{"id":1703,"date":"2023-11-13T22:24:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T22:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keypractices.viagointernational.com\/?page_id=1703"},"modified":"2023-11-14T01:02:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T01:02:03","slug":"the-challenge-of-increasing-productivity-productivity-issues","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/keypractices.viagointernational.com\/?page_id=1703","title":{"rendered":"The Challenge of Increasing Productivity: Productivity Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1703\" class=\"elementor elementor-1703\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ae1ff10 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ae1ff10\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4523fd8\" data-id=\"4523fd8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a9e5be elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3a9e5be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 08-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Current  Reality - Productivity Issues<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ba0cfd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3ba0cfd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9817d95\" data-id=\"9817d95\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84318a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"84318a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p>When managers step back and reflect on their day-to-day struggles, they generally list a current extremely painful issue, ongoing issues they are addressing but find frustrating, and those issues that are a recurring struggle. The following list is regularly seen.<\/p>\r\n<div>Team managers report that:<\/div>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>There is little job sharing<\/li>\r\n<li>Our staff are often overloaded with a backlog of work, and some staff are always overloaded<\/li>\r\n<li>There is frequently pressure to work long hours<\/li>\r\n<li>Sometimes we struggle to fill vacancies, it's a competitive market for resource<\/li>\r\n<li>It's hard to get access to needed resources\/skills from other teams<\/li>\r\n<li>Experts are always busy and have little time to support\/develop our junior coders<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div>Operations managers report that:<\/div>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Sometimes, we miss promised dates<\/li>\r\n<li>We have too many bugs and critical defects<\/li>\r\n<li>New features take a long time to reach the market<\/li>\r\n<li>There is a lot of product refactoring<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div>Sales managers report that:<\/div>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>There is a lot of pressure on sales to find new customers<\/li>\r\n<li>Our service levels are not as good as we&rsquo;d like<\/li>\r\n<li>Everyone demands customisations<\/li>\r\n<li>Our customers shop around, a lot<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div>Senior managers report that:<\/div>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>There is not a lot of profit in the core business<\/li>\r\n<li>Margins are under increasing pressure<\/li>\r\n<li>Cash flow is under pressure<\/li>\r\n<li>We are suspicious that there is hidden capacity in our business but it is elusive<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div>\r\n<p>The drivers of these issues are complex and can be across multiple departments. These issues have been fought by people for many years, and been resolved many times, and come back many times. Many of the issues are not standalone, making improvement hard to sustain.<\/p>\r\n<div class=\"danger-zone\">\r\n<p>Watch out for the sentiment:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s just how it is here.&rdquo;<\/li>\r\n<li>&ldquo;We are doing the best we can.&rdquo;<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p>For most managers, the dilemma is something they have to live with. You did not create it, and it is a continual struggle to mitigate its adverse effects.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0f9fb65 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0f9fb65\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-185f600\" data-id=\"185f600\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23090c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"23090c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/keypractices.viagointernational.com\/?page_id=1743\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Next Page: The Current Reality - The Situation<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Current Reality &#8211; Productivity Issues When managers step back and reflect on their day-to-day struggles, they generally list a current extremely painful issue, ongoing issues they are addressing but find frustrating, and those issues that are a recurring struggle. The following list is regularly seen. Team managers report that: There is little job sharing &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/keypractices.viagointernational.com\/?page_id=1703\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Challenge of Increasing Productivity: Productivity Issues<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1703","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/keypractices.viagointernational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1703"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/keypractices.viagointernational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/keypractices.viagointernational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keypractices.viagointernational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keypractices.viagointernational.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1703"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/keypractices.viagointernational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1797,"href":"https:\/\/keypractices.viagointernational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1703\/revisions\/1797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/keypractices.viagointernational.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}