Project planning management-2

When talking about project planning, we often see the planning of a land area, the planning of a residential area, and then the so-called project planning diagram. What kind of building is there in this land, what is the place, where is the kindergarten, and where the lawn is written clearly? Of course, this is a project plan for everyone, and there is another project plan within the construction company, the location size, the distance between the northeast and the South, the materials used, the manpower used, and the time are clearly written.

 

 

 

For a software company, project planning is also similar. There will also be an external project plan and an internal project plan. To do so, we will publicize what functions this product can achieve, how good the performance is and how high the cost-performance ratio is. However, internal plans include manpower, material resources, time, risks, costs, and other factors.

 

Seeing that, do you think that project planning is nothing more than that? It seems that it is not very complicated, that is, drawing and writing some plan data. In fact, what? In fact, it is indeed very simple, that is, drawing a picture. Of course, I am talking about the external project planning. Haha, as for the internal project, it is totally different, the difference between heaven and earth!

 

Don't believe it? Let's analyze it.

 

First of all, for the purpose of a project, generally, the ultimate benefit of a company is to make money. Therefore, we also leave aside any hypocritical reasons for social welfare, start with making money.

 

To make money, you only need to consider the following two aspects:Selling well and controlling costs wellIt is sometimes difficult to control selling well. Even if the product is doing well, it is not necessarily the best. On the contrary, some products are not really the best, but they only do well in advertising, therefore, let the sales and marketing departments take responsibility for this. The project plan we are talking about today is about cost control.

 

What is the cost? In other words, it means all the money your project has spent from the beginning to the completion of the project. Of course, it also includes non-direct expenses such as device depreciation. In a broader sense, sales and market costs also need to be included, but what we are talking about today does not cover this. It only includes the cost of the project (product) during this period.

 

If you know what the cost is, can the cost be controlled? Of course you can, you can control the cost if you pay less. Just kidding, software companies are technically active. The so-called high-cost and high-cost products. Generally, the wage levels are linked to the level, I just quit. The world is big. Isn't it my place! (The boss may be a bit depressed when he sees this ). Therefore, reducing wages is not a good way to control costs. Of course, it is also not a good way to reduce the investment in equipment.

 

What should we do? Is there any way to control costs? There are still many methods, suchReduce unnecessary expendituresThis is a matter of the Administrative Department. However, if it is not a large company, there will still not be much to Reduce. Toshiba or Sony said that bricks should be placed in the toilet to reduce the amount of water washed into the toilet, it is indeed effective for them to have thousands or tens of thousands of toilets, but for a company that only has a few toilets, it seems that it can not save much money, but it can save some time, soReduce unnecessary expendituresIs a good way to praise!

 

Is there any other way? The answer is yes, and it is the most important method.Improve Efficiency,Control Risks.

 

Everyone has heard of the two methods and understands what they mean. What is the important role of cost control? Let's take a look at the next decomposition.

 

 

(To be continued)