The Project Manager’s Cycle – Publish the Project Status Report

“Project status this week, in a nutshell, is that we are continuing to stay on schedule, but this is despite your team’s contribution.”  After the initial chit-chat, Srini intentionally opened the status meeting with a statement to get everyone’s attention, especially the Sponsor and Owner Jack.  “Our project team has …

The Project Manager’s Cycle – Review Issues & Action Items

“We will finish development in two weeks.  We had some setbacks last week that through us behind and the problems in my last report took longer to resolve than we expected, but we’re moving again and our momentum is back where it should be.”  The voice over the conference line …

The Project Manager’s Cycle – Validate Task Status

“Carilyn, your status report says that you completed testing, but the task has four more hours on it?”  “Yes, I ran one more test case this morning,” replied Carilyn.  “But, as of Friday, when you did the status and the time entry, the task was still open?  It’ll finish today, …