Anxiety over the Technical Build

At the commencement of the technical build, your project team is armed with detailed specifications, feasibility reviews conducted by experienced tech leads, and formal status meetings for checking progress against milestones. In spite of this technique, the technical build remains a source of great anxiety for several reasons.

  • Most project managers have a general knowledge of Web programming languages and are uncomfortable discussing the complex details.

  • No one wants to look dumb when programmers start dropping technical terminology. The urge to nod your head with a phony look of grave recognition is irresistible.

  • If anything goes seriously wrong during this stage, you might not find out about it until late in ...

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