Lessons Learned with Dana Domnisor, PMP

You are facilitating a meeting with your project team to develop the team charter. At the start of the meeting, a team member states, "I don't understand the importance of this meeting. We are all professionals, and this isn't our first project working together. Wouldn't our time be better spent getting an early start on project execution?"

 

The body language of the other team members suggests that they agree with the comments.

 

How should you respond to the team member?

 

A. As long as everyone is in agreement, then let's skip the team charter and get ahead of schedule
B. Let's use the team charter from our last project as a starting point and then update it as necessary
C. The team charter is required by the project management office (PMO) for all projects
D. The team charter will eliminate any potential conflicts which will improve our productivity

 

HINT: What is the best way to gain the commitment of the project team for the guidelines in the team charter in this scenario?