Effective communication is one of the keys to completing a successful project, and while a major function of a project manager is to try to keep that type of communcation open, I think that there needs to be an effort on behalf of everyone to keep the ideas flowing, and .

Scott Berkun’s UIEWeb has some great suggestions on how that type of interaction can happen in a positive manner. I came across his latest column earlier today through a recent link from webword.

How to give and receive criticism is a pretty good column about effective ways to communicate with each other. I got excited when I saw this link and its title because of another article I liked from this former Microsoft project manager.

That one was How to run a design critique. What it describes very well is how to make that communication fun, and interesting, and effective.

It has a great number of suggestions that might just help those projects get finished, even in spite of a project manager who might not quite be up to the task.

You’ve given me an idea for another post, too.