More than a year ago, on 7 February 2017, the first coordination meeting of the members of the team responsible for the success of the “Restoration and protection of the symbol of the Polish cultural heritage – the Museum of King Jan III’s Palace at Wilanów” project took place.
This was the official start of work on the project, consisting of eight tasks concerning various fields. They are carried out by a team of ten curators, supported on a daily basis by several more people working in various departments of the museum. Meetings of the project manager with the task curators – and by the end of March, 46 of them have already been held – are organized cyclically, once a week. They are an important source of information on the progress of work on particular tasks, as well as an opportunity for curators to provide information on successes and emerging problems, such as implementation of the schedule or issues related to the selection of contractors. A note of the findings is drawn up from each coordination meeting, confirming the effective management of the project.
Undoubtedly, the exchange of thoughts and comments, and sometimes also “brainstorming” to solve emerging problems, is often the best, but not always the simplest, form of transparently “leading” a project, especially when faced with a multitude of challenges in different areas. This allows both for a constant flow of information and for maintaining a good pace of project implementation – the success of one task is often conditioned by the progress of another action. There is no doubt that regular meetings also contribute to the integration of the task force.
There are still a lot of meetings, agreements, findings, heated discussions, and coffees drunk awaiting us. The expected results and the ever-closer finale of all the projects are certainly worth the time and energy devoted to the project and joint discussions about it.
