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Confusion Of Objectives

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Summary

The manager cannot focus fully on common objectives of the team (project) because of time spent on personal (political, carreer, etc.) objectives or threats that he needs to address. Some vital tasks get delayed with the team having no idea what is going on.

Symptoms

• manager spends much time outside the project and its objectives
• managerial decissions not made in time
• other team members stalled in their progress

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Related Anti-patterns

Sources

[CUN’10]

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