{"id":4125,"date":"2017-01-10T15:53:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T21:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/?p=4125"},"modified":"2022-03-23T15:34:43","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T20:34:43","slug":"unstructured-work-is-exploding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/unstructured-work-is-exploding\/","title":{"rendered":"Unstructured Work Is Exploding: Channel It Appropriately Using Work and Resource Management"},"content":{"rendered":"

Part 4 of 8 Reasons Your Business Strategy Might Just Fail<\/em><\/p>\n

While organizations are increasingly using structured, process-oriented methods, the vast majority of work being done in enterprises today is unstructured. This is the day-to-day work that organizations run on, consisting of everything from small tasks to meetings to communications. The question is how to harness all this energy in the best interests of each company.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s becoming more difficult, which is why it\u2019s number four on our list of eight forces potentially working against you.<\/p>\n

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  1. Outcomes are different<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Capabilities must be strategic<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Work methods are proliferating<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. UNSTRUCTURED\u00a0WORK IS EXPLODING<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. Plans are even more critical<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Teams are virtual and global<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. Technology is everywhere<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. Resources are multiplying<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    As I said during our customer conference this fall (video below), organizations are trying to help employees do all this unstructured work more efficiently.<\/p>\n

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    Unstructured Work Is Exploding<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Why is unstructured work growing so quickly? There are myriad, diverse answers. An article in The Wall Street Journal<\/a>, citing research from the Labor Department, says that knowledge worker jobs are growing more quickly than ever. In fact, the number of knowledge workers has doubled over the past three decades, and economists expect this trend to continue. While technology is replacing some workers doing routine jobs, it\u2019s also creating new, \u201cnonroutine\u201d ones in different fields. These jobs require more cognitive, creative thinking and a whole lot of unstructured work.<\/p>\n

    \"Unstructured<\/a><\/p>\n

    Another clue comes from the results of KPMG\u2019s 2016 CEO Outlook\u00a0<\/a>research, which found that:<\/p>\n