Comments on: Can You Have Too Many PM Meetings? http://project-management-knowledge.com/can-you-have-too-many-pm-meetings/ The Ultimate Resource for Project Managers Mon, 05 Sep 2011 09:22:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: ja http://project-management-knowledge.com/can-you-have-too-many-pm-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-95 ja Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:04:13 +0000 http://www.project-management-knowledge.com/?p=2700#comment-95 Perhaps there can be a similar formular calculating the need for the project meetings in the first place. More often than not, it becomes a routine the majority of people don't take an active part in, thus adding nothing to the development of the project. Perhaps there can be a similar formular calculating the need for the project meetings in the first place. More often than not, it becomes a routine the majority of people don’t take an active part in, thus adding nothing to the development of the project.

]]> By: IT Consulting http://project-management-knowledge.com/can-you-have-too-many-pm-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-93 IT Consulting Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:06:28 +0000 http://www.project-management-knowledge.com/?p=2700#comment-93 There definitely is a fine line here. With the right tracking however, the PMO should be able to figure out where that line is. There definitely is a fine line here. With the right tracking however, the PMO should be able to figure out where that line is.

]]> By: Pawel Brodzinski http://project-management-knowledge.com/can-you-have-too-many-pm-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Pawel Brodzinski Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:31:27 +0000 http://www.project-management-knowledge.com/?p=2700#comment-90 For the leading question I would start with the answer "yes, we do have too many PM meetings" and start looking for ways to limit them. In vast majority of cases we'd able to limit the time spent on meetings. Usually our schedules are cluttered with recurring meetings and the rest of free time is filled with ad-hoc gatherings to deal with some issue. Withe the former the trick is to find <a href="http://blog.brodzinski.com/2007/08/how-often-you-should-run-team-meetings.html" rel="nofollow">right frequency of meetings</a>. With the latter each case should be considered individually to decide whether you need a meeting at all. For the leading question I would start with the answer “yes, we do have too many PM meetings” and start looking for ways to limit them. In vast majority of cases we’d able to limit the time spent on meetings.

Usually our schedules are cluttered with recurring meetings and the rest of free time is filled with ad-hoc gatherings to deal with some issue. Withe the former the trick is to find right frequency of meetings. With the latter each case should be considered individually to decide whether you need a meeting at all.

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