Project Management Tools, Techniques & Best Practices
Project and program management tools and techniques articles and videos of project managers in action.
Too often project managers deliver progress reports that stupefy executives and tell them nothing about what's going on. This undermines the PM's credibility. These mind-numbing techniques range from "techno -babble" to the "Girl Scout cookie approach." Read the full article and add your comments about status reporting.
posted by Dick Billows, PMP, GCA @ 3:38 AM
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Dick Billows PMP, has more than 20 years experience as a project and program manager both as a partner with an international consulting firm and as an executive with a Fortune 200 company. Dick has consulted with and trained project & program managers for over 300 organizations. He is the author of 14 books and hundreds of articles on project and program management. Dick is president of 4PM.com and directs the firm's consulting, in-person seminars and web-based 1-on-1 training programs.
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My status meetings take hours and we don't seem to get anything done. Any suggestions?
I set a time limit on progress meetings of 15 minutes. They often extend to 30 minutes, which is ok, but after that I find that being very assertive and using expressions like "We can set up a meeting to discuss this issue separately" tends to work. Put simply, people like to talk.
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