http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/11/13/doubling-interviewing-effectiveness/ Software product success. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:10:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/11/13/doubling-interviewing-effectiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-243468 Effective Communication of Requirements « LetZcommunicate Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:08:01 +0000 http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/11/13/doubling-interviewing-effectiveness/#comment-243468 [...] Physical Presence vs. Artifacts. Collaborating in front of a whiteboard or on the phone is more effective than an email exchange. While eMail and instant messaging allow for near real-time interaction, they lack the cues that come from physical interaction. Our brains are wired for listening and looking as the means to communicate. You can absorb information and express ideas through artifacts, but it is less efficient. Artifacts that you create lack the instinctive elements of nuance in communication. Active listening skills are refinements of what we’re already wired to do - and they make physical communication more effecient than when you write something down. [...] [...] Physical Presence vs. Artifacts. Collaborating in front of a whiteboard or on the phone is more effective than an email exchange. While eMail and instant messaging allow for near real-time interaction, they lack the cues that come from physical interaction. Our brains are wired for listening and looking as the means to communicate. You can absorb information and express ideas through artifacts, but it is less efficient. Artifacts that you create lack the instinctive elements of nuance in communication. Active listening skills are refinements of what we’re already wired to do – and they make physical communication more effecient than when you write something down. [...]

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