了解项目运行情况的8种小技巧

1. Can everyone on the team write the aim of the project on a post-itnote with a thick flip-chart marker? If not, then the end game is notclearly defined and universally understood.
2. Come up to a colleague and say ‘can I ask a favour?’ just to seehow they will react. If you get told off, the person is probably notvery happy about the work. Richards advised building teams with “thosewho say can” , even when they are dealing with problems. Such people will improve collaboration and team spirit on the team.
3. When a phase of project is officially done, ask yourself “is itsafe enough to move on?”. If this question gives you a bad gut-feel,you aren’t done yet.
4. How many of your projects ended with a serious project review? Thisis, according to Richards, crucial for organisational improvement,preventing repeated mistakes and sharing knowledge between teams.
5. How would people on the team feel about the customer saying “I’vechanged my mind”. If the response is negative, the system isn’t asflexible as it should be.
6. Ask someone for an update on a task and stay completely silent for10 seconds – don’t do anything to provoke a response. If the otherperson is unsure or nervous about something, they will start spillingthat out. If they too remain silent, things are going OK.
7. Do you know how much time was spent on testing on your last project/ iteration? If you can’t even estimate this, you aren’t collectinggood actual measurements of the project. Collecting actual measurementsis, according to Richards, crucial for getting to realistic workestimates.
8. Pick up a document, turn it over and see what’s on the back. If youfind diagrams, that suggest the need for clarity as people were drawingon it to explain things.

转自http://gojko.net/2009/12/04/eight-interesting-techniques-to-test-how-a-project-is-going/