Effective project tracking is hard.
Tracking is a fundamental software management activity.
If you don't track a project, you can't manage it. You have no way of knowing whether your plans are being carried out or of monitoring risks to your project. Effective tracking enables you to detect cost, quality, and schedule problems early, while there's still time to do something about them. If a project isn't tracked, it can't be controlled. And if it isn't being controlled, it's out of control.