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Advice for a New Software Project Manager?

Posted by Cliff on from the pass-along-thy-wisdom dept.

Tom O'Neill asks: "I have recently been promoted to 'Manager of Software Development' at the small business I work for. I have been developing web-based software professionally for about 6 years. I have seen the software development cycle work and I have seen it fail. Are there any project managers out there with some advice for a green horn like myself? Are there any books or other reading material that I could read in order to manage a software project effectively?"

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  1. Another thing by Safety+Cap · · Score: 5, Informative
    You'll do yourself a favor if you network with other IT PMs.

    Many people have been where you are now; tap their experience and avoid the pitfalls they got to live through.

    You can find a bunch at the local PMI Chapter.

    --
    Yeah, right.