original publish date: 16th January, 2010
decades on …
Steering teams are largely aspirationally named.
True then as it is now.
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FTE #1: I thought the steering team would get that we were under pressure when I asked that they extend the analogy and rename my project team to the Shock Absorption Team.
FTE #2: I hear they rejected the request because there wasn’t a business case to cover the cost of changing the project documentation.
Caption: Subtlety is the enemy of clarity.