Comments on: What did you do today?

By: Focus and Importance | Project Management Guide

Focus and Importance | Project Management Guide — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:41:34 +0000

[...] had times when our attention is being pulled from many different directions at once. As well as our day to day tasks, sometimes problems pop up that mean we need to firefight, stakeholders can demand new reports, and [...]

By: Bert Heymans

Bert Heymans — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:06:23 +0000

Cool article Trevor, very good list of questions for daily monitoring and control.

I often ask people on a team what their next steps are going to be (that day), especially when the subject of the project is complex and things are at risk of getting confusing.

If a team explains to you what they are about to do it’s a good reassurance that the requirements are clear and people know what to focus on.

By: Zach Katkin

Zach Katkin — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:35:03 +0000

Great article with some helpful take-aways. Although your first three bullets seem common sense, the usefulness is particularly important (you don’t want to get overloaded with useless crap!).