assignment

7.2 Discussion Board: Effective Project Communication Topic 1

Topic 1: Documenting and Communicating Project Progress

One of the concepts discussed in Chapter 6 of the textbook “Strategic Project Management – BUS 5661” is the importance of documenting and communicating the progress on a project. Your company is a major software development company that develops enterprise software for Internet and mobile applications. You have recently been appointed the team leader on a new software development project. The members of your team have worked on various software development projects for the company. At your first team meeting, you suggest that the team meet every time the project reaches a major milestone, as defined in the project plan. However, several members of your team complained that the meetings are a waste of time. These members feel that a well-written progress report from you is all that is necessary to keep them updated and the project moving along smoothly. Who is right, the team members or the project manager? Provide the rationale for your answer. Discuss the importance of team meetings and written progress reports, including the upsides and downsides of both.

Initial posts should be 350 words minimum

Initial posts should include at least two peer-reviewed article/journal/book as a citation (not including

the course textbook)

Use APA formatting to cite all of your sources:

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/

general_format.html (Links to an external site.)

You can access the databases of peer-reviewed journals here:

https://libguides.lib.fit.edu/business (Links to an external site.)

https://libguides.lib.fit.edu/InformationTechnology