This blog post is is second part of the series : Why it makes perfect sense for Narendra Modi to use Kanban. If you came to this page directly, recommended to read part 1 first. A survey done in 2003 on e-government initiatives in developing/transitional countries revealed that only 15 percent of e government projects can […]
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Narendra Modi’s fantastic rise to power is the stuff of legends. From an ordinary tea-seller to the Prime minister of India has been a long and interesting journey. He is known for for his track record for development. He did that in Gujarat, the state where he was Chief Minister for 12 years. Now at the
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Amazing case study of Agile Project Management in an eGovernance Project. The key success factors in this are similar to the case study from GE (http://hrishikeshkarekar.com/2014/04/making-refrigerator-lean-start-up-and-agile/) Fundamental changes are needed to bring in agility. Things need to be done differently. The big areas to focus and make changes in the GE pilot were Supplier relations,
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Interesting blog that describes how GE applied Lean Start-up practices and Agile principles to developing a refrigerator. They highlight three main areas that needed changes and focus – Supplier relations, Finance and Leadership roles and responsibilities. This was a pilot in GE Appliance, from which they benefited tremendously and are considering to expand this throughout
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In today’s highly competitive and dynamic business environment, software development organizations get pressured to release high quality valuable software products at an increasingly faster rate. Agile techniques emerged in the mid 90’s as a response to this pressure providing a framework that seemed better aligned to this fast changing customer requirements and technology landscape. The Agile
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Office politics is something we need to live with. However fanciful it may be to imagine a place where there is no politics, reality is something else. Where there are a group of people and even a slight imbalance in expectations and aspirations, there will be politics. Here’s my take on what you as an individual
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One day, a student came to the teacher and said in a rather accusative tone, “You have taught me a lot of theory but nothing practical.”. For people who are in the consulting field, isn’t this an oft heard response. Clients complain we are bringing them a lot of nice beautiful concepts that sound great
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Case study presented at Limited WIP Society Pune Meetup on July 20, 2013
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