You might have noticed it has been a while since I should have updated our blog to incorporate Part 2 of our Managing Multiple Projects series. Since those carefree, innocent times, we have all learned a lot about what are possibly the worst conditions to work under during a pandemic.
Here we have yet another blog article espousing all the ways to break through roadblocks to getting your project over the line and into your customer’s hands. I don’t know how much of this will be new. Probably less than 1%. That doesn’t mean it is irrelevant. Time and time again, I run across teams who have trouble covering the last 10% of the ground necessary to release their project.
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While practicing project management with a variety of companies, I have been fortunate to work in a time where there has been an explosion of different methods and tools. As a software enthusiast, sometimes it feels like being a kid in a candy store!
When talking shop with others in project management or software development, the toolsets we use always come up as a topic. “What is your favorite?” “What do you find works best?”
No matter where you start, users will always interpret your UI differently than you intended. Even the most intuitive interface in the world gets misused. Often the confusion leads to frustration, though occasionally it leads to increased utility as the user goes about using your tool for something you hadn’t considered before.
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