This tag is for questions that are related to a leader's involvement in the technical arena.
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Should development team leaders be line managers?
In a development team with a leader, should this leader be a line manager or is it better to separate the two roles?
How much admin/HR should a hands-on leader actually do before it becomes the ...
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Solution to scary programming/project management situation?
I'm a newbie programmer in a troubling situation and wondered if anyone knew best practices for dealing with this type of project management problem.
After a rough job-search, I finally found a ...
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What's the difference between a Team Lead and a Team Manager?
Full disclosure: I am not a project manager. However, no other group on stack exchange seemed more likely to be able to comment constructively.
In the company where I am about to begin work, each ...
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How should I get work from someone who “Talks a good game” but won't deliver?
Background: I worked for an organisation that delivered services to a number of public sector clients, geographically dispersed. A series of security-related changes were required to allow one such ...
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What role should a technical architect play in Project Management?
I've recently been given the role of Technical Architect in my organization (I will also be project managing some projects and developing if the 10-12 senior developers are all too busy).
I'm ...
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How to Avoid Micro-Managing a Software Development Team?
I've managed a few projects over the last few years, and one of the biggest challenges I face is avoiding becoming a micro-manager. I worked with a team once where I worked with a group of software ...
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Do technical leaders compete with project managers?
Technical leaders in our projects are competing with project managers.
Or in more general aspect, is it a problem if someone with greater domain specific knowledge tends to dominate in project or ...
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How technical should a Project Manager be?
Consider a software project involving a bunch of developers of mixed experience. The PM has the delivery responsibility for the project, but undertakes this through the team members.
When the ...
