Complicated system We worked on the system trouble that occurred several days ago. We finally finisheded it. The problem was caused by the customer who issued the claim. He operated the system wrong. This is a very usual occurence, because…

Our team Our team assigned important client. We have got contracts regularly. Of course it was not bad for us. But members had few chance to develop a new service or prototype system for a studying. They didn't have a happiest time at leas…

Interruption We prepared for a system's release. Suddenly a customer asked us last Friday to release a system on Monday. So we didn't do our scheduled work last Friday. Instead we worked on the system release. This took priority. Normaly w…

Old system and new proposal I became the PM of the old C/S system that worked in clients's offices all over Japan. Previous PM said that clients didn't want to invest in this system but they need a proposal about a new marketing systems. W…

Old system We had a meeting about a client's old system. That system was an old Server system. There are hundreds of these systems, that are in the clients's offices all over Japan. I will be the PM of that system next month. So we were ta…

Customers meeting We attended customers meeting. I introduced my boss and new members. We talked about a schedule after a few months.

Preparing a system release We prepared a system release. We confirmed tasks and sent a mail about our schedule to customers. Preparing for the customers meeting I prepared the customers meeting next Monday. This visiting was for introducin…

Special industry We attended the meeting of a industry gronp. In that meeting people of influence in their industry speaked each other with a industry jargon at all time. We belonged to IT industry, not to their industry. So Listening to t…

Change of organization. Japan company often update organization in Spring.We started working in new division.Role, rule and workflow would be changed from now.Working as a project manager was over the hard part, but working as a team manag…

Good medicine I planned the schedule after a holiday week. So I arranged meeting with a client and set our team tasks. I supposed we are liable to defocusing after a long holiday. Meeting and speaking with customers was a good medicine for…

Load of a server I made a estimate. It was that we offered to append servers for a client. One of server that client used had a risk. Because that server had many server functions, web server, DB server, monitoring server and any others. S…

Walking at night My boss adviced me that I shoud get some excise for my health. He suggest jogging. Because habit of a jogging have made him healthy. He said but there was possibilities that fat people's jogging suffered his knee injury. S…

New system's load We prepared to deploy the system that we developed for a month.One of functions was warried much load.We expected that the load by new system affected to other systems that ran on the same server.

Some systems released at the end of April Our project team consisted of some groups.Groups made their own plan that they developed, debug and release a system that they assigned. Some group planed to release a system that day.So I have bee…

The badminton club that I belong to was famous for a hard and Spartan training.Team members were hurt.Because our coach beat the team members very often. When I was a junior, I had been beaten by the corch many times.One time he beat me an…

I was born and raised in Yokohama.When I was an elementary school student,I took lessons at a swimming and a Softball club. - SportsSoftball is like a baseball in Japan.Softball was a very popular sport for children and there were many sof…

New contract We discussed about a new maintainance contract.And we decided to accept customer's request and make a contract.

Visiting competitor We visited a SI company.They developed and maintain our customer's systems.So they were our competitor.But they didn't compete against us in actuality.Because they specialized only in niche technology.

Last feedback meeting I had a feedback meeting with my member.I have been his manager for five years.We have had 1on1 meeting many times and have talked each other.But this was last one.He will be transferred to other divison.I wish him su…

Rescheduling four times I had attended a meeting with my bosses.It was feedback meeting that bosses tell me what they evaluated my work last year.So simply it was meeting about my salary in this year.Yesterday that meeting resccheduled.Thi…

Manual for customers Our member made a manual for customers.He is so young but have kept up good work.About this work I had a few decision but he finished the document that customers just want.Member's excellent work makes me so happy.

Adding a disk We worked for adding a disk to customer's server.Two hours later it was finished successfully.I thought that customers pay for their systems is not bad for us.But I hope that they add a server.

Customor meeting We have a customor's meeting.We reported a latest status of developmemt and discussed about next development plan. Diet plan I made a week plan for diet so that I will not have a midnight dinner.I had a bad old habit.When …

Unfogettable contract I talked about the contract for a maintainance with a customor.I sent a estimate for this contract 4 weeks ago.He sent back no mail and no call.I have called him 3 weeks ago.He said "Please don't call me. I was busy n…

member was absent We have a important server work.But main member of a project was absent.I worked in place of him.I gave up at midnight.

New rule We need a new rule of a system deployment.Our member made a blue print of a rule.We will discuss it and agree until tomorrow. Tea vending machine I maintained a tea vending machine.That work was cleaning parts, discarding old wate…

Sales people We visited customers.I met those customers first.I felt that they were typical sales people in real estimate business.They had no IT knowledge but a very good sense of cost and sale.I thought those customers were tough bargain…

New project plan We planned about a new project.Members, schedule were decided.We proposed a project plan to customers the day after tomorrow. Not management work I worked for a customer's request.The request was a updating the system sett…

8 o'clock I had a manager meeting at 8.This is monthly meeting.It was started at 8 everytime.I don't become accustomed to this meeting schedule.I really hope to change schedule. 1on1 I had 4 1on1 meetings.One of them give me some nostalgia…

Cloud service trouble We faced a cloud service trouble again.Fortunately with other division member's help, we found a way to recover a cloud trouble.We have researched a cause of a trouble continuously. Preparation for a new organization …