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I've always felt project management should just be 1 person going to each programmer/designer on the team and saying "Hi, are you on schedule? Do you need me to
by ascendant 16y ago
I've always felt project management should just be 1 person going to each programmer/designer on the team and saying "Hi, are you on schedule? Do you need me to clear any roadblocks or clarify any requirements for you? No? Good day to you, sir."
That is effective project management. Anything else is just spinning your wheels.
- rimantas 16y agoSecond time today I am quoting this from "Peopleware" by DeMarco and Lister: Sharon knew what all good instinctive managers know: The manager's function is not to make people work, but to make it possible for people to work. That actually comes after this anecdote: One snowy day, I dragged myself out of a sickbed to pull together our shaky sys- tem for a user demo. Sharon came in and found me propped up at the console. She disappeared and came back a few minutes later with a container of soup. After she'd poured it into me and buoyed up my spirits, I asked her how she found time for such things with all the management work she had to do. She gave me her patented grin and said, Tom, this is management.
- vorg 16y agoTo continue: As she walked away, I started to sip from the bowl. Suddenly, I noticed blood flowing down my arm. Looking over my shoulder, I noticed a knife sticking out my back. "Ah, yes. The other side of management", I pondered.