The history of my "American Dream" of a little Frontend Developer who wants to become a Project Manager. All rules, mistake and worries that i learn in my ten years of developer applied in my manager experience. Some advice for management for working better with developers and some tips for developers for avoid hating the management.

2. FROM DEVELOPER TO MANAGER
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3. I AM NOT
A GOOD MATTRESS SELLER

4. I AM NOT
A GREAT TELESHOPPING SELLER

5. TELL A STORY
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6. I AM NOT
GREAT TELESALES MAN
PLEASE DON’T GIVE ME
A BAD JOIND.IN FEEDBACK
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7. I INTRODUCE YOU…
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8. MATTEO DEV
NO DRESS CODE
NO PHONE
MAIN SKILLS:
Forgetting Timesheet
Deploying Bugs as features
Testing IDE

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10. MATTEO PM
COMPANY DRESS CODE
COMPANY PHONE
MAIN SKILLS:
Compiling Excel
Stalking Timesheet
Black belt in meetings planning

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12. DEVELOPERS & MANAGERS
A TRULY NEVERENDING STORY
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14. DEVELOPERS & MANAGER
A TRULY NEVERENDING STORY ABOUT
ANGER
SMILES
WARS
COOPERATION
EXCLUSIONS
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15. PRESALE
DEV
“PRESALE? NEW CLIENT? WHAT?”
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16. PRESALE
PM
WORK WITH THE TEAM TO DEVELOP A PROTOTYPE
TALK WITH THE CLIENT WITH THE PROTO AND REAL DEVICE
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17. ANALYSIS
DEV
“Oh nice doc man! So full of dates, prices and magic words”
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18. ANALYSIS
PM
Involve the dev in critical points
Review the analysis together before sending it to the client
Write documentation in a tech-way, readable for the team
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19. STARTING PROJECT
DEV
“woa a new project!
oh… 30days of work within next week”
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20. STARTING PROJECT
PM
Involve the whole team in the Kickoff meeting
The whole team is updated on milestones and schedules
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21. DEVELOP PROJECT
DEV
“let me check I can introduce this new js framework”
“see you next week”
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22. DEVELOP PROJECT
PM
Work close to the team
Rapid session of revisions and tests (also with the client)
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23. THE “TRACKING-THING”
DEV
“I will track my time tomorrow”
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24. THE “TRACKING-THING”
PM
Empower team
Delegate TL to supervise minor tasks
Weekly meeting
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25. THE BUG MOMENT
DEV
Must listen to
“aaaa you criminal! everything is broken, wrong,
what have you done, disaster”
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26. BUG MOMENT
PM
Do whatever you want, but use none of those words
Your opinion is not required
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27. TEAM LIFE
DEV
Work alone, waiting for the designer to check pixels
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28. TEAM LIFE
PM
Psychologist of the team, keep it united
Keep the dev involved in meetings and updated on critical issues
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29. THE ANGRY CLIENT
DEV
excluded from the meeting / call
explain his version to the pm
who (perhaps) reports the results to the customer (in his way)
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30. THE ANGRY CLIENT
PM
Protect team choices because he’s more conscious of them
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31. END OF THE PROJECT
DEV
“HR tells me to write a blog post of the project in the intranet”
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32. END OF THE PROJECT
PM
Project retrospective, involving the client if possible
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33. END OF THE DAY
Work together instead of control
Trust over exclusion
Talk beyond every wall
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34. END OF THE MONTH
Closer team
Fluid work
Better restarting point
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35. END OF THE PRESENTATION
Just say thanks!
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36. ONE MORE THING
You can have the best team ever
You can do your best to reach your goal
but…
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37. IF SOME KIDS CHANGE THE RULES OF THE GAME..
NEVERMIND, YOU’VE DONE YOUR BEST