Communication Methods
Sent through writing with no action required, it allows the receiver to access information when needed in places such as websites, bulletin boards, and study materials.
What is Pull Communication?
Communicates the tasks, resources, and timing required to complete a project
What is a Project Schedule?
Essential for communicating and collaborating with others - through them, we deliver instructions, confirm progress, reach agreements, assign tasks, and formulate plans
Real-time, back-and-forth communication that includes a live conversation such as video conferences, phone calls, and instant messaging
What is Interactive Communication?
This technique involves estimating how long all of your project tasks will take to complete individually, and then adding all of your estimates together
What is Bottom-Up Estimating?
Commentary that is specific, actionable, goal-oriented, and within scope
What is constructive feedback?
Requires a response but it may not be immediate, the recipient is expected to take action once they notice the message this includes emails, texts, and voicemails
What is Push Communication?
In Three-Point Estimating, once you have your optimistic, most likely, and pessimistic time estimates, you can use this formula to create a weighted average of the three
What is (O+4M+P)/6?
*The O stands for your optimistic time estimate. M stands for most likely. And P stands for pessimistic.
If a group can not reach an agreement, you can use this method to manage the clock by giving them a certain amount of time to decide
What is timeboxing?