Tag: meetings
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Are You a Smart Sponsor?
Are you a Project Sponsor? Yes, if you launch projects and are accountable for their success. Some clues that you might not be a Smart Sponsor: You wonder why your department’s projects don’t finish on time … or ever … even though everyone is working hard You suspect your department has too many projects You’ve…
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Meetings are not Deliverables
When I ask my project management students to develop their first work breakdown structure, there are inevitably a few meetings listed as deliverables. I feel strongly that a meeting itself should never be considered a deliverable. Meetings are held in order to achieve an objective. Therefore, we can list the desired outcome of the meeting…