{"id":1302,"date":"2015-11-11T07:00:59","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T07:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/?p=1302"},"modified":"2017-12-14T15:11:54","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T21:11:54","slug":"are-you-wasting-valuable-time-managing-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/are-you-wasting-valuable-time-managing-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Wasting Valuable Time Managing Projects?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How many hours a week are you wasting when it comes to day-to-day job stress, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/fostering-collaborative-work-with-virtual-project-management-software\/\">complex internal processes<\/a>, and completing tasks outside your main role? The answer may depend on whether you live in Europe or the United States.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In Europe, Project Managers report wasting up to three hours per week or 20 working days a year<\/strong>, according to a survey of 1200 project managers from Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the UK, Germany, and the Netherlands.<sup>1<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Would you believe these results would be an improvement when compared to U.S. project managers? U.S. survey respondents say <strong>they waste more than 7 hours per week per person because of collaboration issues, adding up to 350 hours, or nearly 9 weeks per year<\/strong>.<sup>2<\/sup> That\u2019s more than twice the lost productivity time of their European counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, globally, project managers are under pressure managing numerous projects, deadlines, and tasks \u2013 leveraging <a title=\"Avoid a Tower of Babel Scenario: Too Many Tools Create Complexity and Inefficiencies\" href=\"\/avoid-a-tower-of-babel-scenario-too-many-tools-create-complexity-and-inefficiencies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ineffective or too many collaboration tools<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, disparate productivity tools means chaos reigns supreme, costing organizations time and money as it becomes harder to complete projects on time, on budget, and at a high quality.<br \/>\nRead expert, Jason Morio\u2019s perspective in his blog <a title=\"Stop wasting time and money at work \u2013 Here are the top five hurdles\" href=\"\/get-rid-of-the-chaos-with-collaborative-work-management-infographic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stop Wasting Time and Money<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d like to hear from you. How much time are you wasting using ineffective collaboration tools? Share by leaving a comment below.<\/p>\n<p><sup>1<\/sup> <a title=\"The Chaos Theory ebook: A survey &amp; survival guide on how to overcome work life chaos\" href=https:\/\/www.planview.com\/products-solutions\/products\/projectplace\/ target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Chaos Theory ebook: A survey &amp; survival guide on how to overcome work life chaos<\/a><br \/>\n<sup>2<\/sup> <a title=\"Project collaboration: moving past the hurdles of your legacy solutions 4 must haves for project success\" href=https:\/\/www.planview.com\/products-solutions\/products\/projectplace\/ target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project collaboration: moving past the hurdles of your legacy solutions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many hours a week are you wasting when it comes to day-to-day job stress, complex internal processes, and completing tasks outside your main role? The answer may depend on whether you live in Europe or the United States. 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