[mak4athp]

1. Previous experience seeing technology projects through their full lifecycle, so that you know what you're facing and can communicate it to others before you get there.

2. Confident and strong rapport with your stakeholders (CEO, board, investors, etc), so that you can get the resources you need and so that you can feel comfortable delivering harsh news when you need to.

3. Leadership and rapport with your team, so that they're contributing as best they can.

4. Humility, so that you know when somebody else should be architecting, coding, hiring, estimating, managing, planning, or doing whatever else your job requires.

[antjanus]

How would you go about achieving #3?