I work in real estate development and manage projects from the ground up. The company I work for insists on following a very strict schedule and following internal work orders, which are part of the Development process Flowchart. Creating and following this process has some advantages, but it also has a lot of inefficacies, and it is completely over whelming me.
For instance there are a number of work orders that are scheduled under the process to happen well before we need them. Because of this, as the project changes as we move along with design, all of these work orders need to be updated and changed.
specifically – I have a work order to determine the electrical load for the project. This is something that we actually don't need for another 4-5 months. But to follow the process I completed this task a few months back, and it was based on the project having 9 buildings. Now as the design moved along it turns out we have 10 buildings (I bet this will change again). So now i have to redo this work order all over again, just creating more unnecessary work.
There are a number of things like this that i have to deal with at my work.
I'm just curious if anyone else hast to deal with this, and what you do to manage it.