Intro to Project Management
•	The 5 P's
(Much of the following comes from Braude's book)
•	Team organization
•	Member behavior
•	Meetings
•	Gordon R. Dickson's "Pro"
The 5 P's
•	"Proper preparation prevents poor performance" -- George Hansa (Robert Duvall) in the movie "The Killer Elite" (and many, many other places)
Team organization
•	Assign clear responsibilities for everyone
–	"clear" -- need to write it down
–	"everyone" -- instead of overburdening 1 person
•	responsibility includes time commitment
–	average # hours per week
•	To maintain the current version of the code and each document -- different people for each
•	assigning backups

Member behavior
•	Do not forget the goal (successful completion of project)
•	Be open to different opinions
–	(try to) be thick-skinned
–	do not prejudge -- ex: based on gender
•	Team leader's job is to make sure things get done, not to tell other people what to do

Keeping all members involved
•	Choose a common language to speak during meetings -- avoid leaving people out
•	Plan how to handle disagreements
–	Voting has its risks (Guinier, Tyranny of the Majority)
Meetings
•	Prepare for meetings
•	Agree to time, place, duration
•	Plan agenda (what to talk about, order of topics) -- stick to it
•	Prepare necessary items
–	ex: one member prepares "straw man" version of design -- gives you something to talk about -- it's expected that others will find problems
•	Show up on time!
"Pro"
•	good example of bad leadership
•	Difference between being a good entrepreneur and a good team member