Robby on Rails: Poor Communication and IT Projectsthoughts.sort_by{|t| t[:topic]}.collect tag:www.robbyonrails.com,2005:TypoTypo2007-03-12T17:50:17-04:00Robby Russellurn:uuid:01265ea4-f529-4442-919e-5f25b676766b2007-03-12T17:25:00-04:002007-03-12T17:50:17-04:00Poor Communication and IT Projects<p>InformationWeek has a short story titled, <a href="http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=198000251&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All">Poor Communications, Unrealistic Scheduling Lead To IT Project Failure</a>.</p>
<blockquote>“Communications failures top the list of reasons IT projects fail, according to poll results from the Computing Technology Industry Association.
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About 28% of 1,000 respondents identified poor communications as the main cause of project failure, according to CompTIA, which offers project management training.”
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<p>So, while we’re all spending so much of our time focused on improving our technical skills, are we also investing our time into becoming communication superstars?</p>
<p>If you look back at the following posts, you’ll see some links to some excellent books on this topic.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.robbyonrails.com/articles/2006/09/27/project-enlightenment-with-d3">Project Enlightenment with d3</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.robbyonrails.com/articles/2006/09/12/the-technology-of-dialogue">The Technology of Dialogue</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.robbyonrails.com/articles/2007/01/04/those-that-tend-the-store-need-dialogue">Those that Tend the Store need Dialogue</a></li>
</ul><p>InformationWeek has a short story titled, <a href="http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=198000251&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All">Poor Communications, Unrealistic Scheduling Lead To IT Project Failure</a>.</p>
<blockquote>“Communications failures top the list of reasons IT projects fail, according to poll results from the Computing Technology Industry Association.
<br /><br />
About 28% of 1,000 respondents identified poor communications as the main cause of project failure, according to CompTIA, which offers project management training.”
</blockquote>
<p>So, while we’re all spending so much of our time focused on improving our technical skills, are we also investing our time into becoming communication superstars?</p>
<p>If you look back at the following posts, you’ll see some links to some excellent books on this topic.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.robbyonrails.com/articles/2006/09/27/project-enlightenment-with-d3">Project Enlightenment with d3</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.robbyonrails.com/articles/2006/09/12/the-technology-of-dialogue">The Technology of Dialogue</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.robbyonrails.com/articles/2007/01/04/those-that-tend-the-store-need-dialogue">Those that Tend the Store need Dialogue</a></li>
</ul>