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Do your project reports suffer from the watermelon effect? 🍉 I've seen this happen in many companies. At the end of the month, it's time to update the project status for the department review meeting. The project leader gathers updates on milestones, previews what’s next, and then updates a slide in the shared PowerPoint deck. Finally, the status is marked: Green ✅. But here's the thing—rarely do people step up and say, "We’re off track." Even when that’s the reality, they often stay silent. Why? Well, there are a few reasons: 😬 There’s pressure to stay on schedule, so teams hope to fix things next month before anyone notices. They might fear the consequences of calling out a “red status.” 📊 Sometimes, project leaders just don’t know the real status. Without solid metrics, they might assume things are on track. ⏳ There's no time for deep reporting. Project leaders are busy keeping stakeholders happy, leaving little time to dive into the data and figure out the true status. 🚩 And sometimes, the signs are just ignored. It’s tough to admit that the team isn’t on track or that early assumptions were off. The problem is that this often leads to a nasty surprise when the project turns red right before it’s supposed to ship, and suddenly, the deadline slips by six months. This is bad news for everyone involved—team members, leadership, and customers alike. 😱 This is the watermelon effect: The project looks green on the outside, but if you slice it open, it’s red on the inside. 🍉 You need an open, honest, and blameless culture to avoid this. Here are a few tips to help: 🔍 Don’t just read the project status in meetings—ask deeper questions to really understand what’s going on beneath the surface. 📈 Set up better metrics and more frequent milestones so your status updates are based on real data, not just a gut feeling. 🚀 Report more often. It’s easier to say you’re “At risk” for a couple of weeks and then get back on track. It’s less dramatic than turning red for a whole quarter and helps you get help earlier. 🎉 Celebrate honesty when things aren’t going as planned. Highlighting slipping deadlines can actually help other projects, so yours isn’t seen as the exception. It’s a bit wild to expect a six-month project involving multiple departments and dozens of people to hit the exact deadline and outcome as planned. Plans are just that—plans. They change when they hit reality. So, admit it early and avoid the watermelon effect. 🍉🚫

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Join us on August 28th to hear our experts, Akshay Anand, William Zuill, and Marcus Küppers share insights uncovered during Atlassian’s global ITSM workshop. Tune in to hear common challenges faced by service teams like yours and how to overcome them.

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🌍 Embracing asynchronous communication is 🔑 to thriving in a distributed work environment! Rachel Applewhite, Director of Solutions Consulting at Remote, joined our very own Sam Feil, Customer Success Manager, for Lightning Talks: How Loom powers Remote’s distributed culture. She shared how Remote found Loom to be a game-changer for their global team. They use Loom to: 📝 Clearly communicate tasks and expectations 🛠️ Share detailed project updates 📚 Create comprehensive onboarding videos 🗺️ Facilitate collaboration across time zones 🤓 Prepare for synchronous meetings By leveraging Loom, they've significantly reduced unnecessary meetings and enhanced clarity in communication. See how your team can get valuable time back with Loom - watch the full episode now: https://bit.ly/4dunve9

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