The 1:1:1 Principle for Project Plans: Avoiding Chunky Peanut Butter Progress

Driving to an optimal work-plan level of detail means balancing accurate reporting of progress with the degree of effort to needed manage the work plan. When a work plan is too high-level, task progress is left more to subjective assessment, which can create surprises as due dates approach.

When the work plan is too low-level, then administering the work plan becomes a project in and of itself—coupled with team member frustration with too many status reports. To balance the level of detail and reduce surprises, I’ve adopted a 1:1:1 principle for task level of detail, as follows...

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