Category Archives: Technical Management

Building a Business Case for IT Spending

IT management is a cost center for most organizations.  It is considered to be necessary spending in most cases, but the goal is to spend as little as possible to effectively meet the needs of the organization.  As such the … Continue reading

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Your team members have lives too…

All managers should have a realistic understanding of the ebb and flow of their team’s lives outside of work. That is not to say that you need to be best friends with your direct reports, or that you need to delve … Continue reading

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Challenges for Technical Managers

The technical manager is generally the customer facing portion of a technical team.  Your customer might be a true external customer, upper management or another group within your organization.  Regardless your goals are the same – to identify the client … Continue reading

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