In fact, few have even read a book on the subject. They do not know the steps discussed above and do not apply them when they meet with end-users and customers. It is true that many people bumble their way through life, often just one wrong move from chaos. The manager must administer technical work, coordinate the people who do the work, and track and control the resulting work products. All of these tasks require organization.
Organization is a partitioning process.
The rookie software project manager must know how to partition the work to be accomplished. Both product functionality and tasks associated with the software process must be partitioned and then related one one another. She must be able to partition the manner in which she interacts with project team members. It is difficult to take on the role of advisor, confessor, therapist, parent, cheerleader, and yes, disciplinarian, all at the same time. In fact, an attempt to do all of this at once will invariably lead to chaos.