As with all things, preparing for a successful outcome with communications and public relations on a project starts with a good plan. Creating a communication plan for your project helps you identify who your stakeholders are and what the unique communication requirements are of each constituency. If you have stakeholders in different locations who will participate in meetings, › Continue reading…
Tag: status meetings
Tags: communications plan, project blog, stakeholders, status meetings, status reports, steering committee
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…