The difference between the technical project manager and the management type project manager

As far as the current it enterprise is concerned, the source of the project manager is diverse, from the programmer, the architect to the management position, from the business or implementation of the project manager, because we have different technical background, different ideas, so also form a different model of the project manager, we break down a little bit, temporarily called " Technical project Manager "and" management project manager ".

Technical project managers are often transformed from technical positions (programmers, architects, etc.), so there is still a strong technical background, his role is like the battalion commander in our Army, both commander and combatant. Most managers of this type of project managers still play the role of their technical leaders, and his role has the following characteristics:

1, as firefighters, where the need for people to go where to add, where there are problems, where to appear;

2, the technical core, acts as the architect or the core architect, acts as the core module code creator;

3, technical mentor, the team has any technical problems can be consulted, he also undertakes to lead the entire team of technical progress leader role.

And the management of the project manager usually has no technical details of the project manager strong, he may have been converted from a technical position, and may have left the first line of development design for too long, so he could not act as a combatant, much like our military instructor, instructor, his role has the following characteristics:

1, performance appraisal or firm supporters, he often used performance appraisal as a "knife" to motivate the team, of course, smart project managers understand that the "knife" in the case of no sheath, the most deterrent force;

2, the project Target's determination, although the project goal's proposal may have several ways (collective wisdom, the historical experience, the technical core experience), but the final confirmation is the project manager himself;

3, to the team members Gao, but the team members of the idea of fluctuations, the project manager will often play the role of eldest brother to help them solve the ideological problems and concerns, and describe the bright future, haha;

4. Coordinator and operation of resources;

5, work supervisor;

This shows that the technical project manager and the management of the project Manager role play a considerable difference, of course, no project manager is 100% technical project manager or 100% management project manager, but the focus of the work is different only, and different types of project managers contribute to the project team itself.

The relative shortage of technical project managers:

1, the technical project manager to deal with large-scale projects, there is no place to put technology, and too much trouble caused by things;

2, technical project manager wants to use technology to solve all problems, his implicit needs of the stakeholders understand and management is obviously inadequate, so he has a lot of confusion, why push so hard, why there are endless demand;

3, technical project manager for the team's climate change is not sensitive, problems may have been too late to make corresponding adjustments;

4, the technical Project manager coordination resources are slightly insufficient, because often will oneself as very important resources, but the work of their own interface is 5*8, otherwise it is excessive use of resources;

The relative shortage of management project managers:

1. Lack of technical programme evaluation capacity;

2, team members encounter technical problems, self-confidence is insufficient;

3, the technical risk assessment is insufficient;

In a word, he needs the help of a man who can fully believe in the technology.

With the increase in age and experience, as the team size continues to expand, technology-oriented project managers are slowly evolving like management project managers. Because as the age increases, the project scale expands, the project or the individual thing will increase, the project manager has not been able to take care of the technical aspect, of course, the project manager with the Technical Foundation is still the design reviewer, the Code inspector. Therefore, technical project managers should not be too superstitious about their technical capabilities, still need to improve their management capabilities, so that more conducive to lead the team to achieve project objectives.