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 […]
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 […]
Here’s the answer from “Be Excellent” blog on what makes a good process. Efficiency is about saving time, costs and otherwise removing waste. This is a traditional focus for quality professionals, and its history can be traced back to the days of Work Study, stopwatches and clipboards. (Efficiency is about doing things right.) Effectiveness means […]
Recently, I came across a very interesting blog called Stronger Teams Blog – an excellent resource for articles related to team building and improvement. Here are some of the posts that I loved reading on Stronger Teams Blog. Diagnosing teams to improve performanceA beautiful analogy between team values and human body and examination of team in […]
Robin Sharma inspires like no one else does – and he does it again with his excellent post “Your Team’s Only As Good As You“. A team can only be as great as a leader is – and as I have said before, a lousy leader mostly manages a lousy team. Robin says – “The big idea: your team will never […]
Via Raven Young’s blog: Once a project is in motion, there are many things that can slow it down. Here are some common project clogs to watch for: “Feature creep” (This is the most common roadblock!) Project agreement changes Poor team dynamics Multi-tasking Over-scheduling people’s time (for example, setting up a schedule where team members are […]