People

"I use this time to catch up on my emails and prepare for the meetings scheduled for the day."

"It is important to maintain close contact with the project team in order to track progress, resolve issues and keep on top of any new risks that emerge."

"Produce and distribute decisions and actions, update the Issue and Risk Registers and analyse the impact of any issues upon the project plan."

"I need to keep in contact with personnel who are not part of the core project team, to ensure the project requirements are understood, that they have the capacity to deliver and to identify any issues that may have an impact upon the overall project timetable."

"After a quick work-out at the gym and a short lunch, I feel energised to deal with the issues that arose this morning."

"Relevant staff from supplier and the business analyse current show-stopper issues. Solutions are either agreed or, if the preferred solution requires a change to the project scope, the decision is referred to the Project Sponsor."

"I approach the Project Sponsor to sanction the recommended option from the conference call. He agrees to my recommendation but there is now a budgetary impact that will need to be raised at the next Board meeting.

"Having agreed an approach for the issues, I update my weekly progress report and prepare the papers for the next Project Board to demonstrate why additional budget is required if the project deadline is to be met. I also catch up with my colleagues in the Business Projects Group to find out about any new business developments and the impact these may have on the teams' projects."