How to communicate effectively in the software development team

The nature of Software determines the important role of people, so effective communication is particularly important.

1. Is the document important?

The traditional software development process emphasizes the communication function of documents. He requires that detailed documents be generated at each stage. He hopes that different stakeholders can better understand the system content, understand the system progress.

However, can the document really achieve the expected results?

Facts prove that there are not many people who can read the document carefully. If a person is willing to read the boring documents, we have a reason to believe that he is a professional researcher. However, there are not many such people in real life, and they are not likely to require all the stakeholders to have strong research capabilities. Therefore, the fate of the document can be imagined. Generally, they are easily written, and then become a decoration.

Therefore, we should not expect that the document has too many results.

Ii. artifacts or work products

Currently, the widely used rational unified software development process (RUP) does not emphasize documents, but artifact. Artifacts refer to models, model elements, documents,Source codeAnd executableProgram. RUP emphasizes that internal organizations use model tools to communicate with each other. This gives full play to the advantages and functions of UML.

The agile development process is strong. Here, XP is used as an example to emphasizeCodeAnd advocates code as design. Although this idea is somewhat extreme, it still uses UML for modeling in the implementation process, but it may not be formal, but it may be just a sketch. Therefore, we say that the implementation of XP actually requires modeling, but the form is more casual.

Therefore, there is no essential difference between agile work products and the artifacts of RUP. What they share is that the role of documents in communication has obviously declined.

3. The most effective communication method-interview

This is a common law in management, but with the development of science and technology, telephone and email are widely used, and interviews are ignored. Because only in the face-to-face communication process can we get more information, language, body, expression, and tone. Generally, the information transmitted by expressions and body languages is more accurate. A person may lie, but his body language may expose his own secrets.

Effective communication and communication between software team members can improve work enthusiasm. In particular, it is necessary to let every Member know the team's work objectives, the position of each member in the team, and the importance of his work to the team, the most important thing you need to face together is to let him know about his advantages. It is hard to imagine that all this information can be completed without interview.

4. Effective communication makes life more exciting

Strengthening effective communication not only improves software projects, but also increases employees' sense of belonging and sense of responsibility and enables them to actively fulfill the mission of the team.

Why did China develop faster than any other country in the world? At that time, resources were lacking, and with a sense of mission and honor, powerful spiritual food is more important than any material.

Although people can better emphasize the enjoyment of life in the economically developed world, the fulfillment of the spirit and the fulfillment of the Mission are still the spiritual food that everyone needs, life is not brilliant.