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Managing Project Meetings
Managing meetings is part of managing projects, but having an agenda alone won’t ensure participation or productivity. Here are some common issues that can hijack a meeting, along with practical solutions for getting it back on track.
Having an agenda can help keep project meetings on track, but someone (that is, you, the project manager) has to manage the meeting. In some companies, the task of moderating or facilitating the meeting rotates so that each team member has a turn at running the team meeting. In other cases, if you have someone on the team who’s good at facilitating meetings, you may ask him or her to be the team meeting moderator on a permanent (for the project) basis. A well-run meeting can help avoid many of the problems we’ll discuss next so it’s worthwhile to learn to run an effective meeting or to find someone who is good at it. Your HR department may offer classes, tips, or coaching on running effective meetings and it’s a great skill to have.
Even if you’re great at running meetings, some problems will probably crop up. While there’s no standard set of problems, here are a few you might encounter and what they might indicate.
Team members miss project team meetings
Problem: People miss scheduled meetings either because something unexpected came up or because they are purposely avoiding the meeting. …
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