Progress, plans, problems (PPP) is a management technique for recurring (daily, weekly or monthly) status reporting. A person reports 3-5 achievements,
goal
A goal is an idea of the future or desired result that a person or a group of people envision, plan and commit to achieve. People endeavour to reach goals within a finite time by setting deadlines.
A goal is roughly similar to a purpose or ...
s and challenges from the reporting period. It is used in organizations in situations like employee to manager, team member to team or
CEO
A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especiall ...
to board,
investor
An investor is a person who allocates financial capital with the expectation of a future Return on capital, return (profit) or to gain an advantage (interest). Through this allocated capital most of the time the investor purchases some specie ...
s and advisors reporting.
Each report consists of three sections:
* Progress: Employee's accomplishments, finished items and closed tasks for the period ending.
* Plans: Goals and objectives for the next reporting period.
* Problems: Items that are stuck and can't be finished. Problems often need help from someone else, not just the employee.
PPP reporting has been used in companies like Apple and Skype
''Planning, Productivity and Progress – The Power of P''.
Gibbon, Cleve. and startup accelerators like Seedcamp an
Antler
as their internal reporting process.
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Progress, Plans, ProblemsPrintable day Planner
Human resource management
Time management