Planning, Scheduling & Programming Discussion Member for 20 years 5 months Member for 20 years 5 months Submitted by Peter Holroyd on Fri, 2022-05-06 14:37 Permalink Brian,works well, very much Brian, works well, very much like Interactive Planning Sessions. Drawbacks can be Sessions dominated by a senior manager Done early on so team not really up to speed with scope or objectives Used as a learning session Team too timid to contribute Political agendas steer the meetings to unsupported decisions The mind map has to be interpreted by the planner in MSP - What did the meeting mean by that? Give it a go! For schedule I would definitely do a IPA asap in the project lifecycle and repeat it before each stage gate Peter Log in or register to post comments
Member for 20 years 5 months Member for 20 years 5 months Submitted by Peter Holroyd on Fri, 2022-05-06 14:37 Permalink Brian,works well, very much Brian, works well, very much like Interactive Planning Sessions. Drawbacks can be Sessions dominated by a senior manager Done early on so team not really up to speed with scope or objectives Used as a learning session Team too timid to contribute Political agendas steer the meetings to unsupported decisions The mind map has to be interpreted by the planner in MSP - What did the meeting mean by that? Give it a go! For schedule I would definitely do a IPA asap in the project lifecycle and repeat it before each stage gate Peter
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20 years 5 monthsBrian,works well, very much
Brian,
works well, very much like Interactive Planning Sessions.
Drawbacks can be
Sessions dominated by a senior manager
Done early on so team not really up to speed with scope or objectives
Used as a learning session
Team too timid to contribute
Political agendas steer the meetings to unsupported decisions
The mind map has to be interpreted by the planner in MSP - What did the meeting mean by that?
Give it a go! For schedule I would definitely do a IPA asap in the project lifecycle and repeat it before each stage gate
Peter