March 25, 2010 10:24 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
project management,
project stakeholder,
software development,
Software Project,
test team,
tester,
testing1. One big mistake that a project manager makes is that testers are not treated as major stakeholders in the project.
2. Development team has a misconception of treating tester as someone policing and pinpointing loopholes in developer’s area...
March 22, 2010 11:20 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Bug,
bug report,
developer,
project management,
software development,
software testing,
testerA tester’s prime task after testing a product is to describe the bug. The development team while receiving a test report of a product from tester expects a detailed bug report. The report should be presented in such a way that is easily understood by developers. The point of...
March 19, 2010 12:07 PM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
milestone,
project management,
project manager,
project phase,
project stage1. During all the project management phases, each process should be clearly having operational key indicator metrics to measure the health of the project at any stage.
2. Approvals, decisions, milestones, tasks, micro tasks should not become a...
March 18, 2010 12:30 PM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
project management,
project manager,
project reputation,
project stakePeers: There is always a peer pressure, right from our school age. There are people who always try to make you feel inferior, or insignificant so as to increase their importance of for any other purpose. The same happens in corporate world too. There will be people at your level...
March 15, 2010 11:55 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
key user,
project management,
software development,
Software Project,
stakeholder1. Key users are selected based on their organization engagement, knowledge about the business; and their own area expertise.
2. The selection criteria also depend on their openness and acceptance to adaptability, manageability, and their goodwill.
3. Key...
March 11, 2010 6:29 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
project management,
project manager,
project team,
Software ProjectYou have many projects running in your organization. You have to compete with peers, competitors, time, money and yourself to manage these projects to finish in time. There are clashes in priorities among various project timelines....
March 10, 2010 9:00 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
customer management,
project management,
project stakeholder,
Software Project1. Customer Management: Usually the top management’s involvement is very important during any stage of a project.
2. But tragedy is that they contribute too less in the project.
3. They consider themselves as the busiest person on this earth and for this...
March 9, 2010 9:15 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
project manager,
project stakeholder,
Software ProjectThere are many stakeholders having different proportions of stake in a software project. Some stakeholders engage themselves during the complete lifecycle of project; others feel their presence is not crucial for every stage of the project. If any stakeholders feel...
March 6, 2010 9:00 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
high risk,
people management,
process,
project management,
Risk analysis,
Risk Management,
risk mitigation,
Software ProjectAny project, small or big, is bound to have risks. Risks perceived can be managed well as an advanced risk management plan can be prepared with the ways to mitigate the risk. Risks that are not perceived during the risk management plan are bound to create chaos and unplanned...
March 5, 2010 9:27 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
project approach,
project management,
project manager,
Software ProjectProblems are the reasons for opportunities. If there were no problems there would have been no opportunities, not much challenges, not much jobs, not much talent hunts. Tell me a project which gets completed without any problems. Tell me a person who has had no problem in his life....
March 3, 2010 3:03 PM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
development consultant,
Development Manager,
product consultant,
product manager,
project management,
Software ProjectFor any software product development, the product can be managed in two manners by either giving the development and deployment charge to an...
