Xu Xincheng returned to his office, printed out the project work list on the computer, and then returned to the general manager's office.

General Manager Li looked at the list, the sorrow on his face gradually subsided, and finally, he patted the table and said excitedly: "Yes, this is a good way." ”

Subsequently, he also developed a list of project work in that way, and the two worked together to develop a first draft as they discussed.

Looking at the list, General Manager Li's face showed the first relaxed and happy smile in two or three days, and he praised: "Xincheng, you have a very strong and valuable ability, that is, the ability to systematize, standardize, and process all the work. This ability of yours will create great value for the company.

So, we're going to have another executive meeting, and you teach everybody how to do it, and after that everyone has to come up with their own work list. From tomorrow, we will promote and apply your 'list management method' throughout the company to carry out systematic, standardized and process-based list management. ”

"Good. I suggest that we should apply this approach right away. If it is only general, just on paper, it is the most efficient, it is difficult to implement this "list management method" in the whole company in a short period of time, the best way is to practice, from the beginning. ”

"Do you have any specific suggestions?"

"Yes. The second and third important tasks that Chairman Lucy gave yesterday are the best practical opportunities.

These two important tasks are very complex systems engineering, involving multiple departments at the same time, and it is necessary to scientifically divide the work of multiple departments, and then everyone must work closely together, only in this way can we successfully complete the task. ”

"Yes. ”

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At 10:15, the management meeting began, and Xu Xincheng introduced the specific method of formulating the project work list to everyone at the meeting.

Subsequently, according to the plan discussed with General Manager Li in advance, he divided everyone into two groups, the first group with the second important task for everyone's common goal, with the R&D department as the core unit, the production department and the marketing department as the assistance unit, first asked the R&D department Manager Qiao to develop the corresponding work list, and then, he negotiated with the managers and supervisors of the other two departments on the details of the list, such as time nodes, relevant assistants, etc., and determined the details.

The second group takes the third important task as the common goal of everyone, with the human resources department as the core unit, and the finance department, administration department and legal department as the assisting units.

During the whole process, Xu Xincheng was responsible for the first group, assisting Manager Qiao, and General Manager Li was responsible for the second group, assisting Manager Zhang, assisting them in refining all the links, putting forward pertinent suggestions for them, and assisting them to negotiate with managers from other departments on specific cooperation matters.

It only took about an hour and a half to develop two detailed project work lists, and with the guidance of these two lists, everyone finally had confidence in the realization of the second and third important tasks.

General Manager Li, Manager Qiao and Manager Zhang were very happy about this, especially Manager Qiao, who was even more happy and smiled. Yesterday morning, when he heard Lucy give the second important task, his face was sad, that sadness had been hanging from yesterday until just now, and at this moment, that sadness had been replaced by a relaxed and joyful smile, and he finally had some confidence in the completion of this second important task in his heart.

Most importantly, in this process, everyone is engaged in a real battle, everyone has a real understanding of how to efficiently develop an actionable project work list, and everyone has actual combat experience.

Finally, General Manager Li said solemnly: "All department managers and supervisors should formulate their own work lists based on today's practical experience, and from today onwards, we should gradually implement this 'list management method' in their respective departments and teams." ”

At the end of the meeting, General Manager Li gave Xu Xincheng two thumbs up and praised: "Good job!"

Looking at the relaxed smile on his face, Xu Xincheng was happy from the bottom of his heart.

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On Friday, at 10:30 a.m., on the fifth floor of the company's office building, Xu Xincheng strode down the aisle and walked towards his office, with a relaxed and happy smile on his face.

He had just come out of the R&D department, and as soon as he got to work, he went to Manager Qiao to understand the implementation of the first and second important tasks, and also worked with him to develop a project work list for the first important task, which was relatively simple, and with experience, the two of them only took about 20 minutes to complete.

In fact, neither the first and second important tasks, nor the third important task, were directly related to his own duties, and he could have avoided such hard work. However, he felt that he had a responsibility.

As he walked, he reflected on the experience of the past four days.

At the meeting on Tuesday, when Lucy gave the second important task, as soon as he saw the surprised and melancholy expression on Manager Joe's face, he knew that the situation was not good, and according to what he knew about Manager Joe in the past two years, that expression was actually equivalent to saying "impossible". There is a third important task, looking at the expression on Manager Zhang's face, he judged that it is estimated that it is also very suspenseful to complete this task on time.

Four days later, Lucy was told that the third important task had not been completed, and three months later, she was told that the second important task had not been completed, and her face immediately showed a look of disappointment.

"No, we can't let those two scenarios happen anyway!" he said to himself at the time, "As Lucy's assistant, it is my responsibility to ensure that all the tasks she gives are successfully completed, and I am responsible for ensuring that all her goals are successfully achieved." ”

From that moment on, Xu Xincheng began to think about how to assist Manager Qiao and Manager Zhang, how to assist General Manager Li, and how to assist them to successfully complete those two important tasks.

That night, after the first meeting of directors and core executives, when he had dinner with everyone, he had no appetite, and he had been thinking about those two important tasks.

Looking at the table full of delicacies, he suddenly thought: "In the restaurant, every dinner time, many customers rush in, and the number of customers is overwhelming, and the dishes to be cooked for the guests are many and varied, the time is small and tight, and we must make sure that there are no mistakes, so as not to cause displeasure to the guests." ”

He raised his glass and took a sip of his tea, and continued: "Restaurant managers, how do they do it? How do they make sure that the restaurant does its job efficiently and without errors, especially during the busiest dinner time, how do they smoothly receive and greet table after table of guests?"

At this moment, he saw the order list placed on the glass turntable, this menu was obviously carefully designed, in addition to the table number, dish name, quantity and other conventional items in the general order list, it also wrote the name of the waiter and supervisor, as well as the arrival time, ordering time, departure time of the guest, the chef number of each dish, the serving time, and so on.

A flash of inspiration flashed through his mind, "Yes, that's how they manage it." I can learn from them and manage them with checklists. ”

He immediately had the idea to create a project work checklist and use it for project management.

In the evening, when he got home, it was half past ten, and he didn't even take off his leather shoes and change them into slippers, so he went to his desk, sat down, turned on the computer, and began to try to make a list, and an hour later, he made his first project work list.

The next morning, Wednesday, he arrived at the office at eight o'clock and made further improvements to it.

To his great joy and gratification, when he proposed to General Manager Li to adopt this "list management method", he immediately received his approval and full support, and they vigorously promoted and implemented this management method on the same day.

The most important thing is that after two days of practice, it seems that this method is indeed very effective.