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Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
I would have to say useless meetings.
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Adam Yusuf Other| Knowledgebased Services Limited Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria
Uncorporating project sponsor who have less clue of the expected outcome and the processes to achieve project success
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1 reply by Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD
Mar 22, 2018 5:32 PM
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Thanks Adam, dealing with stakeholders can either by fantastic or extremely frustrating, or both at the same time.
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Vincent Guerard Coach - Trainer - Speaker - Advisor| Freelance Mont-Royal, Quebec, Canada
What about untimebox meeting? meeting where less important or lower priority point take more time than critical or key points.

Information that is circulated to all, without minimal clarity, Who, Why When type of information.
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Mar 22, 2018 5:32 PM
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Thanks Vincent, meeting agendas and rules are important for best value.
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
One size fits all standards, methodologies, practices & tools
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Mar 22, 2018 5:34 PM
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Thanks Kiron, thata's why we love Agile so much :-)
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James Smith Nevada, United Kingdom
I'm with Sante on meetings, we take minutes and often waste hours.
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Mar 22, 2018 5:35 PM
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Thanks Robin, yes it's also the time leading up to and just following bad meetings (ie. travel) that is also a waste of time.
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Kevin Drake Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Stupid people who has one template for everything and they have no clue how to use it even,,,
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Mar 22, 2018 5:35 PM
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lol thanks Kevin, can't get much simpler than a template.
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Najam Mumtaz Retired Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Non-productive meetings
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Mar 22, 2018 5:36 PM
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True Najam, it's one of the ultimate and worst time consuming wastes in any project.
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Dinah Young Project Manager / Software Asset Manager| Prince William County Springfield, Va, United States
Meetings for the sake of having meetings
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Mar 22, 2018 5:37 PM
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Thanks Dinah, there was one project that went for over a year, and I swear at least half the day was meetings, because it was so stakeholder/heavy.
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Dhawal Shah PM Consultant| Electronic Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Meetings, Mails, improper documentation in real life projects-- these are main causes that drives me crazy personally.
At the same time, these are the things which guide you thru' crunch time.
One meeting, mail or a single document will put light on your doubts, confusion and then you have clear picture how to proceed further.
It depends on the contents of meeting, mail or document whether they help you make decision or more of them required to clear the picture.
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Mar 22, 2018 5:38 PM
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Great points Dhawal, thanks.
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Eric Simms Senior Program Manager Baltimore, Maryland, United States
High-level stakeholders who try to skirt procedure and assign work on their pet projects directly to my resources.
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Mar 22, 2018 5:39 PM
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haha Eric, I see we have both been there before. Yes that is extremely annoying.
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Riyadh Salih Saskatchewan, Canada
Sante, I would agree with you on non value added meetings with few stakeholders who try to interfere with every thing just to pretend that they are key stakeholders but they are just rubbish.
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Mar 22, 2018 5:40 PM
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Thanks Riyadh, yes sometimes stakeholders don't really have anything to say and shouldn't even be a stakeholder cos they are really not affected by the project or could effect the project, they have just been nominated as someone we must meet with for whatever reason.
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