How to Be a good project manager

How to Be a good project manager? What should the project manager do? What should I do? This issue involves a wide range of things. I can only talk about some of my previous project experiences. It is inevitable that there will be some partial coverage. Please give your comments more.

1. What should the project manager do?

In the entire project team, the project manager should be the project coordinator and organizer, like the band's command. The main function is to ensure that the development team works in a consistent manner.

First, communication within the team. Just like the band's violin player and saxophone player, the development team also has developers, testers, deployment and configuration personnel, and product designers. If these personnel work on their own, the project must fail. The primary responsibility of the project manager is to do a good job of communication within the Team to ensure that everyone works in a consistent manner without conflict.

Furthermore, communication with customers is also very important. Because most people in the development team do not have direct contact with the customer, the Project Manager serves as a bridge between the Team and the customer. Understand the customer's expectations for the project's functions and progress, and provide timely feedback based on the team's development, in order to ensure smooth project progress.

In addition, application management and allocation of project resources are also very important. Project resources include personnel, machines, networks, and funds. Reasonable resource allocation can greatly accelerate the project progress.

2. What should the project manager do?

Many project managers have technical backgrounds or technical backgrounds. This will certainly be of great help to development projects, but it may also lead to some common mistakes.

The first is to focus too much on the implementation of technical details, while ignoring the grasp of the overall pace of the project. In principle, it is a good thing to pay attention to technical details. However, if you pay too much attention to technical details, you will be too late. Because a person's time and energy are limited and too much time is spent on details, the overall management of the project will inevitably be affected. Therefore, the project manager should be comprehensive, rather than focusing on a specific aspect. It's like the band's command, not paying special attention to saxophone, unless he has encountered problems in this regard.

The second is to replace team thinking with personal abilities, and there is a danger of personal heroes. Many project managers have strong personal experience, and many are even technical experts. However, the role of a project manager is often not a personal hero, but a good team leader. The two requirements are different. It is like a brave soldier, a good soldier, but not necessarily a qualified commander. Rather than relying too much on individual abilities, it is better to activate the potential of the team so that every member can exert their maximum abilities, which will help the project more.

In addition, poor communication may also exist in some projects. Some necessary meetings are very effective to solve this problem. But also pay attention to the meeting efficiency. The meeting must be held to solve the problem and cannot lose the goal.

3. Golden Triangle rule

There is an important Golden Triangle rule in project management, which should be firmly remembered by project managers, namely resources, time, and functions. Like the three sides of a triangle, these three are the three elements of project management and mutual restraint. If a project has very few resources and a small amount of time, and its functions are very large, it is obviously an impossible task to complete. The solution is simple: Increase resources (Manpower, funding), extend the project time, or reduce project functions. Of course, in a specific project, how to find the most balance among the three, if the optimal configuration is achieved, experienced project managers will be well grasped.

4. Good at bargaining

I have used bargaining here, but it does not mean to degrade. The formal statement should be called negotiation capability. The project manager is the executor of the Project Plan. He must negotiate with the team members and the customer. Therefore, this is a very important capability. If it is understood that the food market is a bargain, it still has something in common.

5. The plan should be negotiated and implemented resolutely

To put it simply, it is necessary to communicate and negotiate with you during project planning. Otherwise, it may be impractical. However, once it has been made, everyone will agree that the team's commitment will enter the stage of implementation. At this time, the execution process is very resolute and there is no room for bargaining. In case of any inconsistency with the plan, you must strictly identify the cause and urge improvement.