Chapter 38
Xia Zhongqin had heard Zhang Xiaoshan mention this matter when he was working on Liu Jijun's project.
At that time, Xia Zhongqin just thought it was magical, but when she heard the same thing from Zhang Xiaoshan again when the project she was the project manager could not be delivered, her feeling was completely different.
Xia Zhongqin didn't agree with Zhang Xiaoshan's words, but instead asked, "Xiaoshan, if it were you, what would you do?"
Zhang Xiaoshan replied calmly, "No big deal. The more you deal with a jerk like Lao Wang, the more he'll get aggressive. The method you and Lian Zong used in the group chat is also feasible."
Before Xia Zhongqin could respond, Xia Kaiqun spoke again, "Don't worry, Miss Zhongqin! As long as Lian Yijian, the delivery leader of Beijing Smart Internet Company, is here, there won't be any projects we can't deliver. So don't worry too much. At worst, we'll just stop working with such a crappy client."
"Thank you, Xiaoshan and Teacher Xia."
As Xia Zhongqin finished saying the word "teacher", Lian Yijian, who had just finished answering the phone, walked in from outside.
Lian Yijian put his computer bag on his workstation and went to the workstations of Zhang Xiaoshan and Xia Kaiqun.
"Xiaoshan is back." After saying that, Lian Yijian patted Zhang Xiaoshan's shoulders twice and continued, "Xiaoshan, please arrange the development plan for the Zhongtian Internet project in Tongzhou and give it to me tomorrow morning after work. I'll need it for the project bid."
Zhang Xiaoshan turned to glance at Lian Yijian's white T-shirt from Wisdom Internet, then glanced at Xia Zhongqin across from him. He first responded directly to Lian Yijian's previous work request, then said with a sly grin, "Boss Lian, you two are wearing matching shirts."
Zhang Xiaoshan had just finished saying the three words "couple shirts" when Lian Yijian unconsciously glanced at Xia Zhongqin who was sitting opposite him.
Lian Yi saw that she was concentrating on her work and didn't seem to notice what Zhang Xiaoshan had just said, so he slowly withdrew his gaze.
Lian Yijian patted Zhang Xiaoshan's shoulder again, but this time the force was much greater than before. Zhang Xiaoshan's face twitched violently in pain. Sure enough, someone was interested in someone else.
"Boss Lian, please be gentle. I'm old and weak, and I'm not as tough as Teacher Xia, who has thick skin and flesh that can withstand abrasion."
"Is there anyone who teases people like this?" Xia Kaiqun rolled his eyes at the two people next to him and continued typing the code in the VScode tool opened on his computer with an expressionless face.
Lian Yijian took a look at the code Xia Kaiqun was writing, and without stopping for too long, he returned to his workstation.
Xia Zhongqin actually heard the three words "couple shirts" that Zhang Xiaoshan just said.
The reason why she didn't care was, first, that the clothes were originally the summer work clothes issued by the company, and it was just a coincidence that they both wore them on the same day; second, Zhang Xiaoshan was a well-known person in the company who loved to make jokes about relationships between men and women. The more you argued with him, the more crazy he would become. Simply ignoring him was the best way to deal with it.
At around 4:30 p.m., Lian Yijian held a brief meeting on the Suzhou Metro Project.
From Monday to Friday, as long as Lian Yijian is in the Suzhou Metro Project Group, he will check the tasks listed in the online checklist of the Suzhou Metro Project Group with the corresponding persons in charge before leaving get off work.
Through the project stand-up meetings that are commonly used in large projects, problems can be discovered and resolved in a timely manner, risks can be predicted in advance, and delays in project progress can be minimized.
The online list in the group has been maintained by Zhou Qing since it joined the Suzhou Metro Project Team in February.
At this project stand-up meeting, Lian Yijian assigned the task of maintaining the online list to Xia Zhongqin, and personally explained to her at the meeting the key items that needed to be maintained in the form and the needs that needed to be updated in the online form in a timely manner every day based on the feedback from the group and business departments.
