From the programmer to project manager

1, initial fears before the next big projects

February 17, 2006, I received my college classmates phone, he is now **’s software outsourcing division head. Was originally a very relaxed chat between students, inadvertently talking about the recent pick up a relatively large project, and is used. NET development, I’ll talk about in a more unintentionally I’ve been involved in an on the portal projects. This talk is especially speculative.

My period 2003-2004, it is my second year of postgraduate education in the Chinese workers were sent to a software company to the internship which is mainly used. NET development of China Unicom, a portal ? Administrator Portal (AdminPortal), which is My year with the fastest progress, of course, the role of merely “but life from the” programmer. At that time the experience accumulated a certain amount of code and code re-use libraries, has benefited me. I put my experience as this is my programming career in a watershed, it is particularly treasure the experience. I also want to personally re-experience it again, and the hope that “The Tempest to some of the more violent.” This does not, the opportunity to once again placed in front of me, but rare, how can I miss, so volunteered themselves into the fore. And students talk during which he outlines the vision of this project and ambiguous ? this is my first experience. The next day, I passed, and specialized software components responsible for the project person in charge of chat chat, saying that talk is actually an interview to see if you have the strength to enter the project team. I stifled the interview process, what ASP (Application Service Provider), what Biztalk, what is MOM, what the SPS … … one could not understand Oh, put me as an expert on Microsoft. I said that I would use. NET development-related portal project, there is no other has. Originally thought that there is no hope, I do not know because it was really a lack of people, or if I strongly recommend students, or both of the two, I still have been identified over, and a “bittersweet” journey began, I am pleased is that it can once again I dream of going through the process of grief is that I “What is not” to come in … … but one that is entered more than 4 months of contract :2.20 ? 6.30

The first thing that needs access to and understanding of needs. Demand is still in the vague early stage, the Party and obviously the demand is very weak, we have developed side is even more out of the question. “Everything will slowly get better, the problem will gradually clear up the” My classmate who has been such a comfort to me, and I could only think so. Because this relatively large, only × ×’s a yes Gaobu Ding’s, × ×, Inc. is the general contractor, subcontracted to other software companies it is a very normal thing, so this time the company received a lot of sub-tasks, we × × companies are merging, centralized office and management, and to jointly promote the completion of the project. Upon finalization of a large mission requirements, it is necessary to the division of tasks, divided into several sub-systems, by one or several companies assume that these overall thing is the overall person in charge by the project operation and monitoring.

Decided by the demand for high-level abstraction, followed by the item is opened for the first time a mobilization meeting, account related issues, announced that a list of the relevant person in charge. Although I have a mind ready, but I did not expect, however, was announced at the conference went so far as I × × × × subsystem and the subsystem responsible person, I was a bit stupid, is not it I did not want, but I did Without this strength, once managed by others to the management by others, but several subsystems of people, fit through? I constantly ask myself … … the brain where a blank, choking the atmosphere once again rise in my heart, their unprecedented pressure to a sudden, I was already unable to stay in office, did not want to see my colleagues in the Office of the shadow of those busy, I have a who walked straight up the corridor, deep breathing a deep breath. “Abandoned” the idea from my mind within the “rising”, I thought a lot, my kids have not yet one month old, I have to do my father’s responsibility; my teaching task is not yet complete, I have to do everything I do the instructor’s responsibility … … I also know that these are only sufficient reason to excuse my escape, the next week I actually proposed to my classmates the three “resignation” of the request, but have been convinced. Now in retrospect I was so fragile, there is no guts to face the unknown difficulties. Indeed, elegant environment in colleges and universities spent 7 years Our Time, almost every week are the “Golden Week” of the day, people used to comfort can not be transposed at once, although the university’s wages in general, but certainly the “absolute value was low , but the relative value higher “jobs. The software industry is precisely the opposite.

Thus adhering to a week early dysphoric mood have a little better, perhaps, taking into account my idea, project manager specializing in a sub-let me, so come to my relatively small, a lot of pressure to make me confidence has increased enormously.

My “men” has three individuals, all of them are “Reggie brother” On the contrary I would think that the management up a little relax, and the reason is very simple, my role is in transition, far from being in place, because I indulged in a programmer’s role in. “How do I manage them”, “how to mobilize their enthusiasm,” “how to get the system to move forward in an orderly,” … … a one of the problems with me, it speaks my experience seriously inadequate. But everyone has for the first time, who are from this period came, and I remember people said the sentence: “To be a good project manager, you are at least 10 times to go through the failure of the project,” my is a real sense the first time, so “numerous opportunities,” ah.

As the saying goes, Preparation may quicken the power demand, even more so. Party in front of me have already said that the description is very vague on demand (want to soft-workers said the scene, He He), their idea is very simple for them to want us to think, like exhausted the idea to compile the document, and then let them assessment. This is actually contrary to the basic idea of soft-workers, we can only induce them to a detailed description of the demand function, this is not the cart before the horse, but there is no law, since this is what Party, and we only did so, whoever they are The boss is paying out.

So I led the meeting five members to communicate, and gradually identifying needs and programs, and 11 demonstrate its feasibility, the next thing is writing the documentation, requirements documents, interface programs, integrated programs, schedule, etc., these are my not previously done, now I took a surgeon, I was a little powerless, no have to bite the bullet and carry out, not do the first draft come back the second draft, third draft … …, so, the demand profile in the my mind to gradually clear up, gradually feeling much better, my classmates who came up with a smile said, “this time by the torture of”, “affirmed the ~ ~” But we think back, he former certainly is true? Certainly be experienced in order to say this is the case, and later learned he had previously done a project for three consecutive days and three nights it does not have had eyes, pale into insignificance compared in terms of I, and He He.

Indeed, from the collapse of the acceptance of, so I deeply feel that “there must be road vehicles to the Piedmont,” Do not let yourself always in a state of despair, desperation behind it is hoped, so every time challenges are tortured soul, but also spiritual baptism.