When I was a student and a budding writer, I had an opportunity to communicate with an eminent educationalist, thinker and writer Dr. Gunvant Shah. On a question I asked “How can one be like you”, here is his response which has been one of the most significant learnings in past few years. Please know […]
As a manager I am learning some key lessons in managing people. I have learnt that success of a project and hence success of a project manager largely depends on the people management skills. While people management is most important job of a manager, it is also a difficult one. So what have I learnt? […]
Robin Sharma is a well known author of bestsellers including “The Monk who sold his Ferrari”. I have been reading his blog for just about a year now. Robin beautifully puts complex ideas forward in very simple words. I have always loved reading him. I would like to share some of the snippets from his weblog – these are the […]
Failures are stepping stones to success, it is said. The biggest mistake one can make is to repeat the mistakes made earlier. An article “Lessons learned from a major failure” by Michael Hugos on Computerworld.com made for an interesting read. While I do not agree to everything written, there are some valuable lessons I endorse. Here they […]
Michael Wade has added SQMI to his blogroll. Michael Wade is a Management Coach and blogs extensively on Leadership, Ethics, Management and Life on his blog Execupundit. Thanks Michael, for linking to SQMI. I am extremely happy to know that this weblog is gaining a quality audience and I look forward keep up to their expectations in […]
Why do software projects fail? – we wonder. Here is what Steve McConnel has to say in his book “Software Project Survival Guide”. An excellent quote – Software projects fail for one of two general reasons: the project team lacks the knowledge to conduct a software project successfully, or the project team lacks the resolve to […]
Earlier in by career, when I handled a lot of processes (based on industry best practices), I thought of best practices as a solution to day to day software issues from poor requirements to testing. I used to “go by books” when it came to implementing these best practices. Gradually, as I advanced in my area […]
Microsoft launched a cool new tool – Microsoft Live Writer. This tool enables the users to blog offline – users can compose the blogs offline and upload them whenever they are online. The best part is that this tool integrates well with other blogging services like Blogger and WordPress, apart from its native support to MSN […]
India is celebrating 60th Independence Day on 15th August, 2006 and I am thinking about Mahatma Gandhi – a man who played a pivotal role in India’s non-violent independence movement and is rightly called “Father of the nation”. A close watch on Gandhi’s life reveals that he was a master manager and a great motivator. […]