In business, a pipeline is a collection of items that describes the number of projects that are being worked on presently. Pipeline reporting is used to assist in forecasting the completion of projects, future revenue expectations, and new project costs.
A pipeline report is a document that contains the filtered information gathered from one or more pipelines. It lays out what is currently being worked on, what is expected to be completed, and what else can potentially fit or be started within the current pipeline. This report, along with live data analysis, allows business owners to stay on top of current projects and manage assets to maximize efficiency and productivity.
How Often Should Pipeline Reporting Be Completed?
There’s no specific amount of reporting recommendations that apply to all industries, but you should be completing a pipeline report often enough that you don’t allow bottlenecks or delays to occur. Some business owners will use live data analysis to have an ongoing report generated that can be accessed through software at the press of a button.
If anything, consider generating a pipeline report at least once per quarter, but if you’re particularly busy, you may want to move to monthly reporting. Frequent reporting can help your business to juggle multiple complex projects at once for improved efficiency.
What Happens If You Have No Reporting?
If your business fails to generate pipeline reports, projects can become disorganized and delayed. Various setbacks and delays can occur at any point in a pipeline. If you aren’t generating a report to see when and where these delays have occurred, you might not find out about them until the day you expect a project or initiative to be completed.
Additionally, your teams will not have access to information about what other teams are working on without pipeline reporting. This can cause them to make decisions that are detrimental to the efficiency of projects. When relevant teams on a project have access to pipeline reporting, they can work better together since everyone will be on the same page.
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