Kiran K Karthikeyan wrote: > projects I hire for are small (less than 10 developers) and the tech leads > double up as project managers in most cases and if the team grows, we get a
This is how projects go south. A tech lead cannot "double up" as a project manager. A classic Indian IT situation where the developer aspires to "grow" into a Project Manager. The skills needed to be a Project Manager are way different than those needed of a Tech Lead/Architect. Creating a Gantt chart in Microsoft Project does not mean one is equipped to become a Project Damager. In fact, I would strongly encourage people who swear by MSP to unlearn 70% or more of what they have learnt if they have to become successful Project Managers. -V
