CRISIL Parallel Workstreams: Running Three Sector Projects Concurrently

At a point during his CRISIL internship, Ahmar was running three research projects simultaneously: AI-led livestock evaluation, food product export feasibility from India, and dairy consumption analysis in India. Each project covered a different sector, different stakeholder set, and different analytical scope.

To manage the load without letting any project slip, he mapped the dependencies and consolidated deadlines for each project upfront, before the work began. He broke each project into standalone topics and built buffer time for sub-topics that might emerge during research.

He structured his day into three blocks, one for each project, with a fourth shorter block at the end of each day to review progress and identify what would move the needle the following morning. This gave him a clear switching mechanism across domains that were technically unrelated.

He also built in a regular check-in with his manager, roughly five to ten minutes, to pressure-test his prioritization and stay ahead of deadlines. His approach was to complete deliverables before the actual release date rather than at the wire.

All three projects were delivered on time. The discipline of managing parallel workstreams across unrelated sectors became a working pattern he carried into BCG.