关于沟通的英语作文

2013-10-24
关于沟通的英语作文

TheImportanceofCommunication

WhenIfirststartedtakingprojectsonRAC,Ipassedthroughatypicalperiodoflurking;pokingaroundandlookingatallthedetailsforvariousprojects.Iwasevenreadingthecommentsfromcoderstobuyersandviceversa,intheironlineresumes.Itseemstomethattherewasawordthatwaspresentinmostofthecomments:"ExcellentCommunication","GoodCommunication","Communicationissuperb".

Itisclearthatmanypeoplewereevaluatingsomeonebyhis/hercommunicationskills.BeingahardcorecoderformanyyearsIalwaysbelievedthatImustbejudgedbythefinaloutcomeoftheproject.InRAC,Idiscoveredthatthisispartiallytrue.Agreatimplementationofaprojectwillmakethebuyeraccepttheproject100%butifthecommunicationispourduringthedevelopmentoftheproject,neitherthebuyernorthecoderwouldliketocooperateagain.Goodcommunicationwillensurerepeatingworkbetweenthesamebuyerandcoder.

Istronglybelievethatthesecretofsuccessfullprojectsis"Communication"!Ifthebuyerandthecodercancommunicatewell,theprojectisonlyamatteroftimetofinish.Communicationdoesn'tonlymeanthatbothpartieshavetospeakthesamelanguage.Itmeansmorethanthat.Ithastodowiththewealthofinformationthatisexchangedbetweenthem.Communicationmustbefluent,clearandenrichedwithmeaningfulinformation.

Manyprojectshavefailedtobecompletedandwenttoarbitrationbecausethebuyerandcoderfailedtocommunicateefficiently.Hereisanexamplefrommyownpersonalexperience.Duringthedevelopmentofaproject,thebuyerwasconstantlysendingmeshort,cryptice-mails.Ialwayshadtoreplybackandclarifyevenminordetails.Chattingwithhimonlinewasn'tprovedusefuleither.

Hedidn'treallyknowwhathewanted.Sometimes,whenherepliedtomylonge-mailsitwashardtoreadhisrepliesbecausehedidn'tevenuseparagraphstoseparatemytextfromhis.WhenIfinishedtheproject,Igota10andanicecommentbutonlyI,knewhowharditwastocompleteit.Itwasanightmare.Mostofmytimeontheprojectwasspenttryingtocommunicatewithhim.IestimatedthatIspentdoublethetimethatitwasworthforthisproject.Doyouthinkthatthiswasanextremeexample?Thinkagain.Itisverypossibletohappentoyouifyoufailtocommunicate.

Buyersmustclearlyspecifytheirneedsbeforetheypostaproject.Youdon'thavetobeasystemanalystinordertodothisefficiently.Writeasmanydetailsasyoucanandgiveexamples.Codersarenotmagicians.Theycan'tguesswhatyouwant.Duringthedevelopment,constantlycommentonthework.Alwayscheckthevariousstepsandmakesurethatyouaremovingintothecorrectdirection.Praisethecoderifhefinishesanicetrickypartoftheproject.Mostcodersaretakeprideintheirwork.Rewardthemiftheytaketheextramileforyou.

Codersmusthavepatience.Buyersaren'talwaysexpertsintechnicalterms.Don'tusetechnicallingoestoshowoff.Itisbettertoexplainthingsin***words,onestepatatime.Inthelongrunthisisgoingtosaveyoutime.Ifthebuyerhasastrongtechnicalbackgroundabouttheprojectthenyoucanusetheappropriateterminology.Duringthedevelopment,keepaconstantcommunicationflow.Besensitiveaboutthebuyersneeds.Don'tkeephiminthedarkaboutwhatyouaredoing.Itisalwaysagoodideatosenddailyshortreportsevenforthesmallerprojects.Thiswillassurethatyouareontherighttrack.

Asuccessfulprojectcompletiondependsonmanyfactors."Communication"isthemostimportantone.Youcan'tgowrongifyoumakealotofefforttocommunicatethebestyoucan.


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