Communicating with your colleagues doesn’t have to be difficult. Here are some ways, and a few cheat sheets, to get you started on your journey.
Communicating clearly is something often undervalued by engineers. However, the ability to frame, persuade, summarize, and align with your coworkers through written communication can make it a lot easier to get your work done.
Good communication is an important skill for everyone
Reduced to its most basic tenets, effective communication is about presenting information such that your audience can act on the information appropriately. Without clear communication, meetings derail, threads spin out of control, readers jump to conclusions, or important updates can be ignored.