It's also a good time to take stock of where you are in a project, and where you are heading. making yourself put your progress into words forces you to think a

It's also a good time to take stock of where you are in a project, and where you are heading. making yourself put your progress into words forces you to think about the overall view. We started an internal blog/status report page for our projects, and simply writing a post - even if it's basically to myself - is helpful.