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 […]
How do we do that ? Barbara on Business Analyst Blog has an answer – “Write Better Requirements“. This post throws up a very fundamental question : “If you don’t have excellent requirements, how do you evaluate the software’s ability to address the business problem?” Poor requirement definition by the stakeholders and poor understanding (and […]
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 […]