E-Book Overview
A developer's guide to successfully managing teams, customers, and software projects
Key Features
• A complete guide to managing developer teams, software projects, customers, and users
• Transition successfully from a technical role to management
• Develop crucial skills to enhance your performance and advance your career
Book Description
The Successful Software Manager is a comprehensive and practical guide to managing software developers, software customers, and the process of deciding what software needs to be built. It explains in detail how to develop a management mindset, lead a high-performing developer team, and meet all the expectations of a good manager.
The book will help you whether you've chosen to pursue a career in management or have been asked to "act up" as a manager. Whether you're a Development Manager, Product Manager, Team Leader, Solution Architect, or IT Director, this is your indispensable guide to all aspects of running your team and working within an organization and dealing with colleagues, customers, potential customers, and technologists, to ensure you build the product your organization needs.
This book is the must-have authoritative guide to managing projects, managing people, and preparing yourself to be an effective manager. The intuitive real-life examples will act as a desk companion for any day-to-day challenge, and beyond that, Herman will show you how to prepare for the next stages and how to achieve career success.
What you will learn
• Decide if moving to management is right for you
• Develop the skills required for management
• Lead and manage successful software development projects
• Understand the various roles in a technical team and how to manage them
• Motivate and mentor your team
• Deliver successful training and presentations
• Lead the design process with storyboards and personas, and validate your solution
Who this book is for
Development Managers, Product Managers, Team Leaders, Solution Architects, or IT Directors who want to effectively manage colleagues, customers, potential customers, and technologists.
E-Book Content
The Successful Software Manager
The definitive guide to growing from developer to manager
Herman Fung
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
The Successful Software Manager Copyright © 2019 Packt Publishing All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles or reviews. Every effort has been made in the preparation of this book to ensure the accuracy of the information presented. However, the information contained in this book is sold without warranty, either express or implied. Neither the author, nor Packt Publishing or its dealers and distributors, will be held liable for any damages caused or alleged to have been caused directly or indirectly by this book. Packt Publishing has endeavored to provide trademark information about all of the companies and products mentioned in this book by the appropriate use of capitals. However, Packt Publishing cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information. Acquisition Editor: Andrew Waldron Acquisition Editor - Peer Reviews: Suresh Jain Project Editor: Tom Jacob Development Editor: Alex Sorrentino Copy Editor: Safis Editing Technical Editor: Aniket Shetty Proofreader: Safis Editing Indexer: Tejal Daruwale Soni Graphics: Sandip Tadge Production Coordinator: Sandip Tadge First published: June 2019 Production reference: 1270619 Published by Packt Publishing Ltd. Livery Place 35 Livery Street Birmingham B3 2PB, UK. ISBN 978-1-78961-553-1
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