Shared Project Schedule

4 Comments

1. AnonymousAugust 24,2022 at 11:30PM UTC

   This is unusual but not unheard of. How long has the project be active? The project manager might be in the discovery phase and trying to figure out what actually needs to be done if it’s in the initiation phase of the project.

2. AnonymousAugust 25,2022 at 1:30PM UTC

   I agree with the other commenter this is unusual but certainly not unheard of. Have you proposed establishing a timeline with others on the project?

3. AnonymousOctober 3,2022 at 8:38PM UTC

   I did create a timeline for myself, but was told by the senior manager on the project that I should not share it.

   Longer version

   Since there was no schedule or timeline available when i came onto the project, I started recording due dates and timeline information for myself and posted it on my cube wall. The senior manager on the project would use it, and once I had enough of an outline I suggested sharing it with the team in our workspace and volunteered to keep it current. She told me not to share it. That everyone on the team should keep track of their own deadlines. Even after multiple people missed their deadlines, and she kept using my cube posting, she kept telling me not to share it. (She did a few other things like that which undermined the project.)

4. AnonymousAugust 25,2022 at 7:26PM UTC

   I'm the original poster. I was curious because there was a project I worked on a few years ago where we didn't post any kind of timeline. Theoretically the project was about mid-way. (I tried to convince the project manager that it might be helpful - especially since people kept missing their "deadlines".) In the end (after I'd moved on), the project failed.

   I was curious. As one of the comments says, I could understand it in the early stages before there's a work breakdown structure (WBS). I'd also understand not posting the full details, because on a large project that can be confusing or overwhelming. And schedules change over time.

   But that was the only project I've ever been on with absolutely no timeline or schedule. And while it wasn't the only reason the project failed, I believe it contributed.