It’s the end of the 2nd Quarter and the first half of the year, and for many organizations, it’s a time when projects and programs are reviewed and analyzed. Some will ultimately be nurtured: more money, resources, attention, whatever the scare resource is. Other projects and programs will not fare so well and will be terminated outright or “back-burnered” to death. › Continue reading…
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Tags: change management, Communications, group dynamics, lessons learned sessions, project closure, project manager skills, project team meetings, teambuilding
So the project is finally finished, the customer has accepted the deliverables, and the documentation has been finished up and handed off. Ready to go off to the next big adventure? Not so fast. Before you disband the team, and lose all that knowledge they have about the last so many months you’ve all toiled together, be sure to hold a lessons learned session. A Lessons learned session, or post mortem, as it is sometimes called, is typically held › Continue reading…