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Question 27 of 30
How would you manage your and your Cisco team’s time during an engineering project with tight deadlines?
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William Swansen has worked in the employment assistance realm since 2007. He is an author, job search strategist, and career advisor who helps individuals worldwide and in various professions to find their ideal careers.
Time management is a critical skill in every profession, but especially in the IT industry. Accomplishing projects on time is critical to the organization. Missed deadlines will cost Cisco money and result in downtime for the users, adding additional costs. In addition to confirming that you have time management skills and consider this important, you should have specific methodologies you use and provide to the Cisco interviewer to demonstrate your ability to manage time and deliver projects on time and under budget.
William Swansen has worked in the employment assistance realm since 2007. He is an author, job search strategist, and career advisor who helps individuals worldwide and in various professions to find their ideal careers.
"The ability to consistently deliver projects on time and under budget is something that I'm known for. I accomplish this by first understanding the task and setting reasonable expectations for completion of it. Before commencing with a project, I break it down into individual tasks which need to be accomplished in a specific order and on a specific schedule. I then take responsibility for accomplishing this task or delegating it to somebody with the needed skill set. Finally, I would regularly assess the Cisco team's progress against the schedule and make adjustments to complete the project on time. Tools I use to manage this old process include charts and spreadsheets."
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