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1 online resource (433 pages) |
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Cover; Copyright; About Packt; Contributors; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Why Do You Want to Become a Manager?; Start with ""why?; The pros and cons of becoming a manager; Your attitude and tolerance for risk-taking; Where am I and how did I get here?; The cost of the journey; Are you ready to become a manager?; Breaking down your working week; What jobs are there?; Team leader / manager; Development / delivery manager; Project manager; Being an Agile practitioner; Scrum master; Does being a manager mean managing people?; Maslow's hierarchy of needs |
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You don't have to be a psychologistThe ""Accidental Manager; The Johari Window; Hacking the impostor syndrome; The Rumsfeld Matrix; Summary; Chapter 2: What Are the Key Skills I Need?; Skill 1 -- Flexibility and adaptability; Skill 2 -- Communication, communication, communication; Inbound communication; Internal communication; Outbound communication; Skill 3 -- Team leadership; Aspects of team leadership; Don't do everything yourself; Clarity of team responsibilities; Document your team services; Skill 4 -- Stakeholder management; Stakeholder mapping; The layers of a stakeholder relationship |
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Stakeholder management case study -- the UK NHSSkill 5 -- Negotiation; Building rapport; Skill 6 -- Using a chosen methodology; Agile; Incremental development, over big-bang releases; Dynamic daily huddles, over regular static updates; User stories, over exhaustive requirements; The Waterfall model; PRINCE2; If I'm not ready, then how do I get ready?; Get a mentor; Shadowing; How do I get the job?; Internal or external; Positioning yourself; Will I like it?; The interview and the offer; Summary; Chapter 3: What Is My Job Now?; The seven fundamental roles of any software project |
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1. Project ManagerPlanning; Controlling; 1. Scope risk; 2. Scheduling risk; 3. Resource risk; 4. Technology risk; Reporting; 2. Project Sponsor; 3. Business Subject Matter Expert; 4. Business Analyst; 5. Technical Architect; 6. Developer; 7. Testers; Your first day; Meet your manager; Induction training; Meet your team; The first team meeting; Your first week; Meet your stakeholders; Set your own schedule; Make a plan; Summary; Chapter 4: A Week in the Life of a Manager; The 70/20/10 blended learning model; Experiential learning; Exposure learning; Educational learning |
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The impact of your methodology choiceAgile, PRINCE2, and ITIL; The ITIL framework; The five stages of the ITIL life cycle; ITIL versus DevOps; Event, incident, and problem management; Event management; Incident management; Problem management; The weekly project template; Monday; 09:00 A.M. to 09:15 A.M. -- team huddle; 10:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. -- power meeting; 11:00 A.M. to 12:00 A.M. -- backlog/task list review; 12:00 P.M. onward -- stakeholder time; Tuesday; 09:00 A.M. to 09:15 A.M. -- team huddle; 10:00 A.M. onward -- planning time; Burn charts; Wednesday; 09:00 A.M. to 09:15 A.M. -- team huddle |
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12:00 P.M. onward -- team meeting/backlog review/sprint planning |
| Summary |
The Successful Software Manager is a comprehensive and practical guide to managing software developers, software customers, and the process of deciding what software needs to be built. It explains in detail how to develop a management mindset, lead a high performing developer team, and meet all the expectations of a good manager. |
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Print version record. |
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Computer software -- Development -- Management.
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Computer programming -- Management.
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Project management.
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Computer programming / software development.
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Computers -- Programming -- General.
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Computers -- Software Development & Engineering -- Project Management.
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Computers -- Software Development & Engineering -- General.
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Computer programming -- Management.
(OCoLC)fst00872399
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Computer software -- Development -- Management.
(OCoLC)fst00872548
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fung, Herman. Successful Software Manager : The Definitive Guide to Growing from Developer to Manager. Birmingham : Packt Publishing, Limited, ©2019 9781789615531 |
| ISBN |
9781789610987 (electronic book) |
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