July 2019
How to not get the software you want
30/07/19 19:25 Filed in: Management | Software Engineering
There is a famous set of drawings that ends with a picture of tire hanging from a tree and the words underneath "What the customer really wanted". It is called the tree swing meme / story. It crops up in many places in project management and software engineering.
Many meanings are taken from this simple diagram including:
However, above all these individual issues there is one overall truth:
Many meanings are taken from this simple diagram including:
- the problem of Chinese Whispers
- poor specification
- the lack of shared understanding
However, above all these individual issues there is one overall truth:
Projects involving groups of people are hard to complete on time and on budget
Knowing this why do we insist on sabotaging projects through poor communication?