Poison Excessive reporting
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2025 9:17 am
Multi-project organizations tend to have extensive reporting systems, born out of the fear of losing track of things. This quickly backfires: the time a project manager needs to produce reports for management means he doesn't have enough time for his actual task, namely managing his project. The larger the company, the more extensive the reporting system often is - and yet in the end, management still lacks exactly the information it actually needs. Excessive reporting is one of the biggest performance killers in project business.
Poison No. 6 – Tactical Feedback
At the same time, large-scale reporting forces project managers to act tactically and report "politically". In mexico telegram data order to avoid coming under the scrutiny of their own management, project managers tend to describe their project as "green" for as long as possible. In reality, the projects have long been "melon green" - the deeper you dig, the redder they become.
As a result, management doubts the veracity of the reports. For this reason, they keep demanding new and more detailed projects, and with each report, another meeting in which a report is discussed - a vicious circle!
survival tips
Make sure you have an overview of all projects and resources. Once you reach a certain number, you will only be able to do this if you use a central database.
Poison No. 6 – Tactical Feedback
At the same time, large-scale reporting forces project managers to act tactically and report "politically". In mexico telegram data order to avoid coming under the scrutiny of their own management, project managers tend to describe their project as "green" for as long as possible. In reality, the projects have long been "melon green" - the deeper you dig, the redder they become.
As a result, management doubts the veracity of the reports. For this reason, they keep demanding new and more detailed projects, and with each report, another meeting in which a report is discussed - a vicious circle!
survival tips
Make sure you have an overview of all projects and resources. Once you reach a certain number, you will only be able to do this if you use a central database.