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FTFY: nobody ever gets credit if they don't publicize their successes. By default, fixing problems before they happen doesn't make headlines, so you have to find clever ways to earn publicity. One politician classic: let it become a "problem" enough to earn publicity, THEN fix it. Two examples: Y2K and Healthcare.gov

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spot on. As a general rule of thumb I keep a form of activity/issues log and send a monthly summart to the finance guys and head of dept along with "expected issues". Letting things crash and burn is a thing I learned from one of my managers a while back. It's great for raises, bouses and rep. Takes a good deal of effort not to fix things I know will break though.

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