By JB on May 13, 2008 in Communication, Featured | 2 Comments
I’ve long been of the opinion that involving as many stakeholders in the project as early as possible is a key to successful business analysis, and, more importantly, to successful projects, and have said as much in a few of my posts on this site.
Jim Highsmith, in the book Agile project management : creating innovative products, thinks that the reason projects tend to have so much documentation and so few results is that:
By JB on Oct 23, 2007 in Communication | 6 Comments
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By JB on Jun 22, 2007 in Communication | 2 Comments
I really enjoyed Chris Woodill’s collection of “weasel words” that IT delivery folks will use to buy time, deflect responsibility, or describe a situation as much rosier than reality.
The intent isn’t to be particularly humorous, but as I read it, I couldn’t help but remember that funny “this is what she says, but THIS is [...]
By JB on Mar 20, 2007 in Communication | 1 Comment
As a companion to my post about the strengths of e-mail communication, I’ll include here some of the risks and downsides I’ve observed to communicating via e-mail.
Weaknesses of e-mail communication:
Effectiveness is solely dependent on receiving party’s dilligence in checking for messages. “But I e-mailed you the document last week, didn’t you get it?” [...]
By JB on Mar 19, 2007 in Communication | 3 Comments
E-mail is the most widely used Internet application. There’s a fair chance that you don’t know anyone between the ages of 15 and 65 that doesn’t have and use an e-mail address. For all of it’s popularity, e-mail is often used ineffectively.
This post is the first of a small series of writings on effective use [...]
