Just say "No."
I've come to the conclusion that the most valued quality in any project manager is one who can say no. No to his/her team, no to the client, no to the upper-ups and pretty much everyone they happen to encounter or communicate with on a daily basis.
If you want to be a good project manager, and you can't seem to get the knack of saying "No.", then for the love of all thats holy at least learn how to say "We'll get that in version 2.0".
Alright, maybe it's not the most valued quality but it's the quality that would make my life 1,000 times simpler over this last month, so I'm sticking to it.
Posted by drunkenbatmanDecember 02, 2003, at 07:56 AM
