1. Company Introduction

In 1998, Quantum Telecom adopted two research and development project which requires to be completed by the summer of 1999. The project was to develop two products and market as soon as possible. The product has short life span due to the dramatic change in technology.

2. Gate Review Meeting

- The main purpose of gate review meeting is to communicate with group of stakeholders and review the project progress. This gate review meeting is normally pre-schedule.
- The result of the gate review meeting can result in the closure of a life-cycle or entire project.
- The activities that conducted in the gate review meeting were to ensure the deliverables to be acknowledged and approved as to move on next phase.
- Each gate defines the criteria that must be satisfied to exist from the just-completed phase.
- Gate activities: o Decision to continue the process by the project manager or steering committee o Decision based on information availability at the point of time o Reviewing of the project budget those were within control o Iron out issues and getting team member feedback o Risk analysis o Availability of necessary resources (Money, people with right competencies) o Reviews the business risk that involved in the meeting o Revision of risk planning

3. Politics Elimination (Answer To Q1)
How do we eliminate politics from gate review meetings?

In gate review meetings, politics exist in any life cycle phase of a project. Two or more people or a group of people is needed for a politics to occur. Politics in project management have positive impact and negative impact in a project management.
Politics can influence in GO/NO-GO decision of project advancement. To eliminate or minimize politics in gate review meeting, committee sponsorship can be adopted to minimize the politics in gate review meeting. Committees are