Comments on: Holding managers accountable http://www.fuzzylizard.com/archives/2007/08/21/900/ My thoughts on Agile, Java and Ruby on Rails (mostly) Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:13:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Ange http://www.fuzzylizard.com/archives/2007/08/21/900/#comment-14586 Ange Wed, 22 Aug 2007 05:52:04 +0000 http://www.fuzzylizard.com/archives/2007/08/21/900/#comment-14586 personally, i think it’s about the kind of manager you are. and yes, i’m a project manager. i believe my job is to enable my team to be successful. so if the team fails, then i didn’t do my job. i know a lot of other PMs who feel the same way. conversely, i’ve also come across a number of people playing the PM role, who do not believe this. they are the ones that are concerned on making themselves look good in the event of failure. i don’t really consider them project managers. i’m not entirely sure what they are … maybe it’s just a kind of lazyness, but i believe the best way for me to look good as a manager, is for my team to do an amazing job. seems much easier than trying to make up a reason for failure later on. personally, i think it’s about the kind of manager you are. and yes, i’m a project manager.

i believe my job is to enable my team to be successful. so if the team fails, then i didn’t do my job. i know a lot of other PMs who feel the same way.

conversely, i’ve also come across a number of people playing the PM role, who do not believe this. they are the ones that are concerned on making themselves look good in the event of failure. i don’t really consider them project managers. i’m not entirely sure what they are …

maybe it’s just a kind of lazyness, but i believe the best way for me to look good as a manager, is for my team to do an amazing job. seems much easier than trying to make up a reason for failure later on.

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