Comments on: Part Of My Job Is To Become Irrelevant http://usabilityworks.org/2008/01/03/part-of-my-job-is-to-become-irrelevant/ Making next year's Human-Computer family reunion a lot less uncomfortable. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:27:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Matt Robin http://usabilityworks.org/2008/01/03/part-of-my-job-is-to-become-irrelevant/#comment-51329 Matt Robin Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:24:38 +0000 http://usabilityworks.org/2008/01/03/part-of-my-job-is-to-become-irrelevant/#comment-51329 >>"I’ve found that the more people are involved in the beginning of a project, the less rework tends to happen later in the project. That’s not a new concept by any means, yet most people still resist getting involved early." I've seen numerous projects in the workplace fail (quite spectacularly in some cases!) because the project organisers didn't involve all the relevant co-workers in the project early enough - it is such a critical part! This has sometimes stemmed from simple ignorance of what the project would involve...but that is an error in the project planning phase itself. I'm sort of the opposite to a knowledge hoarder really, I do my best to knowledge share where possible because I'd want our team to be as good as possible and it also justifies the reason for having me on that team to begin with (I hope!) >>”I’ve found that the more people are involved in the beginning of a project, the less rework tends to happen later in the project. That’s not a new concept by any means, yet most people still resist getting involved early.”

I’ve seen numerous projects in the workplace fail (quite spectacularly in some cases!) because the project organisers didn’t involve all the relevant co-workers in the project early enough - it is such a critical part! This has sometimes stemmed from simple ignorance of what the project would involve…but that is an error in the project planning phase itself. I’m sort of the opposite to a knowledge hoarder really, I do my best to knowledge share where possible because I’d want our team to be as good as possible and it also justifies the reason for having me on that team to begin with (I hope!)

]]> By: Devin Reams http://usabilityworks.org/2008/01/03/part-of-my-job-is-to-become-irrelevant/#comment-51326 Devin Reams Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:45:34 +0000 http://usabilityworks.org/2008/01/03/part-of-my-job-is-to-become-irrelevant/#comment-51326 Continuity can be a big problem at companies, I think you're spot on here, Mr. Matt. Continuity can be a big problem at companies, I think you’re spot on here, Mr. Matt.

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