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clarity, context and how to understand each other better

Published on July 2, 2013

clarity, context and how to understand each other better

Developer says to designer “blah blah blah”Client says to developer “blah blah blah”Project manager says to developer and designer “blah blah blah” And so it goes. A lot of the time we don’t understand each other in our projects due to a lack of clarity, explanations, context and assumptions on all sides that go continually unchecked. How can we all understand each other much better, reducing heart ache, money wasted, time spent, mental and physical violence? Let’s figure it out and end the session much happier.

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