Chapter 11. The People Management Discipline

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  • Planning for staffing requires a partnership—and flexibility—between your IT and human resources (HR) organizations.

  • Create a balance of full-time employees and contractors on different projects according to your current specific needs.

  • Career guidance depends on the IT organization, HR, and individuals working together to make it happen.

  • Plan for the succession of employees—or get stuck with a leaderless organization and/or systems that cannot be maintained in the future.

The goals of the People Management discipline are to manage and improve the effectiveness of individuals within your information technology (IT) organization. Today organizations are competing on two different fronts—one for ...

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