Mark Moloney got me thinking on project managers and planning when he puts forward a postulate on his blog “Mark wants a Porsche“ “Any project manager who regularly works overtime must be a poor planner.“ Working overtime is very intrinsic to IT professionals, specially managers since they have to deal internally with teams and externally […]
How many times do you feel good when someone agrees to what you say ? How may times do you get irritated when someone clearly disagrees to your opinions? Here’s an excellent quote by Frank Clark which I came across on Frank Patrick’s Focused Performance blog. “We find comfort among those who agree with us, growth […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]