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Crash Course: Managing Software People and Teams

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— managing people, software, skills, greatness

Speaker: Ron Lichty
Meeting Date: Thursday, April 4, 20133
Time: 6:00 PM: Registration & Informal Networking, 6:30 PM: Management Forum, 7:15 PM: Dinner, 7:45 PM: After Dinner Presentation, 9:00 PM: Adjourn
Location: RAMADA Silicon Valley, 1217 Wildwood Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089

Management Forum / Guided Networking: Bring Your Management Challenge; Arrive by 6:30 PM to join this exciting Management Forum. Following informal networking is a guided discussion typically related to the topic of the evening’s after dinner talk, or of general Technology Management interest.

Summary:

“We’d like you to manage the team now.” That’s about as much introduction – and training – as many of us get before our first day managing. Often preceded only by, “You’re a great programmer and you’ve got some people skills.”

But while programming cred and facility with people are helpful qualifications, what do you really need to know to manage well? What makes a manager great? What are the qualities that meld teams and deliver great software? Those are among the questions that led Ron Lichty and his co-author Mickey W. Mantle to write “Managing the Unmanageable: Rules, Tools, and Insights for Managing Software People and Teams” (Addison-Wesley, September, www.ManagingTheUnmanageable.net).

In this interactive session, we’ll examine the great managers each of us has experienced, and the qualities, skills, finesse and gifts of greatness that made them stand out. We’ll talk about “the rest of the job”: managing up, managing out, and other aspects of being a seasoned manager that reports mostly don’t see. And you’ll take away a few best practices that take most managers years to discover.

 
Bio:
Ron Lichty has been transforming chaos to clarity and making software development “hum” for most of his 20-plus years consulting with and managing software development and product organizations. From first-level manager to VP of Engineering and VP of Products, he has been brought in to solve problems like painfully slow product development, past-due estimates with no delivery in sight, challenges arising from geographically dispersed teams, productivity bridled by uncertainty, and an “order-taking mentality” from teams that should be eagerly proactive. Ron has repeatedly demonstrated that small tweaks can result in dramatic impacts to throughput, quality and customer focus. He has led products and development for companies of all sizes, from startups to the Fortune 500. His practice includes creating roadmaps everyone can follow, building communication with every part of the organization, leading agile transformations, and motivating and inspiring software development teams.