Talk:Constructive Controversy

Feedback from ProjectGoat

I have made the feedback as I was reading the article so the points should come in the right order.

Intro

Good introduction, however, a short example of use to reach consensus about a controversial topic might be a good idea to explain the method a bit further, maybe just like explain how to make people take sides or give an example of a topix where this could be beneficial.

History and origin

The history and origin part is quite interesting, but the last part about the release of other books and articles should maybe be moves to a “further reading” part at the end of this article.

Explanation of Concept

Spelling: The cognitive biases can be set aside (instead of sat)
Consider using synonyms for ‘however’ and remember commas before and after.
Maybe write a bit more about how constructive controversy can be used when inevitable unplanned events happen, and when these create problems in the original project plan

Step-by-Step Guide (consider using hyphens)

Make a reference to D.W. Johnson’s 6 steps
Maybe make some sort of a concluding comment on the steps and what steps are different/omitted in other theories

The Roles of the different participants when using constructive controversy

Reference to the Constructive controversy article
Who has fitted the table? Did you do it or have your found the fitted one in another article?
I think there is a need for providing more explanation of how this table should/could be used.

Rules for using Constructive Controversy

The first sentence should be re-written in order to make more sense. Maybe something along the lines of: “In order to use Constructive Controversy, a certain set of rules or guidelines will now be presented to help things along”
Maybe include a couple of sentences about what the dangers are of not using these rules.

Example of Constructive Controversy being used in Project Management

Very good idea to give a concrete example
Just a minor detail – if you write “for” in italic you should maybe also write “against” in italic
Grammar: Jean-Luc and Agnes are placed – instead of is
Grammar: The two team discuss – instead of discusses
Grammar: Both Jean-Luc and Andrei have become… and decide – instead of has and decides.
Where does this example come from? Have you read about it or has this been made up for the purpose of the article? Write a bit about this maybe

Discussion

Maybe the educational use should be mentioned more in the article itself, before being discussed more thoroughly in this part
The “Johnson and Johnson” part could potentially be written as its own paragraph and then only summarised/referred to in the discussion
Other than that it is a very good discussion - a bit long, but very nice indeed

References

The references should be changed to make it more clear who it the author, what is the name of the article, what is the publisher, the year, etc. … Make it look more like reference number 8.

General comments