Project Management

I have been managing projets and personell consistently since 1976, before I even finished my first trades apprenticeship. I have a;most always worked with small companies and teams, which where the manager is not just the leader, but also the provider of whatever element was missing from the team.
  
From 1975-1997 I managed millions of dollars of construction work, most of which I also estimated, sold and contracted with both customers and vendors.
  
From 1995 to current I have menaged many projects in the IT world, though typically this has only been my own work, or the work of a very small team.
 
In the IT world which often shuns management as a general rule, my management role has often has to be undeclared or de-facto. This is usually a more comfortable role for me, as it's easier to get co-operation from peers than subordinates.
 
EDS once advertised it's work as herding cats, which for me as often been to spread out the facts to those on the team, and asking them how they wished to address them. Often that is all that is requierd to keep a project on track.