QQTR Projects

Managers are always communicating with their teams about what needs to be accomplished, whether it’s an everyday task or a special project. It’s the manager’s responsibility to communicate clearly so there will be no confusion about what to do or disappointment when the task is completed.

MANAGEABLE provides a simple, easy-to-use format to help managers communicate clearly. Many people call this QQTR, but we add a few additional steps to help make the assignment even clearer.

Title: what needs to be done?
Context: why does this need to be accomplished?
Quantity: how many do you need?
Quality: how will the end result be judged?
Time: when will it be due?
Resources: what resources will the person have available?

Task titles are normally pretty straightforward: need sales, need to purchase a new piece of production equipment, need more employees.

Context is where you link the task to business goals/objectives: want to increase revenues, want to increase production, want to expand and grow the business.

Quantity is a numerical figure: $5 million in sales, one new piece of production equipment, 32 new sales employees.

Quality is the criteria that will be used to judge the end result: $5 million is sales at 38% gross margin, one new piece of production equipment that will increase production output by 100%, 2 new sales managers with 15 new sales reps each.

Time is the deadline: normally a calendar date, sometimes also with a specific time identified.

Resources are what’s needed to perform the task: people, technology, money, equipment.

When managers provide crystal-clear task instructions, they help their team members to meet or exceed their expectations. People know clearly what is expected, and there are no surprises at the end.

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Frequently Asked Questions

QQTR is a simple, easy-to-use format to help managers communicate clearly, set expectations, and track progress.

QQTR are a more deterministic framework, meaning that the task is more specific and clear. SMART is a more flexible framework, meaning that the task is more open to interpretation.

The project itself is a job needs to be done. QQTR is just a more detailed framework for setting and tracking projects.

We definitely think so! QQTR gives you more confidence that the task will be completed as expected.