Progress 2 Feedback – No Hokie Left Behind (Jenna, Andrew, Aaron, Mahnoor & Tim)
Score: 23/25
So far, I am relatively happy with how this project is being managed, but I have identified several important issues below that need to be considered/addressed. I am excited to see how the project concludes. Please let me know if I can provide additional clarity to my concerns. I hope that you all have a great break.
Jason
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For the social media “revamp”, it is important that you make it very clear to me exactly what was done. I need to have an understanding of where they started, where we took them and how.
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Risk Analysis – this is a process that is meant to be forward looking. You are attempting to identify potential areas of risk for your project. Keep in mind that a risk element is something that is out of your control and involved uncertainty. For example, poor weather may negatively impact our outdoor event. With this in mind, “scope too small” does not fit this model. Please replace this with another risk. Also, risks need to be very specific. “external factors” is too broad. There need to be enough speficity so that each risk can be analyzed and a strategically planned for.
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Your meeting minutes are lacking in detail. It is not sufficient to simply list a topic. The minutes need to reflect what was actually discussed relative to this topic and who said what. This is a very important part of the project management process! Please see the example that I provided and let me know if still need help to understand what is acceptable. While I recognize that it is not likely that you can recall enough information from the passed meetings to update those minutes sufficiently; however, I do expect improvements for all of the future meetings.
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The draft schedule is out of date. There are several activities that are scheduled for October and early November that do not show the actual resource commitment.
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Overall, your presentation was very good. One recommendation that I have is that you should try to avoid having extremely busy slides unless you make a concerted effort to focus the audience’s attention to a specific portion of the slide.