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I think that in a large enterprise organization the scale of people who would have to interact with such a tool (from executives to developers) have reasonably different interests about what sort of information would be helpful for them and in what arrangement. As a thought experiment I can imagine one monolithic monster tool that could cater for all these needs. However, I think its complexity would render it utterly unusable. Much like there is no one person who can work comfortably at each and every level of the org.

Alternatively, this hypothetical tool may be a chain of components/screens/etc. mirroring the various levels in the org. However, I think they would likely provide unusable outputs, because without the precise understanding of how these components build on each other people using the tool wouldn't be able to populate inputs correctly and data may be wrongly classified/consolidated or lost (filtered out) very easily.

There is also infinite flexibility needed for such a tool because as middle management comes and goes they come up with various creative ideas about how to present progress and added value. This may lead to frequent changes in properties that can trickle down to the bottom without any well-defined meaning.

To sum up, I think it would just not be practical.




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