25 Pain points of "Software Engineering Managers"

1. Bridging gaps between MRD & ERD
2. Choosing technology that will decide lifespan of the product
3. Staffing project with right skills
4. Dealing with budget constraints
5. Changing requirements
6. Dealing with immature yet compelling technology
7. Optional features becoming mandatory
8. Managing offshore team
9. Delivery schedule
10. Process enforcement and best practices
11. Working with 3rd party ISVs and/or hardware vendors
12. Software certifications
13. Work with demanding executive team
14. Escalations from previous releases
15. Projecting  revised schedules and reports
16. Firefighting non-technical issues
17. Keeping up sprits of engineering team
18. Dealing with ever changing GUI requirements from product management
19. Supporting diverse product configurations
20. Dealing with multi-site team
21. Backward compatibility issues.
22. Scope of features
23. Managing people
24. Dealing with hardware compatibility
25. Balancing between quality and delivery schedule