Often encountered friends Q: My job is not part of the project we will first see what is the project?.
In the so-called six (production, sales, human resources, research and development, finance, information), some work is part of routine operations, such as time and attendance personnel, accounting and other recorded, but most of the other work is It requires a certain time, a certain amount done.
These have a certain period of time, a certain amount of support work, such as organizational changes, personnel recruitment, new product development, production, build systems, etc., accounting for almost 80% of the company's internal operations. These efforts are already pre-order to achieve a good goal for these programs work in progress.
So that in a certain time, a certain amount of hope of achieving pre-set goals and carry out the work, we call project. Clearly, the company is almost 100% of the profit comes rely on these projects.
For people implementation of the project, the most painful two things: There is no way to change too much time in accordance with progress in the implementation and execution.
No way to follow the progress of the implementation, the end is brought heavy pressure; too many changes in the project, the project from top to bottom are constantly on the run, to cope with those changes associated changes brought about. Therefore, the way to manage the project and therefore would emerge.
A pain project managers
Joke a project management community: a Western project manager to complete the project at a cost of some Asian countries billions of dollars, when he congratulated everyone have completed the large-scale projects at the same time, he put down the hands of the glass, leisurely said: "the original budget for this project only $ 600 million."
In fact, the joke alluding to a very serious problem - this received formal project management training, project management division achieved certified project managers in Asia that pay little attention to the environment by working in discipline, he could do nothing.
A project manager of ability, not the ability to project a strong enough team to support, even if he has to be versatile, there is no way.
Project management problems he encountered, in fact, is the problem of enterprises. So we face are individual and corporate perspective on how the project should be managed by the play it some value.
Second, the project manager's role
The project manager is the soul of the project. In terms of the current domestic enterprises, the project manager held by some business people, some filled by engineers and technicians; some management background, some engineering background; some only responsible for the implementation; some from planning to execution to ending all responsible ; some long tube time course; pipe to be some cost control. And many, in fact, there is no right and wrong, only that he has no ability to manage projects.
In fact, the project is an integration of operations, from the company decided to carry out this project, knowledge management, when a project to provide for, time and cost requirements confirmed specifications of the planning, execution Controls to last ending is from expand face down to strategy and implementation plan side surface of comprehensiveness activities.
Companies should first look at how you position your project manager. The traditional business ideas, the project manager is not a very important role, he is only responsible for drawing diagram (some companies do not even have to do this one), and then follow the instructions to finish the job it wants. He no dominant powers, only the success of the project responsibilities (how much the project manager is such a being replaced).
So he was just a performer, agent real project managers to urge members to complete the work on time only. In this perspective, the previously mentioned 100% of the profit comes from the implementation of projects for businesses is very dangerous.
For example, a domestic enterprise in ending their first meeting convened, the project managers are required to come up with a project information finally sorted out, escalated this project was delayed four months, the total cost of the project cost of 400 million yuan, there are follow-up after the training part of the product delivery.
Under questioning, she found contract work for this project only 300 million. The opportunity cost point of view, can be found in the loss of this project is definitely not only 100 million yuan, the project manager and this situation actually knew nothing beforehand.
In recent years, some companies or individuals paying attention to enhance the ability of the project manager. Actually, for most businesses, elected project manager, mostly based on superior technical capabilities within the company promoted personnel.
From the perspective of technology development, the project manager can deal with members coaching project technical problems. However, both called "manager", you have to do management. Enterprise engaged in the management of the planning, organization, leadership, control four functions of management point of view, the project manager is doing the same work.
Project manager's job also more trifling, as project manager's job not only to "pipe", but to "do." American International Project Management Institute laid down in the "Project Management Body of Knowledge", it clearly defines a project manager should understand the project management functions.
Third, the business role
Overall project management of domestic operating environment, in fact, is not mature. Most of the employees after the completion of the project management training, although skilled project management skills, but returned to business after, but found not fit the overall environment, and feel more depressed.
Project management and not just the project manager to do.
Just think, the project manager of course, understand customer needs will affect the design and development of future products, but if the customer coordination is always a matter of operational staff, project managers can not intervene in consultation with the needs of the customer confirmation, and later the inevitable problematic execution; Think again when planning, the project manager of course, have the relevant knowledge and skills, but other people with no knowledge and skills, the project manager will have to spend more time on education and communication and coordination, the project manager will feel again how determined weakness.
Enterprises should execute the project, the project will certainly be company-wide thing. Support from the corporate decision-making and the management of the powers and responsibilities conferred, and then turn to other colleagues with the company, which is consistent whole. In short, that is, the establishment of project management culture.
To create a collaborative project management environment is not difficult, with emphasis on enterprise have the determination. Here are a few suggestions:
1, capacity-building project manager
The project manager is not as long as the technology can be strong, he must have the business management organization, planning, leadership, control skills, but also need to have the scope of project management, integration, time, cost, quality, human resources, risk, procurement, communication and other nine knowledge, skills and abilities aspects.
Enterprises can by way of external training or House to assist project managers have the ability to complete this section.
2, pay attention to professional project managers
Currently in the domestic enterprises, has completed the domestic or foreign project manager certification of practitioners have been small scale, but the company apparently did not manage to reuse these personnel with specialized skills, in addition to foreign companies, few companies will be project management Teacher certification as a promotion and salary adjustment of reference.
If by another point of view, if you are a business owner, the project manager actually help you achieve your goal of annual operating most important resource. In this case, you can ignore them?
3, the establishment of enterprise-oriented project management
When the increasingly fierce competition in the market place, every business who did not gearing up reserve strength to face the future when train technical ability is important, but should not ignore the effect of effective management can bring.
Enterprises should move into project management-oriented companies, pay attention to project management time, cost and quality of the spirit, into every application, outside the project.
When companies become project oriented organization, everyone companies use a common project management language, performance appraisal to consider effectiveness of the implementation project, the success of the project will naturally become the responsibility of every business colleagues.
4, project management consensus popularity
Project managers have their essential skills, the same project members (or engineer) in the project, also has responsibility for the project management.
For these project members, project managers may not like the like with full general management skills, but the most basic time management, work planning, ability to return results, and other, still need to have.
Enterprises can refer to a certified Project Management Professional, regularly implement internal education and training, so that the whole company has a consensus and capacity. Actively participate in decision-making levels: project management is not just a project manager to do, but the whole business thing.
Senior management's attention, though corny, but I still want to emphasize once. In terms of number of times I've seen House courses, general manager of presence, full scene; the general manager left, he began sporadically, results not self-evident.
Fourth, project management is a strategic issue
Most of the enterprises with the existing organizational structure point of view, project management often falls to the surface of the Executive. Anyway, it was responsible for the project, to execute someone.
However, business planning from strategic direction, annual operating objectives laid to departmental objectives laid, and then expand to the design, planning and execution of the project, the work is consistent context. Expand the top-down, bottom-up support then, you are not missing any part.
From this perspective, the project is definitely not only the responsibility of the project manager who, how enterprises must enhance the value of the project from the policy considerations whole surface, that is, import project management.
The real value so that it can share in this recent wave of project management with the project management, but also to bring out the true value of the business.
