Communication only within your team is not enough

Arpáš Jozef

Abstract. The essay deals with the different ways of communication within and between teams during software development. It focuses in particular on the case of software development, where teams collaborate with offices in the same building, but where the level of communication is similar with teams thousands of miles distant. I identified the reasons why the communication between the teams is needed. This fact is mainly due to the interdependence of the individual teams. I can say that the lack of communication is due to mainly ways to apply team members to communicate outside of the team. Main problem can be described as increase in email communication, precisely at the expense of verbal communication. Then I put my experience into practice, showing that the team members have either personal obstacles, why not sufficiently communicate with members of other teams, or cannot identify the person with whom them need to communicate, or other personal or behavioral barriers that prevent them from communication. At the end of the essay, I proposed a solution to prevent a lack of communication between the teams, which is based on the correct management team members, project managers resulting in improving their communication skills and greater independence.

Britvík Andrej

Abstract. According to numerous surveys a lot of software projects fail nowadays, just like they did in the past. They experience cost and schedule overruns or significantly reduced functionality. Some of them are even canceled before completion. Even if numbers say that projects nowadays are a bit more successful than before, it does not have to be true. People seldom admit that they failed. Risk management is trying to prevent projects from failing by eliminating risks produced by many factors that affect project outcome. There are known lists full of various risks so it should not be a problem to identify possible risks for our project. Even if we identified all the risks, it is not guaranteed that our project would be successful. In this essay I am trying to expose hidden dangers of risk management. These dangers may have a significant effect on project outcome and people might not even know they exist.

Without communication it is not

Korec Tomáš

Abstract. Communication is one of the most important human skills. It is the basis of any successful collaboration. This essay addresses the importance of communication in software development projects. It refers to the underestimation of communication, despite the ever increasing level and size of software projects, because many times these development projects spread among several countries. It refers to the possible reasons for failure of software projects and to what degree is it a fault of bad communication. Essay describes effective communication as a basis for the success of each project. Furthermore ,it addresses the problems that often have with communication not only developers, but also managers. These problems are then reflected negatively on the success of the project, of course. Essay addresses communications style and personality of manager as a basis for effective communication, which is necessary for success of software project.