Elizabeth HarrinDirector| RebelsGuideToPM.comLondon, England, United Kingdom
I'm a Wednesday girl. Saving Changes...
Imran ManirSenior Project ManagerBurton On Trent, United Kingdom
If you have a number of projects to deliver, then work on the principle that you need to give yourself and work-package leads time to prepare before the meeting - the rest is based on resource availability (people/rooms/conf phones etc).
Oh and avoid Friday afternoons in those countries where Sat & Sun are the weekend! Saving Changes...
Ravi AnandProject Manager| Fujitsu ConsultingPune, India
If you have weekend on Saturday and Sunday / I would prefer Meeting should be on Thusday, After meeting on Friday you will have all the pending data, From Monday you can start planning and working. Saving Changes...
I feel the beginning of the week would be good since it allows you to direct your management capabilities to where they can do most benefit and your goals from the week may follow just looking at last weeks report in the beginning of the next week. Saving Changes...
Anonymous
None. In our organization, project status is reported via email and updated into MS Project. I do not need a meeting to find out if someone is 25% completed with a task, etc...
Nothing sucks more that going around the room and having everybody report on what they did. Can easily be done via email.
We do have project meetings,but to discuss issues and tasks coming up that could have high risks involved. Saving Changes...
Mark DyslinHR Project Leader| Xerox Business Services LLCDallas, Tx, United States
While I am the first to bag out of meetings whenever possible, simply knowing someone is 25% percent done with a task only tells a bit of the story. Status meetings are great for sorting through issues and bringing minds together. I don't feel that status updates can be solely accomplished via email.
That being said, I never schedule status meetings to last more than 30 minutes. Anything longer has to be "justified" (in other words, you better whine pretty loud to get a longer than 30 minute meeting). Saving Changes...
