A common question I hear from my clients seeking to hire someone for their Enterprise Architecture team is, "What skills should I look for in my candidates?" One of the most often overlooked skills of being a good architect is the ability to create effective diagrams or visual representations. I have found that "Giving good whiteboard" is central to how great architects work. Using this skill they:
- Make complex things simple
- Bring order out of chaos
- Build successful strategies and plans out of the fog of confusion
One of the outcomes of "Giving Good Whiteboard" is Increasing speed and efficiency of projects by decreasing TTUA (time to understanding and agreement). Isn't creating a shared understanding of the problem at hand and a shared vision and commitment to the project scope one of the most powerful determinants of project failure or success?
"Giving good whiteboard" is needed now more than ever as companies are under increasing pressure for greater speed and efficiency in an ever more complex and dynamic environment. In this blog we will be discussing things like:
- the three powerful questions to ask as you prepare your visuals
- tips of how to use color, shapes, size, and proximity to facilitate understanding, buy-in and momentum
- share real-life before and after visuals that are examples of all the above.
Do you know a great "whiteboarder" that you could tell us about? How about you, do you give good whiteboard?
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