These are resolvable and we are moving forward with plans for a design review. People from Mail Services still profess an interest completing a smaller scope project, but have been unable to commit the necessary resources. The Delivery Director, the Competency Group Director, and others teamed up this past quarter to better address the issue of staff connection and development opportunities. This led to a series of 8 recommendations that are now in various states of implementation. Currently, this responsibility is a distributed, individual, and personal one.
Efforts are underway to identify a team leader and provide necessary funding.
Another area that received some attention this past quarter but is not yet fully resolved is the role of Delivery in the EMCC work, although several individuals have begun to contribute to the Stellar project. It is expected, that this will be clarified as part of an offsite February planning session. Though delivery projects across MIT have a good deal diversity in approach and environment, we are managing to assemble a common set of useful project practices. For the second consecutive quarter, there has also been a survey of Project sponsors. This past quarter sponsors have been more responsive and there have been several examples of useful feedback from the survey.