CHAPTER SEVEN
Selecting and Developing Project Managers
The best leader is the one who has sense enough to pick good [people] to do what he wants done, and the self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT, AMERICAN IDEALS
Many people become project managers by accident. The usual path to the job is through expertise in a technical specialty. In the past, those with technical skill were told to run projects calling for those skills. The best systems analysts or programmers were put in charge of software development projects, and the best engineers were put in charge of product development projects. However, the technical part of a project is often the smallest and easiest part. Technical success does not ...
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