{"id":13155,"date":"2017-01-17T11:37:13","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T17:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/?p=13155"},"modified":"2020-03-12T11:40:14","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T16:40:14","slug":"time-theft-how-hidden-and-unplanned-work-commit-the-perfect-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/time-theft-how-hidden-and-unplanned-work-commit-the-perfect-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Time Theft: How Hidden and Unplanned Work Commit the Perfect Crime"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How many times have you finished a long day at work, exhausted, yet unable to cross anything off your list of high-priority to-dos? You feel robbed. Where did all your time go? Unfortunately, you feel this way more days than not. What\u2019s going on? You\u2019re likely falling victim to the biggest culprits of time theft: hidden and unplanned work.<\/p>\n

Hidden and unplanned work aren\u2019t clearly evident in our performance metrics, so they\u2019re difficult to analyze. Their impact, however, is great: Hidden and unplanned work stall and block important priorities and mask dependencies. As more and more work is delivered and started late, risk accumulates across your system. This risk breeds more risk, in the form of neglected work, unknown dependencies, conflicting priorities and too much WIP.\u00a0This risk can seriously jeopardize your\u00a0organization\u2019s ability to deliver predictably.<\/p>\n

There will always be unplanned work \u2014 so we have to\u00a0learn how to plan for it. So the question becomes: How do we plan for the work we cannot see?<\/p>\n

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