project communication
DESCRIPTION
The communication between clients, project managers and developers is often difficulty. Asked for objectives & status, they will often give completely different answers. The talk explains communication based on the 4-sides-model and explains the different project roles and their aims. Establishing understanding will lead to successful projects.TRANSCRIPT
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REMARKSLINKS
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RULES FOR THIS TALK_ Tweet @judithandresen
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_ Coaching
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TARGET OF THIS TALK_ Project communication is often broken
_ Misunderstandings, accusations are ″daily business″
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TARGET: WHAT CAN I DOTO IMPROVE OUR PROJECT COMMUNICATION?
Four Sides Model
Goals of the Project Team
Communication Tasks
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Four Sides Model
Goals of the Project Team
Communication Tasks
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I am going to talk about communication between project managers and developers
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I am not going to talk about missing skillsin project management
and / or missing project management
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Every communicationhas a content and a relationship aspect
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What?
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Let us look at an example.
Breakfast
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FOUR SIDES MODEL
Relationship
Appeal
Self
Reve
latio
n
Factual InformationSender"beaks"
I don‘t likehard eggs
You don‘t care about me
You don‘t care about me
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Receiver "ears" The egg is
hard
Boil the egg 4.5
minutes!
"Berta,the egg is hard"
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MISCOMMUNICATION IN THREE STAGES
The sender is sending four messages simultaneously
We most clearly hear the relationship aspect
Three messages get lost
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You do not act like this?
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TWO DAYS UNTIL LAUNCH
Relationship
Appeal
Self
Reve
latio
n
Factual InformationSender"beaks"
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Receiver "ears"
“There are100 tickets open!“
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Often three messages get lost.Make sure that you heard the message
the sender wanted to send.
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Four Sides Model
Goals of the Project Team
Communication Tasks
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Are you one team?
Do you aim for the same goals?
Do you agree on the quality metrics?
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If you do not aim for the same goal then every discipline is going to
focus on its own area
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Aims of the project management
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PM AIMS AT THREE OBJECTIVES
Time Quality
Budget
Any action taken by the project manager should follow these three objectives
Classic project management prefers time & budget
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If a project fails,the project manager loses
his / her reputation
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Aims of developers
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DEVS AIM AT ONE OBJECTIVE
Time
Budget
Quality
Agile project management & development focus on quality
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If a developer developsa system without quality
he / she loses his / her reputation
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MISSING COMPETENCE IN SIGHT
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If a developer estimates the effort of a task, he / she considers the task with his / her experience
If a developer specifies a timeline,he / she argues with his / her experience
If he / she has misjudged the effort,it falls back on his / her competence
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Define one project goal.
Otherwise you lose time, quality & budget while defending your reputation
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Four Sides Model
Goals of the Project Team
Communication Tasks
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Lost Reputation
Not competent enough
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Do not forget that you are talking with four beaks!
Open up your four ears!
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Talk!
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Be honest!
Do not blame!
Don‘t forget the team‘s goal!
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Optimize the team‘s work
through regular retrospectives
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Again: Do not forget that you are talking with four beaks!
And: Open up your four ears!
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You are one team
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Find outwhat drives the person you are talking to
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Discuss different environments
Discuss possible solutions
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Feel the passion of the other
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Feel the passion of the other
and support it!
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