Looking at the densely packed online list of closed and unclosed questions, totaling 103, Xia Zhongqin instantly got goosebumps.
Xia Zhongqin understood that there was no separate problem list module in the company's project management function module, and it was impossible to enter the project requirements one by one.
The company's large projects with a value of over one million yuan all use online Excel spreadsheets to manage requirements. This is indeed a project management tool, but it is not very professional.
After the project meeting ended, Xia Zhongqin did not return to her own workstation, but went to Lian Yijian's desk.
"Mr. Lian, can we put the problem list for the Suzhou Metro project on ZenTao? We can use the open source version of ZenTao, which is free. I can complete the environment deployment independently."
In the eight years since he started working on projects, regardless of size, Lian Yijian has always used online Excel spreadsheets to manage project plans, requirements, and bugs.
The reason why we chose online Excel spreadsheets was because they were simple and easy to use. This was also the first time someone suggested to Lian Yijian to change project management tools.
"How long does it take to deploy? How many people can use the open source version online simultaneously?" Lian Yijian asked.
At her previous company, Xia Zhongqin had helped deploy ZenTao on a project. She knew the answers to Yi Jian's two questions, so she answered naturally, "It takes an hour and a half, and can support up to 1,000 people using it simultaneously."
Lian Yijian smiled and said, "You're quite experienced. Then, tomorrow morning, Zhong Qin, you should deploy it on the Sucheng Metro project test environment server. Create a ZenTao account for all project team members, including the client's project manager, Zhou Yucheng."
"Starting the day after tomorrow morning, the Suzhou Metro project will use ZenTao to manage plans, requirements, and bugs. If it works well, we'll expand its use to other large projects."
Xia Zhongqin was very surprised to hear that her suggestion was adopted. She thought that Lian Yijian, as a leader, was just listening reluctantly.
Xia Zhongqin was stunned for almost ten seconds until Zhou Qing came over and reported to Lian Yijian on the weekly meeting of the Sucheng Metro Project this afternoon.
Xia Zhongqin said "Thank you, Mr. Lian" again, and hurriedly left Lian Yijian's workstation and returned to her own workstation.
Today is Monday. The Sucheng District Project Delivery Department will conduct a project inventory at 6:30 p.m. Lian Yijian had already sent the inventory notice to the Sucheng delivery group in advance this morning.
The participants of the delivery department's project inventory meeting are internal employees and independent outsourced employees. Outsourced partner employees do not need to attend.
As soon as work ends at 5:30, the internal employees and outsourced employees on the project team pack up their computers and return to the company for a project inventory meeting.
Zhang Xiaoshan wants to drive Ji Yue back.
Ji Yue asked Xia Zhongqin if she wanted to take Zhang Xiaoshan's car back to the company.
From Suzhou Metro Building to China Overseas Fortune Center Plaza, you can take Metro Line 1 from Guangjinan Road Subway Station outside the first floor of Suzhou Metro Building and get off at Xinghai Square Subway Station.
Come out of Exit 2 of Xinghai Square Metro Station and walk 100 meters east to reach China Overseas Fortune Center Plaza. It takes about 20 minutes to get there, which is very convenient.
Xia Zhongqin didn't want to be a third wheel and said she would take the subway back to the company.
Seeing this, Ji Yue didn't force it anymore and left with Zhang Xiaoshan.
When Xia Zhongqin left, the computers at Lian Yijian and Xia Kaiqun's workstations had not been cleaned up yet, but they were not there.
Xia Zhongqin took the subway to Xinghai Square Station. She came out from Exit 2 and went to the food city on the B1 floor of Xinghai Square Station and bought an egg burrito.
When Xia Zhongqin returned to the company's delivery department, most people had already arrived, and the human resources manager Liu Qingqing sat in Lian Yijian's position in the delivery department.
