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There's a better way to get project managers to use a standardized reporting template for cross-organization status review meetings than simply mandating it.
Does your project management office pull together status reports for multiple projects to facilitate a cross-organization status review meeting? If so, you know the process could be quicker and easier if all status reports followed a standard template. Of course, that’s easier said than done. Most project managers will tell you that their customized status report is best for their projects, and it very well may be. Each functional management person is comfortable with their version, probably had a hand in creating it, and feels they understand it.
So, how do you get a standardized version to be adopted across the organization? Well, the most obvious choice (but the worst one) is by edict: get a strong sponsor behind your version and force all projects to use it. This may “work” for the review meeting, but the new format probably won’t be used anywhere else, and comments of “useless overhead” will surely follow. Option 2: use change management techniques.
1. Seek out all the project managers and functional managers in one-on-one meetings.
2. Make the case for the change to a unified status report: What’s the benefit to the PMO? Why is it …
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