Absolutely. Iāve been in calls scheduled for an hour that wrapped in 15 minutesāeveryone heard, aligned, and genuinely relieved we didnāt waste time.
Some fellow BAs and PMs think Iām rushing or not āgiving enough,ā but the devs and stakeholdersāespecially the ones deep in that clinical studiesāthank me for getting straight to the point.
Storytelling-before-substance feels like a performanceālike weāre trying to prove weāve done the work. But clarity isnāt about narrating the whole process; itās about knowing what actually matters in the moment.
I havenāt had anyone ask for a full process rundown in over a year. Maybe the trust Iāve built or they just donāt need to hear it.
Makes you wonderāare we overexplaining for them, or for ourselves?
Absolutely. Iāve been in calls scheduled for an hour that wrapped in 15 minutesāeveryone heard, aligned, and genuinely relieved we didnāt waste time.
Some fellow BAs and PMs think Iām rushing or not āgiving enough,ā but the devs and stakeholdersāespecially the ones deep in that clinical studiesāthank me for getting straight to the point.
Storytelling-before-substance feels like a performanceālike weāre trying to prove weāve done the work. But clarity isnāt about narrating the whole process; itās about knowing what actually matters in the moment.
I havenāt had anyone ask for a full process rundown in over a year. Maybe the trust Iāve built or they just donāt need to hear it.
Makes you wonderāare we overexplaining for them, or for ourselves?