Anyone that has managed a project or anyone that will, should look at this picture. Although very funny it is also very accurate. It has been a long time since I’ve seen this but today while on a little Google I ran across it. Reading it and laughing out loud I decided to save it by drafting a quick post (the best way to ever find it agian is to add some context to the image). IMHO this image is well aligned to the power of Vuuch and why we find Vuuch becomes part of the vocabulary within our users companies. The main reason why these 10 views of a simple product exist has to do with the complexity of managing communication, expectations and the ability to keep people on the same page, especially when things are changing at a dramatic pace, as they do in any project.
By now it is clear to everyone that the most common way to manage a project is check lists and piles of emial. We all do it, even in the management of stuff in our personal lives. Just look at how many list management applications there are in the istore. And ask a friend if they are a crosser outer or a checker offer and they know what you are talking about…
The best way to reduce the number of images for this simple product is to improve how you manage the list of issues, things to be discussed and the tasks that need to get completed. Let me tie this back to a Vuuch customer. Just before finding this I was speaking with one of our users who has just completed a project. He was telling me about how Vuuch had helped… The excitement in his voice was great, but better than that was how he would use Vuuch in a sentence – “Even though we might not be responsible for the next design phase my manager told me to Vuuch all the known issues that need to be addressed in the next design cycle”. The next team that works on the product will have the known issues documented as part of the design files (in this case SolidWorks) as well as having access to the design history stored in Vuuch.
Now I need to find the one of the gun salesmen standing at the tent where the chief is walking out the back door and yelling I have no time to talk to a salesmen, I have a war to fight…
