How do we eliminate politics from gate review meetings and how can we

develop a methodology where termination of a project is not viewed as a

failure?

What options are available to a project manager when there is a disagreement

between the sponsor and the project manager?
asked 6 years ago by anonymous – edited 6 years ago by FastProjectManager
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 gate-review

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1. You can't eliminate politics. As a project manager the best thing that you can
do is navigate through politics. The best thing that you can do is to find a
common ground for all your stakeholders. It is not your job to eliminate politics
in gate review meetings (or anywhere else, for that matter), and you don't
have authority to do that anyway.

2. A terminated project is a failed project. No matter how you see it and how
you try to twist it, a terminated project means failure. Failure in project
management, failure at the executive level, failure in the medium/long term
vision, technological failure, etc... They all mean failure.

3. The project should never have a conflict with the project sponsor. The
project sponsor is the spine of the project and the project can't live without it.
The project manager should resolve any conflict he has with the project
sponsor immediately (at his own expense if needed).