infographic: creative teams live in a reality show

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of all projects fail 70% of large teams do 4,000 projects or more per year of in-house creative teams of 20 or less people do as many as 2,000 projects per year 85% 70% 49% are overrun on budget 62% of creative teams are overrun on time Quirky personalities. Big-time primadonna clients. Last-minute surprises. Dramatic fireworks. This is your creative team's life. Whether or not you realize it, chaotic work processes have you living in a reality show. Reality Show Reality Show CREATIVE TEAMS LIVE IN A... of creative leaders say that client behavior is their biggest challenge 68% Creative teams are busier than a bake shop on Valentine's. Unfortunately, this output costs plenty of late nights and weekends. With priorities changing regularly, your creative team members take aim at one target, only to find that they've headed south the next. In the long-distance race of big creative projects, it's easy for teams to lose sight of the big picture without the right tools and processes. marketing.attask.com Stymied by shaky starts and poor com- munication. creative teams begin and divorce projects at rates that would make even The Bachelor blush. Without a sturdy request management process in place, keeping up with clients' changing demands can make life hell for your team. 24% of people dread going to work because of office politics 34% of team members lie to cover up failed projects, mistakes, or missed deadlines 13% When spreadsheets and time-tracking tools add on extra weight, some team members resort to deception to cover up their lack of progress. When your survival comes down to politics instead of hard numbers, you know that your creative team needs to get better at gathering project data. say their work priorities shift daily, resulting in wasted time and increased stress UNTYING THE KNOT DIVA DRAMA AROUND THE WORLD TRIBAL COUNCIL THE LOSER DUCK HUNT CAKE WALK Sources: 2013 In-house Creative Services Industry Report, The BOSS Group, 2013. 2013 AtTask Survey, AtTask, 2013. PMI.org Work Hell Survey, AtTask, 2013. Working Dead Survey, AtTask, 2014. Get your creative team back to the real world.

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of all projects fail70%

of large teams do 4,000 projects or more per year

of in-house creative teams of 20 or less people do as many as 2,000 projects per year

85%

70%

49%are overrun on budget

62%of creative teams are overrun on time

Quirky personalities. Big-time primadonna clients. Last-minute surprises.Dramatic fireworks. This is your creative team's life. Whether or not yourealize it, chaotic work processes have you living in a reality show.

Reality ShowReality ShowCREATIVETEAMS LIVE IN A...

of creative leaders say that client behavior is their biggest challenge

68%

Creative teams are busier than a bake shop on Valentine's. Unfortunately, this output costs plenty of late nights and weekends.

With priorities changing regularly, your creative team members take aim at one target, only to find that they've headedsouth the next.

In the long-distance race of big creative projects, it's easy for teams to lose sight of the big picture without the right tools and processes.

marketing.attask.com

Stymied by shaky starts and poor com-munication. creative teams begin and

divorce projects at rates that would make even The Bachelor blush.

Without a sturdy request management process in place, keeping up with

clients' changing demands can make life hell for your team.

24%of people dread going to work because of o�ce politics

34%of team members lie to cover up failed projects, mistakes, or missed deadlines

13%

When spreadsheets andtime-tracking tools add onextra weight, some teammembers resort to deception to cover up their lack of progress.

When yoursurvival comes

down to politics instead of hard

numbers, you know that your creative

team needs to get better at gathering

project data.say their work priorities shift daily, resulting in wasted time and increased stress

UNTYING THEKNOT

DIVA DRAMA

AROUNDTHE WORLD

TRIBALCOUNCIL

THE LOSER

DUCK HUNT

CAKEWALK

Sources: 2013 In-house Creative Services Industry Report, The BOSS Group, 2013.

2013 AtTask Survey, AtTask, 2013.PMI.org

Work Hell Survey, AtTask, 2013.Working Dead Survey, AtTask, 2014.

Get your creative team back to the real world.