One of the most important traits that a project manager need is effective communication skills. Project managers do a lot of communication with the stakeholders, end users, project team members, senior management, peers, HR people and quality personnel. Sometimes, projects that overcome most of the other technical and engineering challenges run into trouble just because […]
One of the most important traits of a good manager is the ability to criticize constructively. Criticism keeps us all on edge and helps us to perform better. I had a manager who never allowed me to be content with what I did. Even when I thought I did a great job he would always […]
“What is a test harness?” – one of the team members asked me the other day. While there are many definitions of what a test harness means, one of the easy-to-understand definitions at wikipedia.org goes like this “In software testing, a test harness is a collection of software tools and test data configured to test a […]
It is said, "A manager is as strong as his team is." I believe that periodic one on one interactions with team is a great way – to maintain a rapport with the team members – to manage expectations (to and from team members) – to keep them updated about the developments – to share […]
Skip asks a very vital question "How do you react with bad things happen?" – an excellent post that empasizes the importance of solution perspective in job/business. The world of IT and management is full of problems – technology and engineering challenges, unforeseen delays, people issues and many more. The way they are dealt with […]