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?
Renee GalligherIT Project Manager 3, PMP, ICP| Idaho State Board of EducationMeridian, Id, United States
Excellent discussion. End of project is something that I have always struggled with so this has given me incentive to really do it. Thanks! Saving Changes...
Shoaib AhmedProgram Manager| Eagle Technology GroupWellington, New Zealand
Good topic indeed. Thank you is something that is not often said and it's free. I'd definitely thank them by recalling a good contribution each team member did and how that contributed to the positive outcome. I find people really relate to that, rather than a generic well done. Good luck. Keep us posted about what you end up doing. I'm after some ideas as well :-) Saving Changes...
