Status Reports
Jun. 23rd, 2004 10:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sobriqueFor your information.
When we are very busy, regular status reports just waste my time and yours.
1 day a week 'reporting' means 20% of time is being wasted.
When I've got a workload that implies I need 3 weeks each week in order to keep up, (2 'full time' projects + day job) the day of reporting impacts all of them.
And yes, I'm aware there are enough hours in a week to do 3x. But I'm not going to.
When we are very busy, regular status reports just waste my time and yours.
1 day a week 'reporting' means 20% of time is being wasted.
When I've got a workload that implies I need 3 weeks each week in order to keep up, (2 'full time' projects + day job) the day of reporting impacts all of them.
And yes, I'm aware there are enough hours in a week to do 3x. But I'm not going to.
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Date: 2004-06-23 04:47 am (UTC)That being said - there is software that tracks such things (Rational Rose, Erwin or even something like Microsoft Project). I tend to use these tools so my staffers don't have to spend too much time keeping me uptodate on project status and they are free to do their real work ;)