The significance of effective delegation and clear communication in software development

Both skills are a lot more crucial than you might think!

Intro

Effective communication and delegation skills are crucial for any leader, but they are especially important for engineering leaders and other technical professionals who manage teams and projects.

Doing both the right way can make a huge difference in the success of the project. I’ll share with you my experience when I first started taking more ownership and responsibility for different projects.

I learned the importance the hard way

I remember taking on a particular project and feeling very driven and motivated to finish it with the highest quality possible. I worked with another engineer at the time, who was helping me.

With the motivation to finish the project in a good way, I didn’t properly communicate what is going to be done and how we are going to be doing it to the client and at the same time I didn’t effectively delegate the tasks to my colleague.

This brought me to the surprise response of the client because she expected some parts to be implemented differently and my colle…