http://forwardmomentum.net/blog/point-counterpoint-the-technical-vs-the-non-technical-project-manager/ Passionate. Focused. Driven. Tue, 01 May 2012 20:00:56 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://forwardmomentum.net/blog/point-counterpoint-the-technical-vs-the-non-technical-project-manager/comment-page-1/#comment-331 Bruce Beer Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:01:12 +0000 http://forwardmomentum.net/blog/?p=154#comment-331 In my experience the bigger the project the less technical the PM has to be and the better manager they should be. Providing the Project has a good tech lead, the non-tech PM can focus on "managing" the project leaving the technical aspects of the project to the tech lead. In "Tuckman's stages of team development" model, a PM shoud be targetting the "Performing" stage where their role is miimizing distraction for the team (managing the project) while letting the team perform their technical skills. In my experience the bigger the project the less technical the PM has to be and the better manager they should be. Providing the Project has a good tech lead, the non-tech PM can focus on “managing” the project leaving the technical aspects of the project to the tech lead. In “Tuckman’s stages of team development” model, a PM shoud be targetting the “Performing” stage where their role is miimizing distraction for the team (managing the project) while letting the team perform their technical skills.

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