Here Construction is mainly close for the holidays.
It require that project be ready for a 2 weeks of no work, that is in the planning.
Some exemption for road/infrastructure.
IT like Stéphane mention have a good opportunity for deployment.
I had the fortune to conclude on of the toughest projects i ever managed just before Christmas. I did a launch with the team, business, IT, engineering, help-desk. It went fine. People enjoyed and relax. Share some thoughts and ideas with the sponsors.
It was impossible to unite all the people since some were in vacations. We took a group photography with half the team and missed the people that meanwhile leftover. The project started in 2015. I sent email to all members even the ones that are no longer working on the project.
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2 replies by George Lewis and Tiago Romao
Dec 21, 2017 6:08 AM
George Lewis
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Tiago - congrats, seems you did all the right closing steps.
Luckily you had closed the project just before Christmas, what challenges would you have faced if you had closed it after the end-of-year break period?
Dec 21, 2017 10:20 AM
Tiago Romao
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Thanks George,
it ended well although the project had it's moments. Concluding at Christmas season helped a lot, got the right mood from all the stakeholders. The product had less impact as the one some stakeholders were worried.
It it would happen in January i suppose it wasn't gain some much "emotion". The lunch hadn't made so success. Although i got congrats from many of the team members since unfortunately people don't celebrate outside the professional time period.
I guess "Merry Christmas and a happy new year" still makes sense :)
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George LewisProgram/Project Manager| DXC Technology CompanyHeredia, Costa Rica
Dec 21, 2017 5:01 AM
Replying to Tiago Romao
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I had the fortune to conclude on of the toughest projects i ever managed just before Christmas. I did a launch with the team, business, IT, engineering, help-desk. It went fine. People enjoyed and relax. Share some thoughts and ideas with the sponsors.
It was impossible to unite all the people since some were in vacations. We took a group photography with half the team and missed the people that meanwhile leftover. The project started in 2015. I sent email to all members even the ones that are no longer working on the project.
Tiago - congrats, seems you did all the right closing steps.
Luckily you had closed the project just before Christmas, what challenges would you have faced if you had closed it after the end-of-year break period? Saving Changes...
Guilherme CalobaProduction Engineer| PETROBRASRio De Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Excellent question. It is a time where lots of people are out of the office. If you consider that in the southern hemisphere Xmas and New Years coincide with the summer time, it is a fact that the office will be at half capacity until mid February. In my opinion, it is a good time to focus on training, if you can, review procedures, optimize processes and things like that. And get things ready for March!
I wonder if it's better to have a single big leave like this or two instances (one in Year's End and another in July). Saving Changes...
I had the fortune to conclude on of the toughest projects i ever managed just before Christmas. I did a launch with the team, business, IT, engineering, help-desk. It went fine. People enjoyed and relax. Share some thoughts and ideas with the sponsors.
It was impossible to unite all the people since some were in vacations. We took a group photography with half the team and missed the people that meanwhile leftover. The project started in 2015. I sent email to all members even the ones that are no longer working on the project.
Thanks George,
it ended well although the project had it's moments. Concluding at Christmas season helped a lot, got the right mood from all the stakeholders. The product had less impact as the one some stakeholders were worried.
It it would happen in January i suppose it wasn't gain some much "emotion". The lunch hadn't made so success. Although i got congrats from many of the team members since unfortunately people don't celebrate outside the professional time period.
I guess "Merry Christmas and a happy new year" still makes sense :) Saving Changes...
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