Aug 28, 2009
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33 Project Management Tips for Better Development
1. DON’T OVERPLAN
2. Change the plan as needed
3. The more you invest in a plan the less likely you are to want to change it
4. The more you invest in a plan the less likely your team will be to give you accurate information
5. Leave room in your schedule for changes to the plan
6. Don’t try to predict everything that will go wrong
7. Just leave room in your schedule for things to go wrong
8. Not every process can be dissected into easy to monitor steps
9. Let team members update the status of their tasks
10. FEAR SILENCE
11. Keep stakeholders appraised of your progress, always
12. Tell stakeholders ahead of time when the plan looks like it’ll need to change
13. Insist on feedback from your team on their progress
14. Give your team the detailed blueprints they need to develop
15. Don’t ask your client or stakeholders to build that blueprint
16. Don’t even ask your client to sign-off on the blueprint
17. Spend time understanding your client’s needs, in detail
18. Spend time understanding your team’s skills and abilities
19. Trust the feedback you get from your team
21. Relay relevant information to your client
22. Communicate always -especially when things go wrong.
23. TEST EXTENSIVELY
24. Test early and often
25. Test proven techniques a lot
26. Test innovation even more
27. Test functionality to make sure it works
28. Test the implementation of it to make sure the functionality works when put into a workflow
29. Test its deployment to make sure the functionality works in the users’ technology environment
30. Monitor users’ interactions with your solution to make sure it works for the user and that the user gets it
31. The latest greatest techniques are not always the best solution.
32. Users prefer not to learn new habits
33. Find solutions that seem effortless to your users
