Failures are stepping stones to success, it is said. The biggest mistake one can make is to repeat the mistakes made earlier. An article “Lessons learned from a major failure” by Michael Hugos on Computerworld.com made for an interesting read. While I do not agree to everything written, there are some valuable lessons I endorse. Here they […]
Michael Wade has added SQMI to his blogroll. Michael Wade is a Management Coach and blogs extensively on Leadership, Ethics, Management and Life on his blog Execupundit. Thanks Michael, for linking to SQMI. I am extremely happy to know that this weblog is gaining a quality audience and I look forward keep up to their expectations in […]
Why do software projects fail? – we wonder. Here is what Steve McConnel has to say in his book “Software Project Survival Guide”. An excellent quote – Software projects fail for one of two general reasons: the project team lacks the knowledge to conduct a software project successfully, or the project team lacks the resolve to […]
Earlier in by career, when I handled a lot of processes (based on industry best practices), I thought of best practices as a solution to day to day software issues from poor requirements to testing. I used to “go by books” when it came to implementing these best practices. Gradually, as I advanced in my area […]
Microsoft launched a cool new tool – Microsoft Live Writer. This tool enables the users to blog offline – users can compose the blogs offline and upload them whenever they are online. The best part is that this tool integrates well with other blogging services like Blogger and WordPress, apart from its native support to MSN […]
India is celebrating 60th Independence Day on 15th August, 2006 and I am thinking about Mahatma Gandhi – a man who played a pivotal role in India’s non-violent independence movement and is rightly called “Father of the nation”. A close watch on Gandhi’s life reveals that he was a master manager and a great motivator. […]
One of my favorite stickyminds columnists Esther Derby writes about approaching a conflict in style. Some very useful insights here. Over at Clarrus Compedium we have good posts on “Comfortable Communication” in “People tips” section. Worth having a look. Esther Derby, on her weblog, writes about conducting better retrospectives in her post titled “Instead of […]
There is always an internal conflict between what our gut feeling tell us and what our reasoning reveals. Normally, people choose to follow their reasoning, because its logical and probably supported by others around. I called up one of my team members and informed him that in he could have added a few more details […]