Project Management for Startups

A brief guide for managers on how to handle distributed teams, what works and what doesn't. Here, you can have some tips to effectively deliver a great product empowering a team.

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1. S T A R T U P
2. Project Manager Client-facing team member Manage clients and team expectations Make estimations, budget and schedules Makes sure there’s effective communication
3. Ship a finished product.
4. Get to know the project Set the connection between the project and your team long-term goals Know your team strengths and limitations Estimate development time/cost Get the big picture about your client’s project
5. “For [TARGET CUSTOMER TYPE] who want to [NEED / DESIRE], [PROJECT OR FEATURE] is a [THING] that [UNIQUE BENEFIT].”
6. Choose a metholody Waterfall Model Prototype Agile Software Development Extreme Programming Feature Driven Lean Development
7. Be (for real)
8. Say #thanks and RECOGNIZE the effort
9. Be #proud of your team
10. research how to estimulate your team let them have fun let them create awesome nonsense things.
11. Be a leader
12. ¿Communication problems?
13. Asynchronous Communication VSSynchronous Communication
14. Dependant of instant solutions/ answers / tasks Synchronous Communication
15. Asynchronous Communication Send more information than you normally do
16. Asynchronous Communication Send enough information to cover up all the follow-up questions.
17. Asynchronous Communication Add a deadline and priority
18. Asynchronous Communication Addlinks, images and as much resources and material as possible.
19. Asynchronous Communication Explain what you need (extremely clear).
21. Asynchronous Communication We’re on the age of delayed responses
22. Communication Platforms
23. Collaboration tools
24. “The only real training for leadership is leadership” - Antony Jay
25. Ing. en Computación @UABC Tijuana GitHub Campus Expert @TIJ / CDMX Project Manager @GPOMCT /luisejrobles luisejimenezrobles@gmail.com Luis E. Jiménez Robles