{"id":645,"date":"2012-07-06T14:08:19","date_gmt":"2012-07-06T14:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/?p=645"},"modified":"2012-10-11T17:47:35","modified_gmt":"2012-10-11T17:47:35","slug":"playing-to-management-basic-principles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/06\/playing-to-management-basic-principles\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing to management, basic principles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some basic reminder for young people:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Never work at risk. First contract approved, then work on it.<\/li>\n<li>Play to defensive management game, it means: plan, assess risks &amp; perform actions.<\/li>\n<li>Do not play gambling with the customer.<\/li>\n<li>Do not commit you, your team or your organization to something you cannot deliver.<\/li>\n<li>You have a team: lead it and make it works.<\/li>\n<li>Does your customer have a good business case? does s\/he has budget?<\/li>\n<li>Business requirements are always different to things you can propose: the proposal phase is the place to clarify it.<\/li>\n<li>Manage your priorities, so do a list.<\/li>\n<li>You can&#8217;t manage what you can&#8217;t measure<\/li>\n<li>Never lose perspective. Almost all problems can be solved gaining perspective.<\/li>\n<li>Discover your management style, work aligned to it and improve it.<\/li>\n<li>Leave it when you stop enjoying it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/basic-principle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-651 aligncenter\" title=\"basic-principle\" src=\"http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/basic-principle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"174\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &amp; perform actions. Do not play gambling with the customer. Do not commit you, your team or your organization to something you cannot deliver. 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