New software project manager (4)-Good Guy

It is not uncommon for honest project managers. They are very nice and want to satisfy each party.

1. Little story

Recently, James had some troubles. James is a senior developer and project manager. He is also a typical veteran. He is diligent, hardworking, and has excellent development capabilities. He is so nice to everyone. Because the customer suddenly put forward some unreasonable requirements, but Zhang San is a good guy, so Zhang San led the team to work overtime and work hard to complete. It is a pity that the customer's requirements are too tight and there is a serious bug after the launch. The customer is not satisfied with the work of the project team, but has not investigated the project team for its earnest attitude.

2. conventional ideas

It is impossible to make everyone satisfied, but the old man cannot overcome the desire to make everyone satisfied, or even make sacrifices at some time. As a developer, you may think that it is very happy to work with John, because John can block the team. The company also welcomes the existence of good people, who are suitable for jobs with high repetition and low innovation requirements.

3. Continue Thinking

The old man tries to make everyone satisfied, but the final result is often that everyone is not satisfied with the old man. For the customer, because the old man is always trying to cater to the customer's wishes, which leads to the expansion of the customer's desires, the customer is not satisfied with the old man's inability to satisfy their wishes. For the team members, the old man is able to block the rain, team members cannot exercise for a long time and grow slowly. Although the Team style is hard-working, the attitude is good, but the customer is not satisfied, the team innovation ability is relatively weak, the growth is relatively slow, the company is also painful and happy.

4. Reference Cases

4.1Reference case 1

Project Manager Wang Lei finally dismissed developer Li Zhi.

At the beginning of the project, there were only Wang Lei and Li Zhi. Wang Lei is a new project manager, and Li Zhi is a developer who has worked in other project teams for one year. In the early stage, Wang Lei asked Li Zhi modestly, and the two sides jointly solved a great technical problem, which was a pleasant cooperation. Later, Wang Lei and Li Zhi had a dispute over a certain technical solution and finally adopted Li Zhi's solution. The effect was very poor and many bugs occurred. In addition, Li Zhi often fails to participate in team communication and meetings in a timely manner, causing great confusion to other members. However, Wang Lei was unable to make up his mind to dismiss Li Zhi due to his early cooperation. He turned to his mentor for help and decided to dismiss Li Zhi.

4.2Case 2

Wang Lei, the Project Manager, successfully met the boss's unreasonable requirements.

Wang Lei is responsible for the projects that the boss personally grasp, and the boss is responsible for the requirements. In the initial work, the boss was not satisfied, because the project team was always unable to deliver on time and by quality. Zhang San is a new mentor of Wang Lei. He instructs Wang Lei on iterative application development. Each iteration project team should determine the iteration target, determine the requirements from the boss, determine the design from the user experience designer, and submit an API request to the architect. By making the project transparent, the boss finally realized that the main cause of delivery was the boundary interaction, especially when the API was not in place on time. The boss will not blame Wang Lei unilaterally.

4.3Case 3

Wang Lei, Project Manager, was dismissed by the company.

Wang Lei is an inverse example of the old man. In general, the old man is hard-working for the company's tasks, and Wang Lei is for himself. In the absence of conflicts, Wang Lei is still a good person. Once a project encounters a problem and requires accountability, Wang Lei hides at the end and throws team members to face the blame. The entire project team has gradually formed a style of practice and shirking responsibility, resulting in a bad response. Under the pressure of customers and teams, the company finally made a decision and dismissed Wang Lei.