steering committees
Direction-setting groups
A steering committee is a group that guides a project or organization by setting priorities and making high-level decisions without handling day-to-day operations.
Steering committees typically include senior leaders or stakeholders who provide oversight and direction: The steering committee approved the new timeline but left implementation details to the project team.
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- project oversightSupervision of an undertaking
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- directionWay something faces
planning · advisory · management · governance · top brass · advisory boards · decision-making · rudder · agenda setting · helm · boards · supervision · panels · organization · facilitation · behind the scenes · pulling the strings · course correction
- committeessubcommittees, subcommittee
- Governance Bodiesboard of directors, trustees, management boards, advisory councils
- boardsblackboard, whiteboard, chalkboard, cutting board, clipboard
- forumsforums, community forums, online forums, discussion groups, public forums
- civic engagementcivic engagement, citizen participation, civic participation, civic responsibility, civic activism
steering committeesworking groups
Teams formed for projects
task forces · ground crews · rank and file · doers · worker bees
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