Good practices in getting your development project done

A list of good observations on what works with development projects is over at FairlyGoodPractices.com.

No matter what your type of organisation, or the tools that you use (be it Java, .Net or Visual Basic), the key to project sucess is communication, communication, communication.

One of the more unorthodox suggestions are allowing people to change their environment (e.g. move out of their office cubes). It will raise a few eyebrows, but if it works, just do it.