Our rule of thumb is a project will need three to five definition meetings spread over the first 25–30 percent of the project timeline to settle the project tradeoff and achieve commitment. These meetings are big, long, and often messy. But essentially, the entire team will be identifying what stands in the way of their commitment and identifying and assigning the tasks that will get those things out of their way, who will own them, and by when they will be done. As soon as a definition meeting answers yes to the fundamental question regarding their commitment to the project, the commitment
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