Today some of the managers in our group had a program review with our COO who is visiting India. Most of the managers were focussing on bringing up the Red issues in the project. Its very important to understand to whom you are presenting and we should show the picture of both green and Red stuff rather than just focussing only on Reds.
If there are Red or risky items in your project its the duty of the managers to come out with options to bring it back to green. "There is no point for predicting rain. There is only points for building an ark". There are astrologers to predict the rain and we as managers to build the ark so that we all are safely shore even if it rain heavily.
Another thought on managers : Managers are indirect cost in a software business where as Individual contributors (coders , designers , testers etc...) are direct cost. We need to ensure that we don't spend too much on the indirect cost and we have the right ratio between individual contributors and managers.
Good additional read on Direct vs Indirect cost
If there are Red or risky items in your project its the duty of the managers to come out with options to bring it back to green. "There is no point for predicting rain. There is only points for building an ark". There are astrologers to predict the rain and we as managers to build the ark so that we all are safely shore even if it rain heavily.
Another thought on managers : Managers are indirect cost in a software business where as Individual contributors (coders , designers , testers etc...) are direct cost. We need to ensure that we don't spend too much on the indirect cost and we have the right ratio between individual contributors and managers.
Good additional read on Direct vs Indirect cost
