her day?

Activity	Project(minutes)	Routine(minutes)	Quasi-project(minutes)	Non project (minutes)
Socializing and catching up on personal news				10
Going to office and settle in				10
Reviewing her schedule		15
Going over project reports and preparing for weekly meeting	25
Discussing the project with her boss		20
Meeting starts late				15
Review meeting	45
Reviewing project assignments	30
Gossiping with Eddie				30
Discussing problem with John	30
Discussion about getting necessary equipment	30
Everyone to get online				15
Exchanging info about technical requirements	60
Waiting to see Mary				10
Agreement with Mary to talk to the team	40
Reviewing the client request's impact on project schedule
Updating key events of th day to boss			30
Reviews emails, project documents, logs into MS project and works	30
Commute to home				30
Total minutes	290	35	30	120
efficiency(%)	61%	7%	6%	25%

Efficiency= (Project related work in minutes/ Total time spent in minutes) * 100

Efficiency=	290	* 100
	475

Efficiency = 61%

Rachel is a efficient project manager to some extent. She has only spent 25% of her time in non-project activities.

Leading the projects.

Example:-

Rachel meets Victoria and reviewing project assignments and helping for project that is behind schedule.
Interacts with different parties(marketing, purchasing, counterparts, stakeholders)

Influencing team members and providing direction.

Example:-

Identifying, tracking, managing project issues

Example:-

Rachel discusses problem with John and asked to investigate and get back asap.
Where Rachel immediately goes to the marketing team to clarify the problem her came up with.

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