re: Simple So it took me a number of years running a tech agency to realize that the words "simple" and “easy” are bad. In my job I now correct my, and our proj

re: Simple So it took me a number of years running a tech agency to realize that the words "simple" and “easy” are bad. In my job I now correct my, and our project managers, from using the word "simple" to the word "straightforward". I find that the term simple connotes a feeling of the task/work being easy and thereby quick to get done. As an agency the term “simple” speaks not only to risk and ease of completion but also budget, as a function of time. Moving 10,000 bricks from point A to B is likely simple or easy, but it takes time. If not careful a client can think “oh it’s just moving 10K bricks 5 feet over, they should automagically be able to do this since John said it was “simple” ”. What I intended to impart was that I know how to do it, no solutioning needed, we have the skills and resources to get it done, and we can probably get moving on this quickly. Now I say something more like … “Moving 10,000 bricks from A to B is straightforward for my team, when do you want us to get started”.