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If you’re not sure you can deliver something, don’t commit to it. Instead, provide confidence levels, increase confidence by doing the riskiest bits earlier, an
by blowski 5y ago
If you’re not sure you can deliver something, don’t commit to it. Instead, provide confidence levels, increase confidence by doing the riskiest bits earlier, and give frequent status updates.
- ericb 5y ago> Instead, provide confidence levels, increase confidence by doing the riskiest bits earlier, and give frequent status updates. Right--you're trying to choose the winning move: not to play. That's not really an option.
- blowski 5y agoEffective management - both by the manager and the managed - is about avoiding such zero sum games. Look for the win-win and do your best to deliver it.
- ericb 5y agoThis is fine advice, but the topic is the "manager's handbook" not other, better, management practices, so the advice is off-topic. Did you read the section in question? Advice about avoiding zero sum games isn't relevant to a discussion of a specific zero sum game prescribed by the manual we're discussing.