1. Efficient working method
I recommend everyone to read "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People", where the most important habit is to give priority to the most important thing. List up to 3 most important items every day, do not list more, make sure these three are done on the same day.
GTD (get things done)
✦ Write down the to-dos, don’t keep them in your head, and divide them into three tables: the day, short, medium and long-term.
✦ Daily review/update the day’s matters, weekly review/update short-term matters, monthly review/review mid-to-long-term matters.
✦ If possible, share these three forms with superiors and project team members.
✦ It is recommended that you use Microsoft's oneNote, which is simple and flexible for editing, synchronized with mobile phones and computers, and sharing is very convenient.
Weekly project meeting✦ once a week, but it should be concise, avoid being too detailed, you can have a special meeting if it is too detailed, it is very important to control the rhythm, and you should stop and pull everyone back in time if you encounter deviations.
✦ It is recommended to use a mind map (such as the free version of x-mind) to organize the to-do points of the project and update it once a week. It is best to post it to let everyone know the key points of the week.
The project stand-up
meeting✦ is mainly for everyone to raise the problems they encounter and ventilate each other.
✦ It is recommended twice a week. Too frequent is offensive. Everyone should not speak for more than 3 minutes.
Regular reminders✦ The
project manager has a lot of work, sometimes he forgets after he arranges the task, and when I think of it, the deadline has passed.
✦ Recommend everyone to use "Ouch reminder ( http://www.timer-mail.com)", in fact it is just a mailbox .
✦ When arranging tasks, you can send a copy to [email protected], and a reminder email will be sent back automatically.
✦ Suitable for tasks with a period of more than one week, remind yourself and tell others that I will not forget.
2. Relaxed rhythm control
Establish a good image:
Caring for everyone, not only for performance, but also for the growth of members; at the same time, we must immediately encourage members who do well, preferably in person and in public. Establish an image of a strong person: it is recognized that those who are not responsible or have poor ability should be cleaned up in time, otherwise it will greatly affect the morale of the team; at the same time, the slack members must be beaten immediately, privately at the beginning, and if they do not work, then be beaten in public. You should be prepared before that, if the opponent turns his face, someone can replace it immediately.
Weekly report to superiors:
report on progress, achievements, risks, and help needed. The superiors will give you more support if they are happy.
Risk identification:
This is very important, but the ability to identify risks requires long-term accumulation and technical background.
✦ Learn more business when you have time. This is the foundation of all development.
✦ If you want to attract technical backbones to become your own firm supporters, they will take the initiative to tell you the risks.
3. Take precautions before they happen, settle accounts after the fall
The project manager bears all the responsibility for the success or failure of the project. After the failure, it is not allowed to say that so and so did not do a good job, let alone that I have already sent you an email, and the meeting has already arranged such a thing for you. Because the execution of the project is the main job of the project manager, not just assigning tasks.
During the implementation, problems should be raised in time, and substitutions should be made.
If you can't change people, report the risk until someone can share the responsibility of doing nothing with you.
4. People are the most important factor
Winning capable people is the first priority, rejecting the ones that cannot be done and having poor cooperation is the second priority, and gaining sufficient resources is the third priority. You must learn that crying children have milk.
If you get a bad hand, try your best to play it well, and at the same time let your superiors understand that you have a bad hand, exercise yourself, earn trust, and reflect a person's ability.
5. The trust
of superiors is more important than the project itself
Ask for more instructions to let the leader have a sense of presence.
When you have achievements, you must guard against arrogance and rashness, otherwise you will die miserably. This is a natural law and has nothing to do with the personal qualities of the superior.
6. Dynamically balanced thinking
Nothing is set in stone, you have to adapt and adjust at any time.
Don't be afraid of conflicts, don't be afraid of sudden difficulties, this is what makes a project interesting.
This is the difference between senior project managers and junior project managers. Senior project managers will reserve a buffer period for these emergencies, and will also be psychologically prepared for unknown risks. So as to avoid anxiety and tension.
7. Short-term interests and long-term interests should be balanced
You can’t offend the boss of a core department just because of a project. Even if he accelerates the project to succeed after you file a complaint, he will give you shoes to wear in the future, thereby reducing the overall efficiency of all subsequent projects.
After a project is successfully completed, a measure is: Establishing trust with superiors and subordinates and various departments.
8. War and peace
It is impossible to be a project manager to avoid conflicts, compete with others for resources, compete with quality, and compete with product managers to change needs.
Without fighting, there can be no resources, without tearing it up, there can be no living space, nor can it win the respect of subordinates and opponents.
But the purpose is not to live or die, but for peace, so until the point is clicked, this fire must continue to be practiced and figured out. Everyone's personality characteristics are different, so fire conditions are also different.
9. A project manager without a technical background will not be too successful and
can easily be replaced
To become an irreplaceable one, you must have a strong learning ability and technical background. It is best to be an engineer for 5 years and a leader for 3 years before becoming a project manager. If you are not such a manager, you should also strive to make up relevant skills in your spare time and participate in more technical discussions to let yourself grow.
Don't let yourself become a messenger, or a liaison person.
10. Always keep positive thinking
An important task of the project manager is to encourage everyone and give everyone hope.
First of all, you must have a positive thinking, so that you can see the positive side at any time, become the engine, and influence others. To be so pessimistic, people who see you will ignite hope for the project and the company.
11. Be kind is the most important
Kindness will accumulate enough contacts for you, the longer the time, the wider the contacts will be, and contacts are the biggest capital of the project manager.
The project manager should have enough supplier resources and engineer resources for 10 years, and there should also be a group of trustworthy business executives and bosses. There are many choices that can be made.
But if you don’t have the heart to be kind to others and only have a competitive heart, you won’t be able to accumulate contacts and the road will only get narrower.
- Stop loss in time
If the company’s culture is bad, the boss is cronyism, or there are many mountains, and internal friction is serious, stop the loss in time. There are many good companies now, and it is not worth wasting your youth in such companies.