Mismanaging Project Management

Ed Mendlowitz CPA The Practice Doctor Q and A

By Ed Mendlowitz
101 Questions and Answers

QUESTION: I assigned four projects to a manager who reassigned them to a Staff 2 person and I gave a date when they were needed that was three weeks away.  When I asked about the progress after two weeks, I was told that nothing was near completion.  Now there is a super rush with much stress. How could this situation have been avoided?

RESPONSE: First off – you are to blame. You did not work with the manager to see how she would assign the work and to whom.