10 Jan 11 Project Stakeholder Weekly Update

For each project you run senior stakeholders deserve a briefly weekly update.  A simple method is to keep a running tab.  In an email set up a table.  Each week you add a row with your latest update.  This method builds accountability and drives progress.

Here are the three questions you should answer:

• What did you do last week (include any milestones hit)?
• What are your next actions?
• What are your blockers?

10 Jan 11 Todo Lists

In Microsoft Office rely on your Tasks pane.   In ‘Click here to to add a new task’ add either reoccurring tasks or project names.  For each project, bullet your list of associated tasks.  If one task needs to occur after another, simply indent the task under the prior.  Include a high level list of your milestones for context.

One task should be your weekly senior stakeholder update.  Another task should be set to regularly clean up your todo lists.