Elizabeth HarrinDirector| RebelsGuideToPM.comLondon, England, United Kingdom
This month we draw to a close a long programme of work, that some of my team have worked on for about 4 years. Multiple projects have been delivered and the programme is widely considered a success.
At the end of the month we have a lunch for the team members plus our project sponsor. I would like to do something at this lunch to mark the fact that it is the end of a long piece of work and that we are celebrating success. In other words, we have been out for lunch as a group before, not least a couple of weeks ago for Christmas. How can I make this lunch special?
Last year at our half-year review point I contacted all our key suppliers and asked them to contribute promotional items, and at the lunch I gave each team member a gift bag with a promotional umbrella, pens, lanyard and other free things that suppliers had provided. I can't do that again. I also only have 3 weeks to get it sorted!
I thought about doing a quiz.
Ideas need to be free or very cheap and something I can sort out easily in the next few weeks. What have you done to mark the end of a project? Any ideas that I can use for my team?
Just a few days to go now! have fun whatever you have decided for your team... let us know !! Saving Changes...
Elizabeth HarrinDirector| RebelsGuideToPM.comLondon, England, United Kingdom
I will! It's Monday, so final touches this weekend. Saving Changes...
Elizabeth HarrinDirector| RebelsGuideToPM.comLondon, England, United Kingdom
Today was our end of project lunch. I gave everyone a bottle of wine from the year that they joined the project (2006 onwards), inspired by Taralyn's suggestion focusing on the years, with a personal note. I also asked the CEO to write letters to everyone thanking them for their contribution. I also did a quiz about the history of the project, although I think the questions were too hard, as the top score was 10.5 out of 20! The quiz winner got a small box of chocolates.
A bottle of wine very nice.. and of course the individual letter from CEO acknowledging their contribution goes a long way.. just out of interest how many team members were working on these projects.. Saving Changes...
Elizabeth HarrinDirector| RebelsGuideToPM.comLondon, England, United Kingdom
We worked it out - it was one of the quiz questions. Over 4-ish years there were 21 people who worked full time on it, although there are only 7 of us now. Saving Changes...
Elizabeth, you and your team have much to be proud.
All the best
Vasoula Saving Changes...
Alan CaseySenior Project Manager| Ford Motor Credit CompanyDewitt, Mi, United States
This was a fun thread! Elizabeth, I love the way you reached out for input and put so much thought into your end of project celebration. You've set the bar high for the rest of us ;)
Well Done! Saving Changes...
Matthew KujawaStaff EngineerRochester, Mn, United States
For something memorable, I did little trophies after one of my projects with their name, project and date on it. Those were fairly inexpensive - $15 ea or so. Other projects I did 1st place medals.
I got these from the local, small businessman's sports shop. It was nice to see people displaying them in their cubes. Saving Changes...
Great job Elizabeth. Thanks for sharing; I'm going to wrap up an early project next year; this gives me some great ideas. I like Mark's ideas too. Saving Changes...
I'd recommend some sort of contest with a prize incentive. The team loves it and it helps build team chemistry. Here's a great article further elaborating on this concept:
http://www.webmarketing123.com/Travis/web1...test-danha.html Saving Changes...
