Integrated Project Management

Team Member Expectations

By the end of the kickoff meeting, team members realize that they have taken on an active role. Work is required of them both at and between meetings. The between-meeting work involves interviewing others not on the project team for advice and data. Although conducting these interviews (this is called an action item) is interspersed with the team members' efforts to meet other commitments, it must not be considered secondary to other commitments and be laid aside. The project manager should ask the team members to build project commitments into their day planners.

Everyone is expected to attend the next meeting, with their task list in hand.

Flexibility

The IPM model, as described at the kickoff meeting, sets forth specific ...