Here are three common approaches you might take:

• The Command and Control Method
• The Econ 101 Method
• The Identity Method

You will certainly find other methods of management in the wild (there’s the exotic “Devil Wears Prada” Method, the Jihad Method, the Charismatic Cult Method, and the Lurch From One Method To Another Method) but over the next three days, I’m going to examine these three popular methods and explore their pros and cons.

there's the EE from 30 years back who underestimates software complexity and under fixed bids, H*nt

and then there's the psycho micromanager EE who coded for a few years for GE thirty years ago and thinks that by virtue of "agile process", a new religion, and spirals on his business cards, will be productive with an overly overtasked staff of compliant dependant engineers, in a poor environment. all he needs is a salesdroid who calls everyone 'bro' and distracts his productive staff as much as possible, D*pu and H*nry. Selling contracts with zero capacity and overtasked staff. Epic fail. Just because you've kept the same bizname for 8 years doesn't mean you've kept a staff or ability for that time. Don't sell fiction as fact. Don't sell cufflinks if your deliverables are code.