A project manager holds periodic progress review meetings to discuss issues. What should the project manager do first on the agenda?

The primary purpose of a progress review meeting focused on issues is to actively manage and resolve them. The most immediate and logical first step on the agenda is to address the issue log. This involves reviewing the current resolution approaches for each open issue and confirming or updating the action assignments to ensure accountability and drive progress. This action-oriented start directly tackles the meeting's core objective of resolving problems that are impacting the project.

1. Project Management Institute. (2021). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Seventh Edition. Project Management Institute

Inc. See Section 2.2

"Project Work Performance Domain

" which discusses managing project issues as a key activity involving investigation and action to resolve them. The issue log is the primary artifact for this.

2. Project Management Institute. (2017). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Sixth Edition. Project Management Institute

Inc. Section 4.3.3.3

"Issue Log

" describes this document as the tool to "track and manage issues

ensuring that they are investigated and resolved." A meeting to discuss issues would use this log to assign owners and track resolution actions.

3. Kerzner

H. (2017). Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning

Scheduling

and Controlling (12th ed.). Wiley. Chapter 15

"Controlling

" discusses the importance of problem-solving meetings where the focus is on analyzing problems (issues) and assigning responsibility for corrective action.