By Cindy Vandersleen, PMP
One of the most common practices in many project team meetings is the classic “go around the room and collect status” from each team member. This works quite well for the project manager because everyone is collected together and in an efficient hour’s time he/she can collect the information needed for the weekly status report. The problem with that is that for everyone else in the room, once they have their 2-5 minutes of fame reporting their status, the rest of the time is usually irrelevant to them, so they tend to zone out, talk amongst themselves, do email, or yes, even yawn off. › Continue reading…