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.