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7 Habits of Brilliant and Highly Successful Project Managers

1-Focus on Solutions not Problem Project management is a tough role. You often find yourself being pulled between keeping users, subordinates, team members and senior people happy. Given these demands, what do the best project managers do that makes them stand out from the crowd? 1. Focus on Solutions not Problem Problem solving and breaking through constraints is an essential part of managing projects. Those that excel as project managers have a mindset where they focus on finding solutions to problems. They keep asking themselves how they can overcome whatever barriers arise. 2. Participative and decisive All the best project managers understand the need to communicate and consult. They also know that lots of talking and procrastination achieves nothing. Finding the right balance between consulting, deciding and acting is what separates the best from the rest. 3. Focus on customer In every project there are customers. They might be internal or external or a combinati...

The top six technical practices every Product Owner must know about

Practice #1: Version control system Practice #2: Continuous integration Practice #3: Automated testing Practice #4: Refactoring Practice #5: Simple design Practice #6: Collective code ownership reference -  http://www.citerus.se/post/1165683-the-top-six-technical-practices-every