It's possible they are burned out and are stressing out on the task management because they don't 'believe in' or have confidence in the outcome. If your work e

It's possible they are burned out and are stressing out on the task management because they don't 'believe in' or have confidence in the outcome. If your work environment is characterized by a lot of re-work due to changing requirements then that might also force someone into analysis paralysis which would look like they are not making any progress. One thing that might help is to meet with them once a week to list on paper or sticky notes the higher priority tasks and discuss whether there are any unknowns or dependent items that need to be resolved before they can make progress.