310 ◾ The 12 Pillars of Project Excellence
Meeting attendees are the most critical element of the input to a meeting.
Because attendees also bring information regarding the project to meetings,
meeting attendees and information go together. Project leaders should identify
mandatory, required, and optional people while sending the meeting request.
Attendees include stakeholders, team members, sponsor, customer, technical
leaders, and experts if required. Project leaders must not invite those attendees
who are not affected by the project. While inviting the attendees for the meet-
ing, the project leader should set a very specific objective for the meeting. This is
especially true when virtual meetings are used for the attendees who are glob ...