354 Part VI: The (Fedora web server) Part of Tens
354 Part VI: The Part of Tens Cripple your staff s ability to do anything, large or small, without your approval. Don t show team members that you trust their judgment to make important decisions. Whatever you do, don t let them act on those decisions without your approval. When in doubt, hover. Breathe down their necks and look over their shoulders. These actions afford you with the chance to gaze at all their family photos and the knickknacks on their desks. When you hover over your project team, all kinds of great things start to happen. Team members will begin to come to you every time they have a simple question, such as: What color should I make the heading of this section? Should I have three lines of comments in this section or two? Does this look better with four radio buttons or should I remove one? Can you make Bob stop looking at me funny at meetings? Remember that you have a dual role as a manager and a leader. If you are doing a superb job of leading your team (motivating, inspiring, and directing them), then you can focus more time on managing the project. Team members will recognize that you have the confidence in them to do their work successfully. On the other hand, if you hover over your team, you take a chance on: Frustrating team members. Creating an atmosphere of mistrust. Encouraging team members to come to you for even the simplest questions. Forcing your team members to become robots who never have to think on their own because they have someone else to do that for them. Creating Unrealistic Schedules Remember, there will be times when the CIO or some other fancy pants will vaguely relate the objectives of a software project and casually ask you how long it will take to complete a project before you have the information necessary to answer that question with a shred of accuracy. Sometimes, you can stall by telling the CIO that you will get back to her with an answer as soon as you receive more specific information, but other times she will insist on an
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