Top Project Reporting Challenges
Darby Consulting has identified top reporting challenges faced by project teams and senior leadership based on an array of measurement and project management projects completed by the firm and its consultants. The same top challenges were identified across multiple industries and project types (i.e. capital-intensive, IT implementations, etc.).
Project teams are most often challenged by:
- Too much time spent preparing reports
- Difficulties with data collection and IT systems
- Fear of consequences and misunderstanding of data
- Reports go unread
- Unsure how to improve performance based on reports
Senior leadership is most challenged by:
- Inconsistent reporting across projects
- No ‘early warning’ detection
- Outdated or too much information
- Tracking measures that don’t improve performance
How To Improve Reporting
The first step toward improving reporting is assessing the current state. This can be done by collecting primary data (interviews, discussions and surveys) and secondary data (existing reports and documentation). During this effort, stakeholders are given the opportunity to assess the current state, which will not only help uncover improvement areas, but also increase the probability of buy-in and adoption of the recommended path forward.
How Darby Consulting Can Help
Darby Consulting helps clients by first conducting an assessment that provides an organization clarity on its current state of performance measurement capability. The assessment includes a combination of primary and secondary data to determine where the organization’s capabilities map to a performance measurement and reporting maturity model. ARecommendations Report is then provided at the conclusion of the assessment and summarizes the current state, opportunities for improving performance measurement capability and ‘quick wins’ prioritization.