Dear Project Manager – Do you know (during a Project) how important the...
The most wrong statement from a Project Manager to the management during a project can be – “Everything is as per plan”. This is never, never possible during a project where a software development is...
View ArticleDear Project Manager – Are your efforts in tune with your schedules (goals?)
A project manager has to be ‘smart’ all the time to manage the project and for its successful timely completion. Major issue during a project is to be pro-active and smell the issue before it gets out...
View Article10 top “Do this if you want blunders!” in Software Development and Software...
Project in your review reports at all stages that situation is under control with an art of projecting inadequate efforts, planning etc as adequate.
View Article7 mandates for Customer Organization on Software Project “Ownership”
In software project there are two key agencies involved – customer and vendor. Both have to own equal responsibility in managing, monitoring and completing it successfully. In my earlier blog I have...
View Article20 most powerful and Smart weapons for Project Manager to Lead in Recession...
Due to recession, there is scarcity of business and projects for software organizations. In such a situation, the projects in hand (and the forthcoming ones) have to be handled very carefully for a...
View Article5 myths about Project Overrun
All projects are prone to overrun. An overrun acceptance is directly proportional to an organization’s fault absorption capacity. Accordingly the definition of overrun is framed to demonstrate an...
View Article5 ways to control project overrun
Project overrun is simply a project crossing its boundaries set by the organization. These boundaries may vary from organization to organization depending on how they blindly or how over-extensively...
View ArticleProject Overrun – what is crucial – time, money or both?
A new project started with a set of requirements from a customer for development and implementation. It was an overseas project so project cost was comparatively higher than the domestic project. The...
View ArticleRoles of Vendor and Customer Project Managers to avoid Project Overrun
Project management is a joint effort of vendor and customer teams. Project Organization members have to play their respective roles timely and religiously to get the best of the results. Both have to...
View ArticleHow to manage Change Management – in terms of scope of the project
Scope defined and decided upon initially by vendor and customer mutually has a large impact on timeline, progress and success of a project. A change in scope at a later stage may call for a big impact...
View ArticleThe life of a Project Manager in a Software Project
At this stage he is supposed to discuss this plan with customer and get ‘in sync’ with him. Once approved from customer, he breaks this plan into different stages plans to hand over respective plans to...
View ArticleProject Plans having no Place for ‘Documentation Process’ Compromise with the...
Both – Quality of Software and Quality of Documentation play a lead role in project management. Compromising with any of the two leads to increased cost, loss of customer satisfaction, delay in...
View ArticleTen cautions in case of a self sponsored project
What if you have chosen to develop a product for which you don’t have a customer right now? If you perceive that by the time you complete development phase and the product will be ready to launch if...
View ArticleTen Linking Factors between Project Management, Quality Assurance and Quality...
Project Management is vague if not adhered to a proper project management methodology. Project management methodology is useless if not in sync with a project. Quality Assurance is an integral part of...
View ArticleFive Ways to Increase Project Risk
Reward Scheme: Announce a reward scheme in your organization that whosoever will create risk for the project will be rewarded accordingly depending on the level of risk created. Motivate your...
View ArticleSoftware Project and Project Budget
Around 50% of software projects either overshoot the timeline/ targets, cross the stipulated budget, or do not satisfy customer regarding the features and functionalities. The plan overshoot is...
View ArticleProject Management and Project Measurement
Measurement is important to manage. We manage money in our bank by keeping a track of the credits and debits. The performance and versatility of project management goes in the same manner. There are...
View ArticleEight Mantras To Win Over Battling Project Targets
Project Management is involves strategy, plan and intuition. A project may be complex to manage if project targets are not indentified properly. It may be simple to manage if project targets are...
View ArticleTwo Types of Constraints in Project Management
Tasks and Constraints go hand in hand. Life is full of tasks. So is a Project. Project Management consists of lot of planning and re-planning. If everything goes smooth as per plan, there is never a...
View ArticleTen Tips For Outsourcing Project Partner Part 1
1. Understand Complete Requirements: Customer requirements for the whole project play a very crucial role in building a new product. The whole requirements are shared by many teams for various purposes...
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