When learning to speak Spanish and Italian I struggled with prepositions. They were really hard for me. In fact, I can’t think of anything harder to learn than prepositions. I think that the preposition “in” is used in such cases for clarity. You don’t need the “in”, for example if you say “I need help flying the plane.” In this case the sentence is clear without the preposition. I don’t think there is any rule that will help you. There are many possible sentences such as this. Note that “I need help in flying the plane” is OK, so maybe you should just try to make it a habit to use the preposition. Sorry that I can’t provide more help.

Good day! PREPOSITIONS AND TIME We use in to refer to a general, longer period of time, such as months, years, decades, or centuries. For example, we say “in April,” “in 2015” or “in the 21st century.” Moving to shorter, more specific periods of time, we use on to talk about particular days, dates, and holidays . You may hear, “I went to work on Monday,” or “Let’s have a picnic on Memorial Day.” For the most specific times, and for holidays without the word “day,” we use at. That means you will hear, “Meet me at midnight,” or “The flowers are in bloom at Easter time.” PREPOSITIONS AND PLACE We use in for the largest or most general places. You can say that “VOA is located in Washington, D.C.” And “for the best food, try the restaurants in Chinatown.” For more specific places, like certain streets, we use the preposition on. You may know that President Obama lives on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. Finally, we get to the most specific places. For exact addresses or intersections, we use the preposition at. If I invited you to visit us here at VOA, I would say, “Come to my office at 330 Independence Avenue.” To be exact, it’s at the corner of Independence and 3rd Street.” Have a great day!

filing reports - not a single report Therefore it is an ongoing process. They want timeliness in the process. Any help? . We want more speed in answering questions. We want more speed in the process of answering questions. We want more speed in the way questions are answered. :)

Seems a little like "in this situation" to me. (from your question statement) :)