Miscommunications can send a project in the wrong direction, and as an engineer, I’ve seen many of these scenarios firsthand.
For example, people can leave a meeting thinking they’re on the same page when they’re not. Work gets done with the wrong assumptions, and then it needs to get redone when the misunderstanding is discovered.
In this article, I’ll go over five tactics you can use to prevent the kinds of miscommunication that can derail a project.
Tactic 1: Define terms
The same words can mean different things to different people. That’s why it’s so helpful to define key terms when discussing a project.