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Tim PM Project Manager| NHS Yes, United Kingdom
Hi all, I just picked up a project temporarily to sort out, which is a long way behind schedule. I'm surprised to discover that there aren't any project teams meetings, and never have been. Not conference calls, webexes or anything. Has anyone ever seen a project run like this? I've never seen a project run without them.

Previous PM is not around to ask why.

Meanwhile, it's first team meeting (10 months in) is now today!
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Anupam India
That's really surprising.

Good luck :)
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Drew Craig Sr. Agile & Product Coach| Vanguard Philadelphia, Pa, United States
Yes, that surprising to hear. Was there any system or tool set up to communicate? Good Luck.
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AKSHAY JAIN Planning Group Leader| YOKOGAWA, Bahrain Gwalior, Mp, India
You already mentioned project is long way behind, I would have surprised if you would have mentioned project is running well without communication. That is a reason why a Project Manager is required for a project.
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James Furness Associate Director of Project Management| Disney Streaming Services Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Is there an option to start again? What are you building?

Crazy to think that for 10 months there have been no calls/meetings.

I think you have your work cut out!
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Stéphane Parent Self Employed / Semi-retired| Leader Maker Prince Edward Island, Canada
I'm guessing the previous PM did not want to have to explain why the project was late.
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Daniel Krompholz Principal Maintenance Systems Specialist, Asset Management| The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Jamaica, Ny, United States
red flags!
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Kgobalale John Malatji Projects Portfolio Manager | Noko-imp Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
I have had a number of those, In all the cases I was the only team member and the only stakeholder.
You have a situation in your hands there! Good luck!
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Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
This is very surprising - It seems the project was out of control in many ways. Good Luck in getting it back on track.
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Mayte Mata Sivera PMO Leader | Speaker | Author Ut, United States
Huge red flag. Review all the project documentation for the previous PM (if you find it) and good luck with this project. I've never seen that before, usually teams said that there are too much meetings instead of no meetings.
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Eduard Hernandez
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Product Operations Program Manager Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain
It almost seems that the previous PM has purposely deleted this information... perhaps you could ask IT if it is possible to somehow retrieve it? Good luck!
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