Via post “Learning, Doing and Teaching” on Life 2.0 We Learn… 10%…of What We Read 20%…of What We Hear 30%…of What We See 50%…of What We See and Hear 70%…of What We Discuss With Others 80%…of What We Experience Personally 95%…of What We Teach Others – William Glasser
Power doesn’t come from forcing people to listen to you and coercing them to do what you say (because you have the right title). Nope, real power comes by spreading your passion, giving people a reason to climb your strategic mountaintops and given them permission to shine/grow and Lead Without Title. Be there for people […]
I was about to raise an issue against one of my peers for repeated miscommunications on project with client. I was creating a conflict here – and with an ongoing internal dialogue, I realized that I am not creating a conflict just for the sake of creating a conflict. I need to raise issues/conflicts when something I see […]
Testing can control quality, but cannot assure it. Quality Assurance, as we know, is much more than just applying tests on the projects – its about choosing, customizing and applying a methodology that is best suited to the project considering the project scope, complexity, technical risks and many other parameters involved. When we do QA, we think […]
…via a post on Lisa Haneberg’s blog “Management Craft” based on the book she is working on – “10 Steps to Better Management”. Thanks Lisa, for sharing those wonderful ideas. Here is key takeaways/learning from the post “Leadership is not a job” What is leadership? Management is a set of methods and practices – a regimen […]
In the post “In the bad days” Astha Parmar delivers a very strong message – “Instead of fighting our energy and its direction, if we could learn how to follow it– we would not only discover more of who we are, but also get more done” At the end of day, people who perform over […]
As we know, building quality into the software involves cost – I came across a detailed and useful article on “Quality Cost” at LogiGear Newsletter. Author Rob Pirozzi classifies quality costs into four types: Prevention costs, Appraisal costs, Internal failure costs, and External failure costs. For software practitioners and quality professionals, it is very important […]
When working with project teams, it is very important for project managers to gather information – about project status, about activities, showstoppers, constraints, risks, individual issues and a lot more that goes into project management. Asking right questions becomes very crucial for a project manager to get the right information. Timing of asking these questions […]
I recently attended a small presentation from an executive on project management tools. During the presentation, he asked a question “What according to you is the goal of project management?” – meeting the agreed scope, time, cost, quality, schedules formed the part of answers. He immediately responded “The goal of project management is to add value […]