Kevin HartfordProject Manager| Olgoonik Specialty ContractorsArlington, Va, United States
Personally, I plan to have this meeting either on Tuesday or Wednesday every week. I work in the global envrionment and some of the project work takes place on my weekend so this allows the project managers to compile all the information needed to make a relevant status report...but you never get the most up-to-date information no matter when you do the meeting. But I do like to give people time after the weekend to get everything in one pile. Saving Changes...
Aleem KhanDirector Training and Consulting| 360PMO Project Management ConsultingMilton, Ontario, Canada
I second that, in my opinion best day is Tuesday. It allows time to gather information on past week activities but also focus on work required for the remaining days of the week Saving Changes...
Another vote for Tuesday here as well. Are we all agreed on 11.00-12.00 too?! Saving Changes...
Mark DyslinHR Project Leader| Xerox Business Services LLCDallas, Tx, United States
We run Wednesdays whenever possible. You have two days on either side of that for update or planning. Saving Changes...
Sameer IyerVice President - Salesforce Centre of Excellence| Barclays Bank, Plc.Pune, Maharashtra, India
Tuesday or Wednesday work fine. Saving Changes...
Aleem KhanDirector Training and Consulting| 360PMO Project Management ConsultingMilton, Ontario, Canada
In some countries weekend falls different than saturday/sunday. And challenge is when project team members are sitting in different continents with not only different weekends but as well different time zones.
any further thoughts on this? Saving Changes...
Jiju NairSenior Manager| Fannie MaeReston, Va, United States
There is no good answer to thsi question. It all depends on the activity pattern for an organization. I have found Tuesdays to be a good day for status review as it releases most of the project team from Monday's busy schedule. Reviews on Fridays are not that great as many stakeholders can be absent. Saving Changes...
Kevin HartfordProject Manager| Olgoonik Specialty ContractorsArlington, Va, United States
I agree that the particular day doesn't matter as much as the "battle rythmn" of the PMO. This is also important in the international projects question. If everyone knows the battle rythmn then they know when reports are due. If you use a dashboard, I think that only information that is outside the control should be discussed, so meetings like that should be short...unless you have alot of problems. Saving Changes...
Karen TompkinsPM II| BarclaysChislehurst, Kent, United Kingdom
I agree, and hold my status meetings on a Tuesday - from 10 till 11am. This allows for the PMs to have Monday to get things in order and send me status updates for each project, so that by Tuesday morning I've read all the reports and know what questions to ask and what needs my attention. We can then plan and prioritise the rest of the week's activities. Saving Changes...
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