MOM (Minutes of Meeting)

In short: MOM stands for Minutes of Meeting: the written result of a meeting with the decisions and tasks.

In more detail: A MOM is a results protocol. It does not record every word but what was decided and who does what by when. That way everyone is on the same page, and later one can look up what was agreed.

In Depth

Contents of a MOM

• Header: title, date, time, place, minute taker.
• Participants: who was there, who was absent.
• Agenda: the points discussed.
• Results and decisions: short and clear.
• Tasks (to-dos): owner and deadline for each task.
• Next meeting.

Tips

• Send it right after the meeting, ideally the same day.
• Keep it short and write in complete, unambiguous sentences.
• Give tasks a name and a date, otherwise nobody feels responsible.
• A verbatim record, in contrast, captures everything said and is rarely needed.

MOMs belong to project work and are part of the documentation, e.g. in the final project (IHK project documentation).

See also: project management methods