Success of a project manager largely depends on his ability to make the right connections with his team. A few years back, I had a project manager friend who was handling multiple projects – because of which he was not able to really focus on making connection with his team. Result was a decline in […]
Via Fast Company Blog post “The Future of Work” “People divide their lives into work and play. But a clever few realize that if you pick the right work it ceases to be work and becomes play. The trick is finding something that you are passionate about and then devoting your life to it. This […]
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 […]