73. Babel
The project fails to develop a consistent language that’s understood by all members of the development team and stakeholder community.
We expect to be understood—and most of the time, that’s a pretty safe assumption. When the people we are talking to share our contextual and cultural space, our meaning is usually communicated without distortion. In an English pub, when you ask for a pint, you get a pint of ale. Ask the driver of an electric dairy car in London for the same thing, and you’ll get a bottle of milk. Similarly, when you are talking to a co-located fellow team member about the network status or the customer discount rate or ...
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