[Practice of Project Manager (6)] Where should the project manager sit in basics?

Subtitle -- locate your position in the project

"Elder brother, I want to make a difference in society. Please give me some advice !"
Some time ago, a friend who left school asked me this question.
After thinking for a while, I replied, "Find your location !"

Location. It also has a sense of location. Here is the location for short.
In society, everyone has their own position, either high or low, or good or bad, or important or unimportant.
However, whether you admit it or not, communication between people always begins after people examine their positions...

Some may ask: is it so important to find the correct location? Let's take a look at the following example:

[How important is positioning]

Chiang Kai-shek positioned himself as a student of Sun yat-sen-a descendant of Yi Fu.
This positioning makes sun yat-sen's close comrade-in-arms Wang Jingwei, his wife Song Qingling, and even his son Sun Ke lose the rationality of winning the leadership of the Kuomintang. Let alone Li Zongren and Yan Xishan.
Chiang has been able to hold the regime for so long, and its accurate positioning has played a great role.

[What are the serious consequences of destroying others' locations]
When he attacked Stalin, he did not think there would be a risk of losing peace with China.
Mao Taizu was living in China as a descendant of Stalin.
As you can imagine, when God is declared as a pseudo-God, what a great blow will it take as a messenger of God...
Naturally, in just a few years, the Sino-Soviet Union went to the edge of the war!
 
Let's sigh twice:
Ah! How important is finding your location!
Ah! How terrible the consequences of destroying others' locations are !!

Sun believes that the basic foundation of interpersonal communication is to find your position without compromising the positions of others.

Let's go back to the topic of the Project Manager.

-- How can the Project Manager find his position in the project?

 
There are undoubtedly many people in a software development project. When there are too many people, there will be a division of labor, and there will be different positions. So everyone has their own location, suchProgramProject Manager is one of the members, testers, quality management personnel, and document personnel.

What is a project manager who has found his position?
Let's take a look at Liu Bang, the most successful team manager in history:

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Liu Bang said at the banquet: "What is the reason I got the world?
I cannot beat Zhang Liang if I make plans within the big account and make a decision thousands of miles away;
Count the country, appease the people, supply the troops, and ensure that the logistics supply is not cut off;
Leading millions of soldiers will surely win the battle, and the siege will surely be able to win. I am not as good as Han Xin.
These three are the heroes of the world. I can use them. This is why I have gained the world.

(Vernacular translation ):

Liu Bang, project manager, said at the wine Conference: "Why can I successfully complete the project?
I am not as good as Zhang Liang for testing;
I am not as good as Xiao He for documentation;
I am inferior to Han Xin in engaging in technology.
All three of them are talents. I can use them. This is the way for my project to succeed ."
Everyone is convinced by this.

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Let's look at Han Xin, the strongest technical expert in history:

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One day, Liu Bang chatted with Han Xin. Liu Bang asked: "How many troops and horses can a person like me direct ?" Han believes: "Your Majesty can only make 100,000 ." Liu Bang asked: "How is it for you ?" Han Xin replied: "The minister is more beneficial ." Liu Bang smiled and said, "Why have I been captured for the benefit ?" Han Xin said: "Your Majesty cannot master soldiers, but he is good at controlling military officers. That's why I got killed !"

(Vernacular translation ):

One day, the Project Manager Liu Bang chatted with the technical expert Han Xin.
Liu Bang asked: "What do you think of my technology ?" Han Xin said: "It's so careless ."
Liu Bang asked: "What about your technology ?" Han Xin replied, "It's better than you !"
Liu Bang smiled: "In this case, how can I be a project manager instead of you ?"
Han Xin said: "You are not very technical, but good at leading everyone. This is why the project manager is you ."

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So it turns out!
The successful project manager is like this:
-- You should understand the project-related work
-- Believe in or encourage others to be more proficient in a specific task than themselves
-- The person responsible for a special task should be a member of the project team rather than you.
-- Your main job is to manage people and make the best use of them.
-- You must understand that the success of the project is the result of the efforts of the entire team.

Based on the successful positioning of the Project Manager, Sun called it a crab-type architecture.
There is a hard shell, a powerful shield, a claw responsible for action, a claw for controlling the balance, and a considerable number of eyes...
By perfectly organizing different divisions of labor into a whole, you will be rampant!
Such a project manager is what Sun said-find the project manager in his position!

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So what should the project manager do to find his position? Sun has three suggestions:

1. Forget your strengths. Remember: Your main business is project management, and you are a new employee. This is the basis for you to establish an accurate sense of location.
2. Check whether your location is misplaced. Remember: you are a project manager, not others. If you find that you are developing or testing for more than 50% of the time, it is obvious that you are not correct in your own position and may intrude into others' positions without knowing yourself.
3. The location of others is not correct. Remember: even if it is very necessary to enter, you must show up with help, not the savior.