I’m in a research-heavy role wherer half my week is chasing down people to complete tasks. Meanwhile the deadline keeps creeping closer and I’m the only one tracking it. I'm trying to come up with a better system for this madness. What's your strategy when it seems like you're herding cats?

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Heavy reliance on our project management software. Everything is housed there, including who's responsible for delivering what and when. It leaves very little room for miscommunications.

This is a big issue, especially at the end of the year! A lot of it we’ll just revisit in the new year. Hoping we don’t start too far behind, though.

I’ve started just bottom lining things with my managers:

“If I don’t have X’s data by Tuesday we will miss the deadline”

I do it in writing and ensure it’s one all trackers. Then when it’s missed I just point to it. If I catch any flak I escalate. This is the tactic utilized by upper management, you need to employ it or you’ll be forced to do tasks that aren’t your job

It’s a huge issue for my job too. They’ve put certain systems in place as well as gotten upper management involved

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