From techie to boss transitioning to leadership
From Techie to Boss teaches technical people who are making or mulling the transition from team player to team leader all the management techniques and soft leadership skills they never needed before—but need now, pronto. Veteran team lead and project manager Scott Cromar lays out the classical mana...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Berkeley, CA] :
Apress
c2013.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2013. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009466725006719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""About the Author""; ""About the Contributor""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Chapter 1: Moving into Management""; ""Right from the Start""; ""Characteristics of a Good Leader""; ""Analysis Paralysis""; ""Modeling Behavior""; ""Messaging""; ""The Principle of Leverage""; ""Transparency""; ""Enabling Your Team Members""; ""Problems Caused by Poor Leadership""; ""The Core Challenges""; ""Summary""; ""Discussion Questions""; ""Further Reading""; ""Chapter 2: Your Transition Plan""; ""Team Building""; ""Evaluate Your Team""; ""Early Wins""; ""Organizational Wins""
- ""Structure the Team for Success""""Defect Rates and Tracking Success""; ""Postmortems �On a Small Scale""; ""Communication Structure""; ""Challenging Environments""; ""Manage Expectations""; ""Managing Your Boss""; ""Drinking from the Fire Hose""; ""What You Need to Find Out""; ""Conversations with Your Boss""; ""Draft a Learning Plan""; ""Before Your First Day""; ""First Week""; ""First Month""; ""Second Month""; ""Third Month""; ""Matching the Strategy to the Situation""; ""Start-up""; ""Turnaround""; ""Realignment""; ""Sustaining Success""; ""Identifying Problems""
- ""Selecting Your Early Wins""""Your Team�s Transition""; ""The New Boss�s To-Do List""; ""The 90-Day Plan""; ""Summary""; ""Discussion Questions""; ""Further Reading""; ""Chapter 3: Time Management""; ""The Multitasking Myth""; ""Scheduling, Calendars, and To-Do Lists""; ""Calendars""; ""To-Do Lists and Ticketing Systems""; ""Priorities""; ""Ticketing Systems""; ""Scheduling To-Do Items""; ""Time Killers""; ""Overreaching""; ""Reverse Delegation and the Clinging Monkey Problem""; ""Why Do Managers Take Back the Monkeys?""; ""Time Wasters""; ""Paperwork""; ""Meetings""; ""Phone Calls""
- ""Procrastination""""Office Drop-Ins""; ""Travel""; ""Email""; ""Surfing and Goofing Off""; ""Delegating Effectively""; ""Managing Meetings""; ""The Art of Facilitation""; ""Traffic Cop""; ""On-Call Scheduling""; ""Summary""; ""Discussion Questions""; ""Further Reading""; ""Chapter 4: Project Management""; ""Setting Expectations""; ""Project Phases""; ""Scope Definition""; ""Business Case""; ""Project Charter""; ""Scope Statement""; ""Scope Management""; ""Stakeholders""; ""Team Contracts""; ""Work Breakdown Structure""; ""Developing a WBS""; ""Resource Estimates""; ""Inaccurate Estimates""
- ""Schedule Estimates""""Project Requirements""; ""Obtaining Requirements""; ""Structuring Requirements""; ""Nonfunctional Requirements""; ""Acceptance Testing""; ""Project Management Plan""; ""Structure for a Project Management Plan""; ""Risk Management""; ""Risk Responses""; ""Tracking Risks""; ""Dependency Management""; ""Interface Management""; ""Milestones""; ""Staying on Track""; ""Periodic Reviews""; ""Identify and Schedule Resources""; ""Scope Change Control""; ""Reporting Project Status""; ""When a Project Is in Trouble""; ""Earned Value Management""; ""Quality Management""
- ""Project Delivery""
