Why Project Dashboards Fail Leaders (And How to Fix Them)
Project dashboards are supposed to create visibility. Boards review them. Executives rely on them. Leadership teams use them to make decisions about priorities, funding, staffing, and risk. But many dashboards fail at the one thing they are supposed to do: tell the truth about how a project is actually performing. The issue is not usually the reporting tool itself. The issue is that many organizations never clearly define what project status indicators actually mean. What makes a project...