Since early October, I've been project managing a big website redevelopment. The launch date is mid-January and today I spent six hours with the developers going over myriad details. Could we change the layout to highlight the event name, instead of the name of the person posting the event announcement? Will this module work this way or that way when it's finished? What happened to this thing we asked for two months ago?
It was interesting and we covered a lot of ground. But it was exhausting. The programmer speaks little English; I speak little Japanese. Our interpreter is extremely personable and works his ass off for us, but isn't as technically skilled as we are. So it was sometimes difficult to make my points understood--through interpretation of language and technical concept!
I know that the results of this project are going to be excellent. I can hardly wait for the unveiling in January.
Neither can I! Congratulations Kristen - from what I read you've been working very hard bridging cultures and companies.
Its difficult sometimes to manage projects in the same language let alone across different ones.