"Silver three copper four" is nearing the end, some small partners have already got the preferred offer, so "how to quickly work in the new environment" has become the focus of recent discussion.
I have always believed that product managers must learn to use product thinking to deal with various problems encountered, which is also a key way to integrate career advantages and life to form a mutual promotion.
How to use product thinking to solve the problem of working in the new environment?
Some experiences and ideas I want to share with you, because I think some process management is not only a method of rapid adaptation to new positions, but also a reference value for daily product work (for example, new market demand research, new product function design).
Okay, back to the point.
1, first of all, we must have a list of thinking.
Entering a new environment, there is a lot of work to deal with, then there must be a list of lists, mirror students especially hope that you develop small habits, this is definitely the most cost-effective habit.
Regarding list thinking, I would like to say a few more words here, because the vast majority of students do not have this habit, and they do not appreciate the value of it.
As we all know, our fifth reading class is reading the masterpiece "Influence", and the mirror student is the last student to finish reading, and the third chapter of the book reads:
Obedience experts know the power of written commitment, set goals, write him out, no matter what your goal is, the key is that you set a goal, so that you have the direction of effort, and then write him out, there is a magical power, you will progress like a fly.
Psychologically speaking, people need to achieve value, and after the goal is achieved, it will stimulate the secretion of dopamine, which will make you feel a sense of accomplishment, and will make you more like to complete the achievement, so as to continuously form positive feedback.
So, you need to make a list of preparations for the new job, and then develop an action plan to try to achieve the target tasks.
In fact, not only do you need a list for the new job, but also take the initiative to make a plan for your daily work, write a work list, develop this habit, believe me, you will become more and more confident and efficient.
Regarding the preparation of the list, it is not about the format and content, but about the structure, pragmatism, the requirements for output results, the more can be quantitatively measured, the easier it is to achieve, and the rest is to adhere to and repeated practice, forming work habits.
To share a list of my daily work, you can make a simple reference:
2. Preview the basic situation of the new work in advance.
Let's move on to the quick start of a new job.
Understand the importance of preparing a checklist, and then you have to consider what list tasks should be, in short, what should be prepared?
I think the first thing to do is to take a day out of the new working environment to do some basic preparations, mainly including the following aspects:
(1) The materials that need to be prepared for entry are sorted out.
According to the requirements on the offer, be sure to prepare the relevant information in advance and put it in a file, especially the originals such as ID cards, degree certificates, and resignation certificates.
(2) Understand the basic information of the company.
Generally speaking, you will check the basic information of the company before accepting the offer, but at that time, it is only a rough understanding, and now that you have decided to join, you must combine the company's business model, product system and the content of the work you need to be responsible for.
How do you know?
A. First of all, we must learn from the company's official website.
Generally through the official website you can roughly know the company's business model, know the industry to which the company belongs, this is not enough, you need to search for some policy information according to the company's business type and industry attributes, try to sort out some competitors, it is best to establish a list of competitors, which is very helpful for your next product exchange, at least the preparation will not be judged as an industry white, it is necessary to quickly establish trust and stand in a stable position.
B. Second, download the company's products or experience the company's products as a user.
You have to use the product manager's vision to build a framework in advance, analyze the core functions of the company's core products, and output a mind map, which is not difficult for you, but it is useful for you to establish a work focus.
(3) Communicate with the human staff in advance to report to the staff.
Generally speaking, the staff will contact you in advance to report for work.
If you are not contacted, it is best to communicate with the staff the day before the check-in, confirm whether there is any change in the next check-in location, clarify the reception staff, and it is best to contact the contact information.
It is recommended to dress up on your first day, and the book "Influence" says that a good impression can magically help you carry out your work.
In short, the more important things are, the more we must have a sense of rehearsal.
3. Build an office environment.
Productivity tools are essential for working fast.
Product managers need to use a lot of professional office software, and many companies do not have genuine software, which requires you to prepare the U disk or cloud disk in advance, the necessary office software is ready, quick installation, with office software there is a working habit, this familiarity is very motivating to the working state.
