One of the biggest culprit in software project failure is poor requirements management and that implies that project manager must should be well versed with requirements management practices while also being open, responsive and adaptable to the changes in requirements according to the changing business needs of the client. I have worked with projects where […]
There is an interesting thread going on over at LinkedIn Answers where Venkat asks whether testing is a cost or an investment. Some of the key thoughts that crossed me when I read the trail are: Be it a product or a services setting, software testing is an integral part of the development lifecycle. I […]
We all know that Quality on a project is everybody’s business and right processes have to exist to ensure that everyone thinks about quality – be it review mechanism or having a set of metrics. Around the same time that I was thinking of documenting my learnings on this topic, I came across an article “Quality […]
Commenting of source code is one of the most ignored software development activity. Although a very important part of coding process, developers often think they can do away without writing comments. Missing code comments is one of the common findings of code review sessions being done across organizations. I have seen people who write: Useless […]
Agile is everywhere these days – my quest was to find out implications of using agile development methodologies in offshore model. Agile in offshore model has been a topic of debate primarily since offshore and distributed development does not foster face-to-face human communication during the project lifecycle. My quest lead me to read some interesting […]
I have written earlier about the importance of managing expectations all around in project management – same applies to our work as well. I recently stumbled upon one such situation. We had to release a version of application for client review in the evening and the developer working on the administration module left for the day without updating […]
Experience is a great teacher they say – and they say it right. Some of my recent experiences on project/team communication have been learning lessons for me. I think it is really crucial to have sound communication practices (both personal communication as well as project communication) to make our work life easier. The lessons? Here […]
Hal Macomber over at “Reforming Project Management” blog has written an intriguing post “Silence — One of the Two Great Wastes™ — Is a Project and Career Killer” – in the crux of it, “not speaking” and “not listening” are two great wastes that kill projects and often careers. Excellent! Very recently, I experienced the […]
10 Unbreakable Rules for Project Success via Reforming Project Management blog. Know what you are doing Know why you are doing it Be prudent, honest and prepared Play to your strengths Know how to navigate Know how to communicate Know how to succeed Know how to fail Know when the project is over Know how to learn