We (project managers) must realize that some realities cannot be changed:
1. Over-promise in the early stage of the market
2. The company wants to make money. The company will not really support things that have a false name but not make money.
3. Any company is under-resourced
4. Any company has more or less management problems, and no problem company does not exist
5. Do not complain about your colleagues, they are definitely not the best, and most of the time you are also not the best
In many cases, the core of doing a good project management is not the methodology, the system process, or the skill quality, but the human mentality. Because the project must be clear that our task is to over-promise in the early stage of the market, the company lacks practical support, the team’s ability is insufficient, and the individual lacks operational experience, try to sit the project until the acceptance and the payment, and make Profit, make users satisfied and add new projects, this seemingly impossible task is exactly what the project manager wants to do.
Without recognizing these realities, it is easy for us to turn the problems encountered in the project into dissatisfaction with the industry, the company, and colleagues. With this mentality, how can a project manager be able to calm down when multiple project resources conflict? To find a solution?
A good project manager should have three working conditions:
1. Have a sense of responsibility
Once the goal is promised, he will do everything possible to complete the task. The task is not over. The inherent responsibility of the project manager will allow him to work tirelessly and grow by himself, pushing the project forward. Even if you are the only one in the project who are working hard.
2. Compressive ability
Encountering difficulties is not a complaint, but as a shortcut to improve one's abilities. A good project manager will realize that he has encountered a bottleneck in his ability when encountering difficulties, and will immediately learn like a sponge, and constantly make himself stronger, until he has the leeway to deal with the so-called trouble.
3. Win-win awareness
A good project manager is definitely not a good old person. A good old person often does not know how to refuse. He has suffered too much pressure and responsibility that he cannot bear, and eventually crushes himself, the cooperation team, and the project. A good project manager will not just tolerate promises, but benign interactions with users, allowing users to share their responsibilities and achieve a good result together.
After countless painful trials, the project manager has slowly become a person who has a calm mind but never gives up the goal easily. The project manager will have a person driven by the business become a person who actively controls the business, the project manager Transform from a technician who pursues perfection into a realist who pursues system thinking and seeks compromise.