How to become a popular Project Manager

Preface
Program A major career direction for Members is the project manager. However, there is a lot of difference between being a project manager and a programmer. Project managers need to have more people and things and more complex tasks. They need to have more knowledge and skills to be competent.

Body
The project manager is the project owner and is directly responsible for project success or failure. Project managers have many people to deal with, and there are many things to deal with. It is more difficult to be a popular project manager. So, how can we become a popular project manager? Like the previous article "how to become a popular programmer", we started from the three points of WHO-what-how, to discuss this issue.

Who-who is welcome:
The project manager must face both internal and external objects. The External Object-all stakeholders of the project are faced by the Project Manager. The internal object-the superior leadership and project team members of the Project Manager also need to be concerned.

What-popular standards:
Project stakeholders vary in different types of projects, including project sponsors, investors, business department owners, and end users. For project sponsors, project managers who can ensure that the project is completed on time, meet functional requirements, and ensure quality are the most popular. For investors, project managers who can ensure that the project cost does not exceed the budget are the most popular. For business department owners, there are two situations: project promotion is beneficial to them, their requirements for the project manager are basically the same as those of the project sponsor, and the promotion of the project has adverse effects on the project (such as changing the existing process and revoking power ), it may be difficult to get their welcome. At this time, the Project Manager can only try to reduce their resistance to the project and their hostility to the project manager, it takes into consideration more comprehensively at an acceptable price and increases popularity as much as possible. for end users, project managers who provide easy-to-use software and comprehensive and timely training are most welcome.
For the project manager's superior leadership, the project manager is most welcome to ensure that the project is successfully completed according to the schedule, cost, and quality requirements. For the project team members, the project objectives can be clearly stated, reasonably arrange the division of labor and assign tasks. The project manager with affinity and easy communication is the most popular.

How-how:
Plan formulation capability. A project involves a lot of things. Without strong planning capabilities, it will be difficult to become a qualified project manager. You should be good at formulating various plans and performing various tasks according to the plan. With the development of the project, the relevant plans should be constantly adjusted and updated to ensure the rationality and enforceability of the plan.
Project control capability. It includes supervision and control over the scope, progress, cost, and quality of the project. Be good at using various analysis tools to fully understand the progress of the project, promptly discover the problems and risks of the project, and take appropriate countermeasures, report to the superior and seek support when necessary.
Time management capability. Grasp the pace of project progress, reasonably arrange the importance and priority of each task, and ensure that the project team can regularly deliver visible work products, this prevents project stakeholders from putting unnecessary pressure on the project team because they have not been able to see the progress of the project for a long time.
Cost control capability. The cost of the project is also the focus of attention from all parties. The project manager should be able to use the cost management tool to keep abreast of the cost and minimize unnecessary expenses. For unavoidable additional user requirements, you must be good at obtaining additional fees.
Communication skills. Project managers need to face all aspects of people and discuss things with them. Therefore, smooth communication and communication are essential. The project manager must be good at selecting appropriate communication channels, methods, and frequency based on different communication objects, and use appropriate skills to obtain support and recognition from the other party, so that the project can proceed smoothly.
Team building capability. The project is not completed by PM alone. It requires the joint efforts of all project team members. As a team leader, the project manager should be good at strengthening mutual understanding among members through various means such as training, team activities, rewards and commendation, so that the strength of each member is gradually integrated into a joint force, to achieve the effect of 1 + 1> 2.

Postscript
The project manager needs to consider different issues from programmers. It has full responsibility for the success or failure of the project and must have more management skills. In addition to ensuring that the project is successfully completed as required, the Project Manager also needs to handle various risks and conflicts in and out of the project team, only by having more knowledge and skills can a Project Manager become a popular project manager.