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Chapter Headings
The New Leader
| 1 | I’ve just been made team leader of a new project. Where do I start? |
| 2 | I’m taking over the leadership of an existing project. Where do I start? |
| 3 | I am the most experienced engineer on the team. If I let others do the design and coding, they will not do it as well as I would. How can I do the important design and coding, if I am expected to write documents and plans all the time? |
| 4 | When should I review other people’s work, and how? |
| 5 | When should I call a meeting and how should I chair it? |
| 6 | I have to interview a job applicant. How do I go about it? |
| 7 | How do I make a presentation? |
| 8 | How do I earn the respect of my team? |
Project Management
| 9 | How do I draw up a Project Plan? |
| 10 | I’ve been told when I must deliver my project, but the time-scale doesn’t seem realistic to me. What should I do? |
| 11 | How can I stop my project from coming in late? |
| 12 | My team is working closely with another team, but the quality of their output is poor. What can I do? |
| 13 | My last project never seems to go away, I’m constantly doing fixes and changes to it. What can I do? |
| 14 | How can I get a good job done when our procedures are so bad? |
Leading People
| 15 | What is meant by "teambuilding"? Is there something I’m supposed to be doing to build a better team? |
| 16 | Sometimes I think I’m being a soft touch and letting people walk all over me. Other times I think people resent me for interfering. How do I know when I’m getting the style right? |
| 17 | One of my team members is an expert in an important aspect of the project that I know little about. I feel like a fool trying to lead on this issue. What can I do? |
| 18 | I can’t get my team to do any design or documentation, they just want to code. What can I do? |
| 19 | When should I let someone do a thing their own way, and when should I make them do it my way? |
| 20 | How many hours should I and my team be working? |
| 21 | I want to praise people when they do well, but it sounds so condescending. How should I reward good work? |
| 22 | I’ve got someone on my team who’s a real problem. What should I do? |
| 23 | I think one of my people is going to leave. How can I prevent them from going? |
| 24 | One of my team is spending too much time chatting and web browsing. What should I do? |
Requirements Capture
| 25 | What is meant by "requirements capture"? How do I go about it? |
| 26 | The customer keeps asking for changes and improvements. Can I really say "no"? |
Stress and Conflict Management
| 27 | I’m very stressed at the moment, and so are some of my team. What can I do about it? |
| 28 | My team seems to spend too much time arguing. What can I do? |
Relationship with Management
| 29 | I want to tackle the project in a particular way. How can I make sure that mythe management will let me? |
| 30 | My boss is useless. How can I put up with this? |
| 31 | I feel I’m not getting the support I need from management. What can I do about it? |
Making Decisions
| 32 | I constantly have to make decisions on the project, often with little time for consideration. How can I be confident that I’m getting the decisions right? |
| 33 | I have to take a decision, and it involves taking a significant risk. How can I decide whether to take the risk? |
Analysis and Design
| 34 | Is "analysis" really necessary, or can I go straight into design? |
| 35 | How do I decide on the best architecture and design for my project? |
| 36 | We have adopted an Object Oriented approach, but everyone on the team seems to have a different idea about how best to use it. How should an object oriented approach be used? |
| 37 | Several of my team members want to adopt a new technology on the project. Should we use the new technology or do it "the old way"? |
| 38 | The design of my project is in a mess. The architecture needs restructuring, but there’s no time to do it. What should I do? |
Testing and Project Release
| 39 | Should I concentrate on Unit Testing or Final Testing of my project in order to catch the most bugs in the least time? |
| 40 | We’re about to release our product to our customer. How can I make sure it goes well? |
Conclusions
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Appendices
| App.1 | Introduction to Object Oriented Concepts |
| App.2 | Brief Introduction to UML |
| App.3 | A Couple Of Useful OO Techniques |
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