Some basic reminder for young people:
- Never work at risk. First contract approved, then work on it.
- Play to defensive management game, it means: plan, assess risks & perform actions.
- Do not play gambling with the customer.
- Do not commit you, your team or your organization to something you cannot deliver.
- You have a team: lead it and make it works.
- Does your customer have a good business case? does s/he has budget?
- Business requirements are always different to things you can propose: the proposal phase is the place to clarify it.
- Manage your priorities, so do a list.
- You can’t manage what you can’t measure
- Never lose perspective. Almost all problems can be solved gaining perspective.
- Discover your management style, work aligned to it and improve it.
- Leave it when you stop enjoying it.