Chapter 4

Self-Leadership

Today, most leaders want to empower you. They want to give you the authority and responsibility to deliver successful IT projects. They need you to tell them the ground truth. They need you to help them understand the status of your project. They need to know what you need from them as well in order to meet schedule, cost, and quality requirements. They need you to lead your team members—to motivate them to provide IT solutions that meet the users’ requirements.

You need to be ready to perform when they give you the opportunity. The Project Management Institute (PMI®) conducted a Role Delineation Study for the Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification. In this study, they advised project managers to “enhance ...

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