In this lesson, you’ll hear from Lullabot’s Chief of Operations, Account Director, and several technical project managers about what they think makes a good project manager. These traits of a good PM include: being a great communicator, having the ability to distill a project into tasks, taking initiative to clear blockers for developers, probing stakeholders for requirements, assumptions, and other vital information, demonstrating leadership, and finally being able to have difficult conversations with clients—discussing uncomfortable truths with tact and diplomacy. Are you on the path to becoming a project manager? Or maybe you’re looking to improve your skills? With these insights, learn about the variety of technical and people skills that make for a great project manager.
Additional resources
Want to dive deeper? Here are some books recommended by project managers at Lullabot:
- Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams by Tom DeMarco & Timothy Lister
- Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management by Scott Berkun
- Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan, John King & Halee Fischer-Wright
- User Stories Applied: for Agile Software Development by Mike Cohn
- Analysis without Paralysis: 12 Tools to Make Better Strategic Decisions by Babette E Bensoussan & Craig S Fleisher
- Software Estimation by Steve McConnell
- The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering by Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.
Over the years we've developed some techniques for practicing that we wanted to share. At Drupalize.Me we take hugging seriously. In this tutorial we'll look at the art, and science, of giving a good hug. The Merriam Webster dictionary defines the word hug as; squeeze (someone) tightly in one's arms, typically to express affection.
Did you know there are all kinds of different hugs that you can give? In this tutorial we'll look at:
- Defining what a hug is
- Some of the many types of hugs in the world today
- Precautions you may want to familiarize yourself with before hugging
- And the importance of proper technique
Lets go ahead and get started shall we?