The 7 habits_of_highly_ineffective_project_man

The 7 Habits of Highly Ineffective Project Managers Carol Smith Google, Inc.

Who am I?
-Googler
-Project manager in network operations, enterprise software, and now open source software
-Administering the Google Summer of Code program for the Google Open Source Programs office

Habit 1
Spend more than 2 hours per week in meetings with the engineers going over the project.

Habit 2
Assume all the engineers you work with are purposefully trying to do a bad job and sabotage the project.

Habit 3
Keep a checklist.

Habit 4
Let your middle-level and senior-level managers meddle with the timeline and the goals of the project whenever they see fit.
Extra credit: Let managers talk to the engineers and confuse them about your own purpose on the project

Habit 5
Make everything an emergency.

Habit 6
Break down your rapport with the engineers whenever possible.

Habit 7
Assume the dates that the engineers give you are spot-on and make promises to customers and coworkers based on these dates.

Special Thanks to:
Josh Berkus, for the idea of the "7 Habits of Highly Ineffective..."

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