Continuing the series of lessons learned in project management, last September, Mr. L.T.N from Production Division 2 shared valuable insights gained from his many years of project management experience. These insights are something every Project Manager at VietIS can learn from and apply to their work.
Mr. N. began his presentation by categorizing projects, identifying PM competencies, and offering some suggestions for less experienced Project Managers:
If the PM has little experience, they should start with small-sized projects and gradually
move on to larger ones.
If the PM lacks technical expertise, they should request an experienced technical leader
for the project.
Always keep track of all project requirements.
Learn from lessons in previous projects and seek guidance from more experienced
colleagues.
Without “holding back”, Mr. N. shared five of his own lessons learned below:
Lesson 1: Implementing a project without a detailed design or UI design (only having mock UI or ideas).
Lesson 2: When the client provides only a vague description of requirements with a few points.
Lesson 3: Critical function issue when deploying to the production environment.
Lesson 4: Unusually high AWS server costs.
Lesson 5: Slow performance issues.
For each lesson, Mr. N. presented the challenges and the corrective actions that PMs can reference. These lessons reflected common problems faced by many PMs, leading to a lively discussion where everyone found value in the solutions offered by Mr. N. Sharing project management experience is a mandatory activity for production divisions at VietIS in 2024. This seminar was highly appreciated as it was directly related to practical work at VietIS.
