What project management tools/tricks have you implemented to decrease the volume of work during YE? Moving vouching to interim, what else?

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Enforcing deadlines throughout the year is the biggest one. I beat that drum relentlessly all year. It is easy to say “we have time” (G360 year round client). Every single time it slips the YE snowball gets bigger. When you nail the easy part of the year YE is so much better. No SOX at YE too. No RN open. No reviews pending. Walk in Jan 1 with nothing but YE

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So true. I often feel like the bad guy pushing people during interim but it pays off at the end

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Front loading. Going to the clients a few days before schedule to make sure shit is in order

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