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On Sunday, it was a big day. A bad day in England however, it was snowing and i was flying back to Cyprus. The journey was smooth though bit bumpy over Greece, but it was so nice to see the sun over the island.

I am quite busy this week and next week, going to interviews, meeting up with freinds and relatives, sorting out bank accounts and plus on the 14th the ship with my stuff arrives in Limassol  and boy there are a lot of stuff!!

Anyway, came here for a better life at least better quality of life  let’s see how it goes, i can’t wait to get involved with new projects, technologies and to learn much more, apparently Cypriots are not your ordinary “client”. Let’s see.

I wrote a couple of posts regarding failed projects. Out of these posts some things did stand out and especially how managers/company owners do affect the projects success. It’s not only communication within the team,it’s not only about understanding requirements,managing your client, giving correct estimates. It’s also how others above you effect the way you work and how you work, at the end end of the day it comes down to psychology.

I have seen this happen a lot of times, and personally i believe that when the environment and the people you work with are good then you become more productive and more effective. A big number of companies simply become the stepping stone for some employees, and to this day unfortunately i still hear that entire,newly build teams of employees leave simply because some managers,business owners just don’t learn or even better don’t want to learn.

So what is a bad manager? The list below can help employees and managers understand what is a bad manager, how it can affect their productivity and the success of their projects:
1. Bad managers don’t follow up on employees ideas
2. Don’t trust employees that have the proper skills and education and try to take control and make decision to satisfy their ego.
3. Withhold praise
4. Do not provide incentives (this of course doesnt have to be money) to promote the sense of competition
5. Never take responsibility for any action within the team.
6. Are not professional and ignore professional growth needs and employee development
7. Be all-knowing all the time
8. Do not provide employee feedback
9. Give bad examples on how to manage clients
10. Do not mentor employees –this goes for experienced managers.
11. Inconsistent
12. Most of the companies projects have failed and 99% of your clients are either unhappy or after doing business with the company decide not to do that ever again.

There are so many to mention.

Another interesting link

This is the second part to the previous post regarding the reasons IT project’s fail.In the previous post i mentioned the general reasons,which most of the IT projects from small sites to enterprise applications have in common.
The second post focuses on the little things. Small misconceptions that if you add them up can make or break an IT project.
All team members have responsibilities within a project, clients, employees (developers in this case) and managers.

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