First Aid Kit

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Preventing Myopia requires thinking ahead, and to accomplish this it is necessary to consider the entire scope of the project to some degree rather than fixating on only one aspect at a time. The best tools for that job are the ones that help present the project's scope to everyone working on the project. Project documentation is the most obvious means, and placing that documentation on a Web server can make it easily accessible. There are times when people might find it easier to use the documentation on paper, and for this, emerging concepts in data transformation using XML and XSLT can allow an organization to keep one copy of the documentation while formatting it appropriately for both Web deployment and print.

Another important tool that should be used on almost every project is the project scheduler. Tools such as Microsoft Project and Milestones can provide both assistance in creating the schedule and a multitude of options for presenting the schedule to all team members. As with all project documentation, this should be available in a form that can be easily reached by everyone, such as accessible through Web pages.

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