On Mon, 28 May 2012 09:00:55 -0700 Grant <emailgr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I'll be getting my feet wet with this shortly. Any other tips > >> regarding the management of one or more programmers working on > >> various small web projects? Maybe workflow or any key procedures > >> a newbie manager should follow? > > > > You can get away with almost anything except these two things: > > > > Do not micro-manage > > Do not tell them how to do what they do > > Could you give me an example of this last one? - I see you are using Perl with hashrefs to do function xyz. Have you considered (i.e. I would like you to) using $INSERT_SOMETHING_HERE? - Fiddling with the roadmap. Somehow, this always ends up like the homeowner overriding the architect and trying to get the roof up before the walls. - Giving "advice" on the process such as saying how awesome a concept stakeholders and product owners are in Scrum. But they use ExtremeProgramming. - Wanting to personally review the code often. I've seen some managers want to do this daily. - Get personally involved on their level. All these things class as interference. Managers and owners who do this have miles of justifiable reasons for doing so, but it's always hogwash - they interfere, plain and simple. > > - Grant > > > > For everything else, good old communication (that thing you do lots > > of in business) will see you through. > > > > -- > > Alan McKinnnon > > alan.mckin...@gmail.com > -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