This was the Nth time that Xia Zhongqin saw Liu Qingqing sitting in Lian Yijian's seat.
Before each project inventory, as long as Lian Yijian’s workstation was empty, Liu Qingqing would always sit at his workstation.
What's even more exaggerated is that during every lunch break, as long as Lian Yijian is not in the company, there is always someone sitting at his workstation - Liu Qingqing. Xia Zhongqin has also encountered this several times.
Every time Xia Zhongqin saw Liu Qingqing sitting at Lian Yijian’s workstation before, there was no ripple in her heart. But this time, she did feel a sense of bitterness.
Xia Zhongqin had already walked to her workstation, took off her computer bag, and sat down at her workstation. She couldn't help but glance at Lian Yijian's workstation a few more times.
There was no one at Zhang Xiaoshan and Ji Yue's workstations, as they had not returned yet.
During last year's project inventory, only the delivery department, sales department and Mr. Wang, who was occasionally free, participated. No other people in the company were required to attend.
However, since coming to work in the company in February after the Chinese New Year this year, Liu Qingqing has participated in the project inventory of not only the Sucheng branch, but also the other three branches as the human resources manager. The project inventory of the four districts is all presided over by Lian Yijian.
As to why the human resources manager Liu Qingqing had the right to participate in the project inventory of the delivery department, Xia Zhongqin learned from Zhang Xiaoshan and Ji Yue that it was Liu Qingqing who took the initiative to ask the district general manager Wang Dayu.
Xia Zhongqin had just finished eating an egg burrito at his workstation when he saw Lian Yijian coming in from outside with a computer bag on his back. Behind him were Xia Kaiqun, Zhang Xiaoshan, and He Jiyue.
After Lian Yijian entered the delivery department, he glanced at his workstation. This time, he did not walk straight to his workstation like before and ask the people at the workstation to get up and leave.
Lian Yijian went directly to the conference room.
Xia Zhongqin glanced at the time on her phone. It was already 6:20 in the evening, and there were still ten minutes left before the project inventory at 6:30 in the evening.
Seeing Lian Yijian go to the conference room, people from the delivery department also went there one after another.
There are tables and chairs on both sides of the corridor in the large conference room, and the seating arrangement is the delivery department on the left and the sales department on the right.
When the inventory meeting time came, all the staff from the delivery department on the left were present, but only Guan Baobao came from the sales department on the right.
Song Xiaojuan, head of the sales department, and two other salespeople have not arrived yet.
This is how the project inventory is every Monday. Only Guan Baobao from the sales department will attend the meeting on time, while others will be late by five to three minutes.
The delivery department is very dissatisfied with the sales department's behavior, but there is nothing they can do. From the headquarters to the regions, Beijing Smart Internet Company treats sales like emperors, while project managers and implementation consultants are treated like cattle and horses.
As long as the sales staff signs the contract, they will no longer be responsible for any subsequent project matters.
In Beijing Smart Internet Company, contracts are king. As long as you can sign a single order, you are the boss. The sales treatment, from basic salary to performance, is higher than that of the delivery sequence, and they also have commissions. One order is five points, which is already the ceiling level in the industry.
Of the four regions, the sales staff of the other three districts basically attended every project inventory meeting on time. Only the sales staff of Sucheng District, which is the center of the southern Jiangsu region, were always unruly and did not give the delivery department and Lian Yimian any face at all.
Having worked at Beijing Wisdom Company for eight years, Lian Yijian is well aware of the company's corporate culture.
Lian Yijian also first talked to the head of the sales department about this issue, but Song Xiaojuan didn't take it seriously at all. Later, he talked to Wang Dayu, but Wang Dayu just laughed it off and didn't take it seriously at all.
Just like before, after waiting for another five minutes, seeing that Song Xiaojuan and the other two salesmen still had not arrived, Lian Yijian, who had already projected the project inventory sheet onto the projector, began the project inventory according to the dimensions of the account manager.
The first thing to discuss is Guan Baobao.
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