Commonly used software is not the same, mainstream, like Axure, xmind, AdobePDF, VISIO, office, Project, these generally need to be cracked to use, it is best to prepare in advance, I generally have a cloud disk folder.
In addition to office software, notebooks, desktop folders, etc., some companies may not necessarily have a match, you can prepare as needed.
In short, quickly set up a familiar office environment.
4. Seek training and quickly familiarize yourself with the product.
Generally speaking, there is not much specific work when you first join, and the first week is often mainly company training and product familiarization.
However, some companies do not have a very perfect system, nor do they designate mentors to lead, and some companies do not even have training to directly arrange specific work, which requires us to exert subjective initiative and actively seek quick and familiar methods.
Only rely on the document learning efficiency is not high, I generally recommend that product students take the initiative to ask for training, for example, you can let the same position of product personnel or testers, for a product simulation demonstration.
Of course, we must first have a general understanding of the product, and then we can make an appointment in a conference room in advance, ask the relevant personnel to demonstrate the process in the test environment, make a record, and go to the test account to go through the process by yourself.
Then combined with the requirements of the document to learn, of course, if there is no requirements document, you must comb out a functional framework out, write out itself is the transformation, so that the familiar efficiency is the highest.
5. Establish demand management and work management tables.
I recommend that within two days of entry, you should establish a demand management table and a work management table to effectively manage product requirements and daily work.
In fact, as long as you are hired, there must be job requirements and task assignments, and the effective management of work tasks is to force the output results, thus proving the value of the position.
Demand management and daily work management, everyone should be familiar with, here is not elaborated, just tell you to manage in time, and to have time to complete the time and the current to do, the work arrangements in a timely manner.
Share a template I use for your reference:
6. Establish a company roster.
Companies generally have address books, but also have teamwork office tools, such as DingTalk, enterprise WeChat, Feishu or the company's internal communication software, usually can find the corresponding personnel information.
But I think it's more about familiarizing you with the organizational structure of the company, specific to a certain collaborator, and I still recommend that you build your own roster, which is your own light version of the CRM system.
This customer relationship is not only to record the position, name and other information of the personnel, but also to have recognition, such as, how the personality is, home address, good communication, etc., which are more helpful for your collaboration and matching.
Mirror students have always been face blind, belongs to the slow heat type, at first always can not remember people, I usually analogous memory, for example, this front-end engineer and a former friend looks very similar, I will note it.
The following is the roster I built earlier, you can refer to the following:
7. Work feedback.
Product students must have a sense of work feedback, especially just started, which to a certain extent reflects your work attitude, work methods and professionalism.
To report their product work to the leader regularly, on the one hand, to let the leader know what he is doing, on the other hand, he can also let the leader control the direction, after all, he has just entered the job, and his understanding is easy to deviate from the positioning of the leader.
Work feedback should follow the "three principles": there are actual results, there is summary feedback, and there are work suggestions.
Don't go through the text like memorizing texts, be sure to have a focused structured expression, for example, if you are familiar with the customer management system, you can structure it like this when reporting:
(1), about the customer management system I did competitive analysis and product combing, respectively output the mind map, competitive analysis is mainly to do Goku cloud, combined with our business scenarios, mainly including five major functions, namely ××;
(2) At present, I think that ×× functions are different from our business scenarios, because ××;
(3) My advice is as follows: ××.
This will be much more efficient communication, and it will be very helpful for your product cognitive system and professional performance, in fact, this is the performance of having entered the working state.
Well, here are a few suggestions for how product managers can quickly adapt to new jobs, hoping to inspire you to get into the product work state.
As you can see here, many so-called successful or correct decisions can be disassembled into several action guides, and the key lies in whether there is a method and patience.
The so-called correctness of the road to simplicity, in fact, there is a simple logic behind it:
Accumulate small into more, gather sand into towers.
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