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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...

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

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Pareto's Principle  - The  80-20 Rule -  How the 80/20 Rule Helps Us be More Effective Decision making with AHP (Analytical Hierarchical Process) MoSCoW Rule Boston Consulting Group BCG Matrix http://www.valueeng.org/finance-manager-125/boston-consulting-group-bcg-matrix.html

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1. Understand the organizational setting and nature of the work, 2. Makeup of the team, 3. and then choose a method that works for that setting 4. What is the business workflow that is going to work for you? 5. What are your organizational strengths and weaknesses, and 6.  how can you harness the former and shore up the latter? 

What do your customers really want from you? No matter what your industry, your customers want more than just great products and workable solutions. What they really want to know is that you--personally--are the type of person whom they can trust to get the job done.  Here are the seven things they want to see in you: 1. Independent Thinking Customers want to know that you'll represent their interests, even it's not in your own financial interest--and particularly when the proverbial chips are down. (Of course, it's your job to make certain that the chips stay up.) 2. Courage Customers want to know that you can be trusted to do the right thing. They expect you to tell them if buying what you're selling is a mistake, or not truly in their interests.  That takes real guts. 3. Pride The best customers don't want you to truckle and beg. Because they're trusting you to deliver, they want to work with proud, successful people who can handle even the most diff...

Good Change management and frozen wishlist from the product owner are the keys to handle such situation.

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