Missed Productivity Potential

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Missing deadlines

What is your metric for productivity?

Time Management

Could you achieve more with the same time, given strategies?

Planned Work

Is work being planned effectively?

Engagement

Do people switch off when planning?

Culture

Are your colleagues in charge of their own destiny?

Missed Deadlines

An obvious indicator of productivity issues is when you notice that work is not being delivered within expected timeframes. While better to identify productivity issues earlier, it's still possible to identify causes and act to make things better in future.

Culture

Why are some members of the team not as engaged?Team culture is very important and there are strategies for improving the culture for individuals to better engage them. In particular, colleagues should feel ownership of work, not just tools.

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Time Management

It's possible that the cause is simply time management issues with the individuals responsible for delivering key work. Strategies to aid individuals' time management can help them deliver and prevent bottlenecking delivery across the team.

Planned Work

• If time is being managed well at the individual level, perhaps the team's work planning could be better
• Make as much work as possibly planned rather than unplanned
• Timebox work with goals
• Evaluate delivery within timeboxes; learn what team velocity looks like

Engagement

If work is not being planned effectively, consider what planning sessions look like. Is everyone involved? Does it fall to one person dictating and other simply being told what to do? Use strategies for making planning more engaging for all team members.