[GiraffeNecktie]

Is this the fate of all management reporting systems? I work for a large government department that has a project "dashboard" (actually a big ugly mess o' spreadsheet) that is supposed to show senior executives which projects are falling behind. Of course, the dashboard is totally gamed to always show everything as 'green' no matter how far behind and overspent the project is. The easiest way of doing that is by quietly descoping what used to be critical requirements (i.e. the stuff that would make it actually usable by the people on the front line). The senior executives get their performance bonuses, the middle managers get promoted, the IT staff get to keep their jobs. Everyone's happy (except the people who have to use and support these three legged dogs)