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The Art and Science of Leading Projects

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Re: The Art and Science of Leading Projects

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post #7

Step 1 is not using a gantt chart to create some illusory impression of knowing exactly how complex projects will unfold.

Eh, I would say creating one (or something similar) is a useful exercise to help break up large tasks and think more thoroughly about how to split work within a team. It also helps to highlight possible bottlenecks and is a useful visualization so everyone on the team is on the same page.

Wouldn't that just be a dependency graph?

Re: The Art and Science of Leading Projects

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Thanks, I think I might check this out. I have been toying with the idea of getting back into leadership. I hate seeing all of these people with terrible bosses.

All of my leadership experience is 1) outside of tech, and 2) not remote oriented. Now that I have some experience as a coder under my belt (~5 years), I'd love to get some training on remote leadership styles and perhaps lead a team and make something useful.

Re: The Art and Science of Leading Projects

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Eh, I would say creating one (or something similar) is a useful exercise to help break up large tasks and think more thoroughly about how to split work within a team. It also helps to highlight possible bottlenecks and is a useful visualization so everyone on the team is on the same page.

Wouldn't that just be a dependency graph?

Yes, and drawing a dependency graph would be a useful exercise too, but I rarely see managers drawing either a gantt chart or a dependency graph.

Re: The Art and Science of Leading Projects

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Eh, I would say creating one (or something similar) is a useful exercise to help break up large tasks and think more thoroughly about how to split work within a team. It also helps to highlight possible bottlenecks and is a useful visualization so everyone on the team is on the same page.

Wouldn't that just be a dependency graph?

What is the difference between a Gantt chart and a dependency graph?

Re: The Art and Science of Leading Projects

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Wouldn't that just be a dependency graph?

What is the difference between a Gantt chart and a dependency graph?

Gantt charts typically have resource assignments and time estimates. Dependency graphs just say Bravo requires Alpha to be completed first (for example).

Re: The Art and Science of Leading Projects

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your comment history luckily proves you are not a sock puppet :) but this comment is still suspiciously smooth

and how does he know the course is worth doing since only classes 0, 1, 2 of 14 are released.

I had the same suspicions on first glance, but quickly realized he was referring to their web service, not the training.

Re: The Art and Science of Leading Projects

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post #18

People have a tendency to classify some what complicated tasks as art or science. Leading a project is neither science nor art.

I think we're at a place where using the phrases "Art of ...", "Science of...", and "Art and Science of ..." are not interpreted with the literal definitions of art or science in mind. Typically, in colloquial (as opposed to formal) writing, "art" comes with an understanding of "all the steps haven't been quantified and some intuition is involved" and "science" tends to be "here are the steps to take and the items to observe and the things to change in response."

So I disagree: there is Art and Science to, well, most things; including leading projects.

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