Communicating with your Project Manager
Communicating with your Project Manager
Susan Fennema and I just finished our 4th Facebook live video on Project Management: Communicating with your Project Management.
In this video we talk about communicating with your project manager and cover the following topics (and more, of course):
What information does a project manager need from a developer?
- When you will be working on the project
- When you have questions for the client
- When will you not be available (other projects, other clients, vacations)
- How do you like to work (2-3 hour blocks? all-day blocks?)
- Best means of communication (email, Slack, project management tool)
- When something unexpected comes up
- Document client communications/changes
The PM is responsible for scope, budget, and time. What is the developer’s role in those same things?
- Be clear how long will each task take you
- Be responsible for understanding the scope
- Let PM know when the client asked for something that is not in scope
- When you expect to be finished (“done done”) with specific tasks
The biggest takeaway is not a big secret: keep lines of communication open and the information flowing freely. Doing so will make your job a subcontractor (or employee) much easier and more rewarding.
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
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