Some Agile teams, especially those in their early days of the agile journey face the classic conflict of autonomy and control. They might resist the typical command and control measures that are inherent in many classical organizations. But agility requires a delicate balance of autonomy and control. Delivery of quality end products to customer satisfaction […]
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Kanban popularity is on the rise these days in software development. But why do we want to use it anyways? What would be the goals that anyone would like to set when they embark on this journey of continuous improvement using Kanban. David Anderson summarizes this excellently in the form of 8 goals to aspire for with
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Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) employ around 69 million people in India and account for 45 percent of the manufacturing output and 40 percent of the total exports of the country ( source ). The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMED) Act, 2006 extended the definition of enterprise to include services sector as well.
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) need Project Management Knowledge Read More »
Net Promoter score or NPS® is an approach to gauging customer loyalty and is increasingly being employed by companies as an alternative to traditional customer satisfaction surveys. Introduced by Reichheld in the 2003 Harvard Business Review article “One Number You Need to Grow“, the wider adoption of Net Promoter Score is mainly attributed to its simplicity. Net
Amdocs CES 9 improves Net Promoter Score for CSPs Read More »
Yahoo! created a buzz when their memo “Lets get physical” reached its employees. “Speed and quality are often sacrificed when we work from home,” reads the memo to employees from HR head Jackie Reses. “We need to be one Yahoo!, and that starts with physically being together.” Soon all over the internet, journalists and bloggers
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There are many books, articles and blogs on the topic of work life balance and suggestions to strike the right balance. In today’s highly connected world, is it really possible to have this distinction? The boundaries of work and life blurred long back with the advance of technology. It’s common to carry work home and
Don’t aim for Work Life balance, try Stress Peace balance instead Read More »
If the title of the post motivated you to read further, more likely than not, you have had your share of meetings which bored you to death. Either you were one of the organizers or the participants, but the way typical meetings are run, its a drag for many. Too often, meetings are driven by presentations. They
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The all familiar iron triangle represents the essence of project management. Conceptually its very simple. Scope, Schedule and Cost are the three corners of the triangle. Impact on one or more of these factors results in a positive or deteriorating effect on quality. For most projects (and most fall under this category by the very
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