Truth 25No One Reads Yesterday's News
Kevin was a new manager. He was learning how to track milestones, monitor risks and issues, and keep costs under control. He was a quick study and was learning the basics well. When it came to status reports, Kevin was thorough, concise, and relevant in what he reported. He spent a tremendous amount of time working on his status reports. He focused so much on producing perfect reports that he sent them a week after the "as-of" date. The content was great, the recipients were appropriate, and the e-mails were well written. But because the content was so out of date, the status reports were beyond action by the recipients and management.
He focused so much on producing perfect status reports that he sent them ...
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