- Project review alternatives
- Brown bag alternatives
- quarterly forum for project status updates
- this seems to have value in particular for Marilyn
- change name to "status updates"
- this is information sharing, have ability to ask questions
- allow sr staff to choose what projects they want to hear about
- sr staff only
- provide project status (similar to sponsor updates)
- every PM would answer same questions (for example)
- What is the goal of project?
- What phase are you currently in? (refer to the Project Life Cycle At A Glance)
- status of deliverables for previous phase
- for instance, if you are in requirements gathering, has your scope statement been approved and signed off on?
- status of tasks for current phase
- for instance, if you are in testing, what is your current defect rate?
- what tasks are behind in you project plan?
- upcoming milestones
- status of deliverables for previous phase
- What risks and issues are you currently experiencing?
- mitigation or plan
- every PM would answer same questions (for example)
- presenting PMs present for the whole thing
- all active projects
- biweekly project consultations (help forum)
- presenters self select (we would start with some volunteers)
- possibly like a "project pipeline"
- focus on specific projects and solve issues
- identify trends
- what is PMBAs role in this? the stable of experts? evolve this group and membership
- ideally all PMs participate and bring project memebers
- this is the place that PMs talk about issue and help each other
- stable of experts you can consult at any time (coaches/mentors)
- focus on leading projects and improving delivery
- proactive and timely
- peer to peer review and support
- no sr staff in attendance
- want staff to engage at particular milestones, such as project plan, requirements gathering, user acceptance testing
- monthly learning forum
- change brown bag format to be less top down
- open to any and all staff
- need to develop topics based on what staff are interested in
- project consultations will generate topics
- quarterly forum for project status updates
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