Lessons from Agile – The Minimum Viable Product
Last few months I have been fortunate to be leading complex enterprise initiatives using the agile framework that have in the past been delivered successfully using the traditional waterfall model .Thankfully due to a load of awareness created by the Agile community in recent times, convincing our sponsors and stakeholders to take the agile route [...]
Managing The Technical Debt Risk
The technical debt metaphor was first coined by Ward Cunningham in 1992 while drawing a comparison between the technical complexity of IT projects and debt in general. There are multiple definitions that exist and if I had to put in my own, here’s how I would lay it down. “When technical work is delayed knowingly [...]
Around the CHAOS outlook – How 2011 played out and what to watch in 2012
As the year 2011 wraps-up, I wanted to take this opportunity to share the top 10 (and interesting) technology and management trends and areas that dominated the scene in 2011. I also touched upon briefly what you can expect to watch within these spaces the next year, 2012. The most significant technology space to watch out for me personally in 2012 [...]
5 Steps to get your Project Schedule Correct
The following was originally a guest post for the steppingintopm blog When I was asked to come up with a guest post for Stepping Into Project Management (SIPM), I wanted to come up with something that was close with the central theme of the blog, which is helping Project managers on starting their journey on [...]
On Agile,PMI, and The Pilot Certification (Bonus – Discount Code)
Early this year PMI announced the PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner certification pilot program. The program officially started accepting applications in May 2011 and examinations started September 2011. Agile is not something new, but with the visibility and acceptance it has received within the last few years, specially at the enterprise level as more and more organizations [...]
Metric Mysteries – What, How & When
A metric mystery (what, how & when) every project manager needs to solve to be able to effectively use project metrics. Project metrics, you either swear by their effectiveness or consider them manipulative. Though project metrics and statistics in general are subject to manipulation, but does not take away their effectiveness. In fact they are [...]
What We Can Learn From The Apollo 13 Re-plan
“Huston,we’ve got a problem” these legendary words were by astronaut James Lovell from Apollo 13 to the mission control in Huston when the team on-board discovered the the damage to the service module caused by an oxygen tank blow-up cutting down power and water supply. With 58 hours into the lunar mission, the priorities of the [...]
Top 5 Project Management Time Suckers & How To Manage Them
Running out of time? Need to multitask? Cannot prioritize? Too many deliverables? As projects continue to grow, a project manager is often found caught in the above situations and as a result they often fall back to time management and productivity strategies, however that is like going for the cure without actually paying attention to [...]
How Worthy are Your Status Reports
How worthy are your status reports ? This is a question that every project manager should ask before he or she starts publishing them. Check the Dilbert above It is well acknowledged , that a status report is a key tool to communicate information to your stakeholders. But these reports can go beyond than just [...]
Zombie Project Processes
Process are key to successful initiatives. They bring in value add and provide the enterprise with the competitive edge to thrive. This is irrespective of the fact that your initiatives relies on PMI,Agile, Lean or Six Sigma. The nature and degree of implementation of these processes however may vary. But more often ineffective, rouge and counterproductive process [...]
A Personal Appeal
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