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The Successful Software Manager

You're reading from   The Successful Software Manager The definitive guide to growing from developer to manager

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2019
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ISBN-13 9781789615531
Length 442 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Herman Fung Herman Fung
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters Close

Title Page
Copyright and Credits About Packt Contributors Preface 1. Why Do You Want to Become a Manager? FREE CHAPTER 2. What Are the Key Skills I Need? 3. What Is My Job Now? 4. A Week in the Life of a Manager 5. Managing Your Team 6. Asking the Right Questions to Your Users 7. Meetings 8. Design Techniques 9. Validating the Solution 10. Agile, Waterfall, and Everything in Between 11. Always Be Shipping 12. The Training Day 13. Organizational Management in the 21st Century 14. Developing Yourself as a Leader 15. Your Next Steps 1. Other Books You May Enjoy

Summary – Work on yourself to lead your team

Management makes new and unexpected demands on you as a person. You can either grow to meet them or shrink away in fear. A big chunk of your success and that of your team depends on how you approach these new demands.

Now you have a range of tools to use that will deepen your self-understanding. Without having yourself as a fixed point of reference, you will not be able to engage with what is going on around you fully. Use your awareness to focus on what matters for you and for your team. Develop the ability to be truly present.

Focus on systematic change, not blame. Use the information that emotions give you to guide this process. Your feelings and your rational mind work best when they complement each other. Be clear about why it is you do what you do, and how that lines up with what other people do. Use the environment...

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