You’ve worked on projects in the past and now you feel like its time to make a change. Project management doesn’t look to difficult to you and so maybe you would like to try it because it looks exciting or you want to be the person in charge and lead successful projects. So what does a Project Manager actually do and what characteristics does he/she need to have to be successful. Come and find out if you have the skills and personality to join the club of being a successful project manager!

1. by Steve Choi
So You Wanna Be A
Project Manager

2. A little information about me

4. 2006-2017
Operations/Project Manager
and Mergers and Acquisition
Graduated with computer science engineering
2001-2006
IT Administration
Desktop/Server Support

5. Boutique Outsourcing
Digital outsourcing Studio
Delivering high quality products and services

7. 30+ FULL TIME STAFF

8. WHAT WE DO.

9. Our Services
Technology
Web Dev: CSS, JS, Vue, Angular
Backend: Java, PHP, Rails,
Node
Mobile Web & Native Apps
QC/QA
Digital Marketing
SEO & SEM
Web Analytics
Digital Marketing
UX & Design
User Experience
UI Design

10. Why are you here?

13. Leading People

14. Technical Manager
Career Progression

16. What is Project Management and Is It Important?

17. What is a Project?
A project is a temporary activity which is started
in order to produce a unique product or service
TEMPORARY
Has a beginning
and an end
Unique
New work with
many unknowns
Projects

18. Quality
● Scope
○ The sum of the products, services, and results to be provided
as a project. The outputs of a project.
■ This is often a place of misunderstanding and can be hard
to control.
● Cost
○ The budget of the project.
● Time
○ The schedule when the project will be released
Quality is related to the three constraints. Any time there is a
change to one of the constraints you have to make changes to the
other two constraints and usually reduces quality.
Triple Constraints

22. Project Manager Needs 2020
?15.7 13.4Million
Jobs
Australia, Brazil, Canada,
China, Germany, India,
Japan, Saudia Arabia, United
Arab Emirates, and UK
$6.61 Trillion Dollar growth
Million
jobs

23. ● Project Managers are in high demand
● 80% of “high-performing” projects are led by a
certified project manager
● Percentage of successful projects are continually
growing
The Good News

24. The Bad News
● 70% of projects fail
● The failure of IT projects costs the US economy roughly $50-$150 billion each year
● 17% of large IT projects fail so badly that they threaten the very existence of the company
● 1 in 6 projects goes over budget by 200% and take 70% longer to complete

25. What Makes a Good Project Manager?

28. Project Oxygen results
on their best managers’ skills
1. Be a good coach
2. Empower your team and don’t micromanage
3. Express interest in team members’ success and
personal well-being
4. Don’t be a sissy: Be productive and results-oriented
5. Be a good communicator and listen to your team
6. Help your employees with career development
7. Have a clear vision and strategy for the team
8. Have key technical skills so you can help advise the
team

29. Technical Manager
Career Progression

30. Communication

31. 57% of projects fail due to breakdown in communication
Project Management Institute (PMI) recommends that
90% of a project manager’s time is spent in communication

32. Goal - Get as many points as
possible
2 Rules
1.Pair up with a partner and
get into this position like in
the picture
2.You get a point when your
partner’s hand touches the
table. You don’t care about
anything else

33. Managing Relationships
Albert Mehrabian - 3 elements in face to face
communication
● Words - 7%
● Tone of voice - 38%
● Body Language - 55%
Technology has made us more efficient in
communication but not necessarily better.
Question : In the technology age, a lot of our
communication is no longer face to face but digital
(email, chating, etc…). What does proper
communication look like?

34. Coaching

35. Every person has Strengths and Weaknesses. In working
together, we are able to cover each others weaknesses
and utilize our combined strengths to go further.
“The most important strategy is that I changed the
formation from four midfielders to just three to overcome
their weaknesses. I don’t know why people keep saying
that being small is a weak point for Vietnamese players.
Small players are quicker, and in addition, Vietnamese
players are smart, they can easily understand my
strategies and adapt to them very quickly.”
Park, Hang-Seo
Partnership

36. Benefits of Coaching

37. How We Lead

38. Creative Thinking

39. Duncker Candle Problem
Goal : Attach the lit candle to the wall so
that the candle will not drip wax on the
table below.
You are given the items shown and can
not use anything else.
● Box of thumbtacks (or little nails)
● A candle
● Matches

40. Attempts and the Solution
2 Most Common Attempts
● Using the Thumbtacks and directly
attaching the candle to the wall
● Melt the end of the candle with the
matches and try to glue the candle
to the wall.

41. The Candle Problem Revisited
When people were given the same
problem as before but this time with the
items shown like this. People were
able to solve the problem quickly.

42. Why Is This Important?
People Problems
Quality Problems
Schedule Problems
Cost Problems
Tech Problems
Natural Disasters

43. Do You Still Wanna Be A Project Manager?

45. WE ARE
ACCEPTING
HIRING

46. PHP Developer
Java Developer
Intermediate - 3+ years experience - 15mill - 20mill
Senior - 5+ years experience - 20mill - 30 mill
Tech Lead - 8+ years experience - 25mill - 35mill

47. Developer Intern
Quality Control Intern
Digital Marketing Intern

48. SEND YOUR ENGLISH CV TO:
career@codeenginestudio.com

49. Questions?