7 Must-Have Project Management Skills for IT Pros
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A good--or bad--project manager can make the difference between a project coming in on time and on budget and it being a failure. How can you spot a good project manager? CIO.com talked to experts and IT executives to find out. http://www.cio.com/article/726888/7_Must_Have_Project_Management_Skills_for_IT_Pros[^]
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream. Discover.
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A good--or bad--project manager can make the difference between a project coming in on time and on budget and it being a failure. How can you spot a good project manager? CIO.com talked to experts and IT executives to find out. http://www.cio.com/article/726888/7_Must_Have_Project_Management_Skills_for_IT_Pros[^]
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream. Discover.
Be an effective communicator
All human beings who go out the door (without help) need to be able to communicate effectively. "Look out for that car!" A good manager:
- Makes sure his workforce has the best tools available
- Makes sure his workforce is happy and eliminates everything that eats at their production
- Knows what a planning is, and knows how to update it (it's not a statical thingy)
- Knows how to prioritize and guard the specs
- is as much a project-leader as a manager
..I could go on, without needing vague tips like "be an effective communicator".
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] They hate us for our freedom![^]
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Be an effective communicator
All human beings who go out the door (without help) need to be able to communicate effectively. "Look out for that car!" A good manager:
- Makes sure his workforce has the best tools available
- Makes sure his workforce is happy and eliminates everything that eats at their production
- Knows what a planning is, and knows how to update it (it's not a statical thingy)
- Knows how to prioritize and guard the specs
- is as much a project-leader as a manager
..I could go on, without needing vague tips like "be an effective communicator".
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] They hate us for our freedom![^]
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Jennifer Lonoff Schiff is a contributor to CIO.com and runs a marketing communications firm
The bold part explains why that article had a whole lot of nothing to say.
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A good--or bad--project manager can make the difference between a project coming in on time and on budget and it being a failure. How can you spot a good project manager? CIO.com talked to experts and IT executives to find out. http://www.cio.com/article/726888/7_Must_Have_Project_Management_Skills_for_IT_Pros[^]
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream. Discover.
Never mind the article, read some of the comments. Those people are why project managers that don't understand the domain and have no technical understanding always fail at IT projects.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
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Never mind the article, read some of the comments. Those people are why project managers that don't understand the domain and have no technical understanding always fail at IT projects.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
One big problem I perceive is the basic irrelevance of the Project Manager certification (at least, the one that's most widely accepted in the USA). Maybe the issue is that it's not software-specific; holders of the certification are supposedly experts at project management in general (be it building a bridge, planning a birthday party, or whatever). I looked into the possibility of getting that certification, because I thought it would be a smart career move and also something I might enjoy studying. But I found little correspondence between the material I would have been studying and anything I had ever encountered in reality.