K-Team Minutes

PM & SV Meeting

17th May 1999

4:15 - 5:15 PM

Attendees: Joanna Araminta, Victor Leung, Joel Brakey, Michael Hart, Dean Cortinovis, Long Tang
Apologies: None


This Meeting

  • Jo showed Anthony some new procedures, ie. when a task is not delivered on time and how to handle a non-responsive Client. The following draft was produced.

      FORMAL TASK ALLOCATION AND RESOURCE CONTROL PROCEDURES

       

      AIM

      • To allow the Project manager to make a better estimate on task duration.
      • Ensure that constructive feedback is incorporated with the Project Plan.

       

      1. If a task is not delivered by the due date

        Each team members are to be allocated tasks after each team meeting, which the Project Manager will do. The Project Manager, with the help of the team members, is responsible for establishing the due dates for each task. The allocated tasks, together with the corresponding due dates, are to be recorded in the minutes of the meeting.

        If any team members can not complete his/her given task by the due date, he/she must inform the Project manager at least five days before the given due date. The Project Manager will then re-schedule the Project Plan.

        If a task is not delivered by the due date, and the Project manager is not informed within the five days, a penalty will apply to the attending team member. The severity of the penalty will depend on:

        1. Time remaining for task completion
        2. Amount of time the task has consumed
        3. The relative importance of task, ie. dependencies on/with other tasks

        Example of the penalty table:

          Time wasted (%) Task rank (1-5) Penalty (%))
          50% 1 1%
          10 5 5%

          Legends:

            1 - Trivial

            2 - ....

            3 - ....

            4 - ....

            5 - Non-Trivial

        Example of the request table: 

          Reason Name Expected Finished Date
          Java is not working jiar 5 May 1999
          Computer down time K-team 31 December 1999

      2. How to handle a non-responsive Client

        Primarily, communcation exchange between the Client and the Client Liaison Officer is via e-mails. however, some Clients do not provide many replies or feedbacks to e-mails. If this is the case, then the Client Liaison Officer will use telephone as the next communication exchange medium. If this still doesn't provide much feedback to the team regarding the Project, the Client Liaison Officer will inform the Project Manager, who will inform the Team's Supervisor, in the next PM & SV Meeting.

      Next Meeting

        Date: TBA

        Time: TBA

        Venue: Anthony's Office (L1.56)


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