[MattGaiser]

> making progress (or it's lack) visible to management.

The challenge is that management is only looking through a small window and everything from promotions to raises to favours are dished out based on that window.

Anything not in view of that window immediately obviously becomes useless to one's advancement in a company, so the window better cover everything which matters and it usually doesn't.

[kubanczyk]

"Advancement" seems a big deal.