Guessing is not a strategy: How to build decision velocity with AI and real-time data
June 10, 2026 | Live Webinar
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Elizabeth is a freelance writer and project manager living and working in London. She runs The Otobos Group, a project communications consultancy specializing in project management.
Project reviews are a reality check, an opportunity for the project manager to step back to hear how things are really going. That shouldn’t panic you, and, in fact, it’s wise to plan and build in independent reviews from the start of your project so you get regular health checkups. Here’s how it should work.
This is the first in a two-part series on project reviews, which will explain how to get the most out of an independent assessment of your own project, and how to perform an effective one on a colleague’s project.
What does a helicopter pilot have in common with a project manager? They can both zoom out and see the big picture and yet zoom in anywhere to get a closer look at what’s going on. One of the tools that can help project managers do this with the panache of a pilot is the project review.
Project review. Project managers across the globe shake in their boots thinking of a painful process where their documentation is pulled to shreds looking for the missed milestone that will bring the whole operation crashing down. In reality, reviews aren’t like that, and they offer a valuable, independent assessment of what’s going on.
Firstly, let’s define what we mean by project review. “Project reviews are usually conducted internally with the team or sponsor to check on the progress and health of the project,&rdquo…
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