Communication is the key to success and failure.

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NASA

(Never Assume, Specify Always)

Avoid excessive back and forth and ambiguity by being clear and specific.

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Requirements

User Story

Think like your users by describing what they need to do and why it matters to them.

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Clarity

Minto Pyramid

A structured communication technique for presenting ideas clearly and persuasively

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Presenting

AIDA

(Attention, Interest, Desire, Action)

Borrowed from marketing, AIDA helps you hook people in, get them interested, make them want it, and then tell them exactly what to do next.

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Research

First Principles

First Principles helps you think fresh by breaking things down to the basics and building a way forward, free from assumptions and complexities.

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Clarity

BLUF

(Bottom Line Up Front)

A communication technique that states the most important information first followed by supporting detail for further clarity.

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Feedback

Start-Stop-Continue

Gives you a clear way to tell someone what they should start doing, what they should stop, and what's working great that they should keep up.

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Planning

GROW

(Goal, Reality, Options, Way-Forward)

Helps you nail down your goals, see where you're at, brainstorm ways to get there, and make a solid plan.

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