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The progress, plans, problems (PPPs) template helps you quickly diagnose what's going on at work. Easily understand priorities, momentum, and what roadblocks currently exist.
The progress, plans, problems template in Friday is deeply integrated into workplace chat and productivity tools like Slack & Teams.
As people fill out the PPPs, it will roll up to their own employee profile so you can see data over time. Perfect for 1-1s and other meetings.
With Friday, you can customize every aspect of the PPPs (questions, reminders, and more)
We've answered your burning questions below.
Progress, Plans, Problems is the easiest status update template we've seen. It's perfect combination of questions to better understand what's going on. We find it to be useful because it focuses on three factors:
We wrote about this structure more detail in a recent post.
Ideal scenario - this should be sent every week, but if you think it makes more sense to send on a bi-weekly basis, that works too.
If you send this on a monthly basis, you won't find nearly as much value compared to a more regular cadence.
Pretty much everything :)
The Friday workflow builder makes it easy to run virtually any communication workflow you can think of, including the PPPs. The only requirement is that it must be a recurring update at work. You can see sample templates and learn more.
With this template, we typically see two common scenarios:
You can get started running this template for free. Friday is a business, so we can't give everything away; premium features are $6/person per month and include:
The progress, plans, problems template is only one of many communication habits you can run in Friday.
Hold less awkward retrospectives by surfacing the key information asynchronously beforehand.
Easily see what everyone is working on every day with a few quick questions to track progress.
Easily capture an agenda before your 1-1 meetings. Kickstart important conversations.
Friday makes it easy to create communication workflows at work. Try it out for free.