You're facing miscommunication delays in a Systems Engineering project. How can you ensure timely delivery?

In my experience, miscommunication often arises from a lack of understanding between different teams or disciplines. I promote knowledge sharing between teams, whether through formal presentations, informal catchups during a coffee break, or shared documentation. When teams have a better understanding of each other’s work, it reduces the likelihood of miscommunication. Establishing feedback loops with stakeholders and team members ensures that issues are identified and addressed early before they become critical.

ara garantir a entrega pontual em meio a atrasos de comunicação, é essencial implementar um sistema de comunicação claro e eficiente, como reuniões diárias rápidas para alinhar o progresso e resolver problemas em tempo real. Use ferramentas de gestão de projetos que permitam atualizações instantâneas e transparentes para todos os membros da equipe. Além disso, estabeleça prazos internos curtos para monitorar o progresso regularmente e antecipar potenciais atrasos, ajustando o cronograma conforme necessário. Atribua responsabilidades específicas para garantir que cada membro da equipe esteja ciente de suas tarefas e do impacto do seu trabalho no cronograma geral.

In every project, a communication architecture between the project stakeholders is to be defined and agreed. The importance of effective communication is very much neglected as everyone is eager to start the "real" engineering work. However, a poor communication architecture can significantly reduce the likelihood of success. Symptoms of miscommunication are for instance: technical diacrepencies, emergence of wrong expectations, misunderstandings, emergence of negative emotions, regular delays, decrease of motivation. Solutions? - Central repository - Regular open meeting (no status report, an open technical discussion going in depth - Overcoming personnal attitudes - Strong and structured project lead