March 26, 2009 10:22 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
HARE,
Organization culture,
Organizational discipline,
project manager,
project organization,
project team,
Software Project,
software team,
TORTOISELet me start with the classic story –
This refers to the team of a Project Manager. The team size may vary from project to project and organization to organization, but the story remains the same. Story is quite short and interesting. A Project manager assigns different set of tasks to his...
March 23, 2009 10:30 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
ascending approach,
best result,
brainstorming,
cornerstone,
experience,
innovation,
knowledge,
linchpin,
organizational interest,
product and quality,
product knowledge,
product quality,
project management,
project manager,
Project Plan,
project team,
QA,
QC,
quality,
quality dependence,
quality issue,
quality manager,
quality strength,
recession,
scarcity of business,
smart weapon,
software business,
software organization,
Software Project,
software team,
team culture,
team management,
thinking,
win-win situation,
wisdomDue 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 win-win situation. To attain that, there are certain smart weapons that a project manager needs to be...
March 20, 2009 10:42 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
project management,
project manager,
Software Project,
software team,
team leader,
team managementA new entrant at any level should never be burdened (leave aside “overburdened”), and an ample time should be given to him to prepare himself for the forthcoming project(s). If already there is a load of work, the minimum should fall on the new entrant, rest should be shared among the existing...
March 18, 2009 10:37 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
implementation phase,
Project Initiation phase,
project management,
Software Project,
software team,
Team momentumUsually during the period between first project close-out and next project initiation, most of the team members of project have not much to perform except utilizing their time in non-visible activities. This could include personal web browsing, social sites, pending emails, thinking about...
March 16, 2009 11:07 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Database architectures,
developer,
functional consultant,
module leader,
programmer,
project management,
project manager,
project team project leader,
system designer,
team performance,
technical consultant,
testerAll project managers depend on their teams working on the project and in turn the persons who form the team. Teams could comprise of project leader, module leaders, functional consultants, technical consultants, database architecture, system designers, developers, programmers, testers etc. To keep...
March 13, 2009 10:07 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
1. Software Project Ownership,
business practices,
Business Rules,
implementation,
implementation phase,
Key users,
project close-out,
project initiation,
project management,
project manager,
project milestones,
Project Plan,
requirement freezing,
Software Project,
specifications finalization,
statutory requirements,
UATIn 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 mentioned 6 mandates for Vendor Organization on Software Project Ownership. Here I would like to...
March 11, 2009 10:15 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
1. Software Supplier Organization,
Project Initiation phase,
Project Lifecycle,
project manager,
project monitoring,
roles and responsibilities,
software development,
Software Project,
Software Project OwnershipOwnership is a big issue in a software project. Customer organization assumes that since they are spending money, it is the sole responsibility of supplying organization to make the project a success. Vendor organization on the other hand assumes otherwise. Who is right? I think both are wrong at...
March 9, 2009 10:28 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
1. organizational self evaluation,
Code repository,
continuous improvement,
customer expectations,
customer feedback,
customer request,
empowerment,
innovation process,
off-site project,
on-site project,
organizational goals,
post implementation,
process integration,
product release,
project implementation,
project management evaluation checklist,
Project Management Methodology,
project manager,
project metrics,
project overrun,
project team,
Risk analysis,
Risk Plan,
roles and responsibilities,
software bug,
software development,
software implementation,
software project management,
software testing,
test case repository
1. Does a formal Project Management Methodology exist in your organization?
2. Are you using some metrics to check if this is the right methodology?
3. What is the degree of improvement required in your current methodology to meet your customer expectations?
4. What are your...
March 6, 2009 9:42 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
bug report,
bug-proofing,
bugs report,
business process,
business rule,
developer,
development team,
functional coverage,
functional specifications,
functional specifications finalization,
quality standards,
sizing of software testing effort,
software development,
software testing,
software testing effort estimation,
test case,
test estimation guidelines,
Test Plan,
test plan guidelines,
test report,
test result,
testcase,
tester,
testing,
testing effort,
testing guidelines,
testing knowledge,
testing plan,
testing time-line,
testing timelineIf we go by quality standards the sizing of software testing effort has to be done before the tester(s) start writing the test cases for the purpose. The estimate will clearly draw out of the functional specifications signed off between the customer and vendor. Without sizing the Testing manager...
March 4, 2009 10:03 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
business requirements,
change management,
Code library,
Code repository,
development plan,
implementation plan,
organizational goals,
product development,
project close-out,
project documentation,
project management,
project methodologies,
Project Plan,
project standards,
Quality Goals,
requirements analysis,
Risk Management,
Risk Plan,
software development,
software development methodologies,
software development standards,
Software Project,
software quality,
Software Repository,
software testing,
SQA,
SQC,
test case,
test case repository,
Test Plan,
test standards,
time to test,
top management requirements1. Quality Goals are meant only for Quality Department: No department other than quality (project management, product development, documentation, general management etc.) has to read, understand and learn about the quality goals of the organization. It is only the responsibility of...
March 2, 2009 9:59 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
business knowledge,
change management,
integration testing,
software,
test case,
test case repository,
test coverage,
test metrics,
tester,
unit testing10. Document with complete and clear requirements is as important as oxygen in the air: Requirements based testing is purely based on the requirements specified by the customer or software sponsor during the business requirements study phase. Documentation of all requirements (user...
