How to be a Project Manager in Software Industry

About knowledge how project manager is taking a role in software industry and how to achieve your path to be a IT project manager. Presented at event #ngedilo

1. How to be a Project Manager in Software Industry Didik Tri Susanto 4 April 2019
2. Didik Tri Susanto • Backend Engineer • VP of Engineering DOT Indonesia • https://github.com/didikz • Twitter: @didikz • IG: @didikts
3. Who is IT Project Manager? “Is a person who thinks nine women can deliver a baby in one month”
5. Wikipedia says . . . Project managers have responsibility of the planning, procurement, and execution of a project, in any undertaking that has a defined scope, defined start, and a defined finished.
6. Do We Need A Project Manager It depends on your company
7. Img source: https://www.quora.com/Why-do-we-need-project-management
8. Project Manager Position
9. Hard Skill Aspects
10. 1. SDLC Understanding 2. Technical Understanding 3. Managerial skill 4. Knowledge in business 5. Logic & analysis skill 6. Ability to manage resource conflicts
11. Soft Skill Aspects
12. 1. Communication 2. Negotiation 3. Leadership 4. Teamwork 5. Sense of humor 6. Empathy
13. What We Do?
14. • Make sure a project is running well • Manage people and other resources • Resolve impediment or conflict • Being servant leader for the team • Establish communication & collaboration • Coaching the team
15. PM’s Problems • Unclear project goal / requirements • Deadline • Technical Difficulties • Dev team’s problem • Lack of communication • Project overload • Burnout
16. Many ways to build software • Waterfall Methodology • Scrum • Kanban • XP • Agile • Deadline Driven Development :D • Many others . . .
17. Project Manager Journeys Finding your path to be a project manager
18. Career Shift
19. Managerial Path
20. Engineering Skill ≠ Managerial Skill Dealing with machine is very different skill set than managing people or project
21. Leader vs Boss A good manager is also a good leader
22. Remember the difference between a boss and a leader: a boss says, “Go”. A leader says, “Let’s Go” Img source: https://www.cleverism.com/leader-vs-boss
23. Do . . . • Listen to your team, do not judge • Be professional and commitment • Be open minded person • Never stop learning • Know your team • Think before taking an action • Focus to build a great software
24. Don’t ... • Underestimate • Debating without valid data • Pushing your team without considering their limit • Follow your ego • Disappear in a critical situation • Accept all client’s requests without consulting to the team first
25. Interested?
26. We are hiring, yeeeey • Senior Project Manager • System Analyst (Jkt) • Backend Engineer • Chatbot Engineer