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.... exhaustive communication, especially about details ..... and ....communicating. Not micromanaging, not ... I agree with some of your points, but aren't th

• danilocampos 16y ago
  You could definitely take it too far and enter that territory, yes. I'm saying the difference between "Build me a house by next week" and "Build me a house large enough for four people with a garage and laundry facilities. If we're missing those things, we won't be competitive." Especially outside of technical realms, it's nauseatingly common for requests to go under-specified, leading to a bunch of wasted work once everyone circles back and realizes "Oh, forgot to tell you about..."
  • skowmunk 16y ago
    That is true, quite often time and work gets wasted because the right specs are not decided or not communicated or the right questions not asked up front . As a supplier of data analysis and reports to cost cutting/six sigma projects, I have seen it too many times where some project leaders don't go by the 'data first' principle. They pre-decide the direction of the project with no or minimal data and then go about collecting selective data supporting their direction.
    • Ras_ 16y ago
      >>They pre-decide the direction of the project with no or minimal data and then go about collecting selective data supporting their direction. I associate this behavior with (impulse) buying. Some like to think they are buyers who base their decisions on rationale rather than feelings, when in reality they buy based on emotion only to rationalize it later.