March 16, 2013 3:32 PM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
project manager
Project Manager is not the only person to be blamed for failure of a project. Like the credit of success goes to the whole team, same must happen at the time of failure too. But that is not the case. Most of the...
February 27, 2013 7:37 PM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
project manager,
Software ProjectA project manager can’t afford to vanish out of the stage during any phase of a project. His visibility and availability even at the time when he thinks it is not required, will always help in achieving better results during the project management. It does not mean that you have to be present in...
February 27, 2013 7:23 PM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
project manager,
Software ProjectA project manager with short tamper, over reactive attitude and less communicative always calls for trouble for himself during his important task of project management. Being crisp, to the point and precise in his communication is as important as being over communicative. Over communicative quality...
January 31, 2013 9:12 PM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
software development,
Software Project,
software testingDelays in projects do happen. Sometimes with reasons within control and sometime beyond control. A proactive approach, hence, is always preferred so as to avoid a big disaster at a later stage of project nearing completion. The later is the disaster, the higher is the impact. Severity or the risk...
January 12, 2013 11:19 PM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
project manager,
Software ProjectIt rarely happens that any of the project phase finishes as per the stipulated plan. Due to one reason or the other, the planned tasks somehow get delayed and at times Project Manager is not able to anticipate this risk in advance. A way of moving towards perfection for a project manager would be...
January 6, 2013 9:31 PM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
project manager,
software development,
Software ProjectThree days back one of the world's top company engaged in project management training - ESI International - has officially released in a press conference -
December 16, 2012 9:38 PM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
developer,
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
project manager,
Software Project,
testerWell, you, as a project manager, have identified the exact needs of your project management tool. In the next step you have also been able to identify the best option in the market. You also identified the champion who is going to drive project management with this tool, someone who is expert on...
November 25, 2012 7:22 PM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
Software ProjectHere below is a lovely comic strip from acentre.com on Managing Project Scope. This is self explanatory in telling how projects go haywire just because of non serious stakeholders, keeping lot of leverage and flexibility in changing...
November 25, 2012 7:10 PM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
project management. Software quality,
software development,
Software ProjectThis is a lovely comic strip from BrightWork and says a lot about the misleading components of a project. The whole game of project management depends solely on its drivers. If it is being driven wholeheartedly engaging all its stakeholders, nothing can take it away from success. But the misleading...
November 24, 2012 7:01 PM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
project manager,
Software ProjectHere is a lovely picture that indicates a classic situation during a Project where it needs to be pushed. At such times, the project drivers are not able to drive it at the stipulated speed and hence loose its track of progress. In fact at times its progress starts fading out and it appears that...
November 24, 2012 12:29 PM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
project management. Software quality,
project manager,
software development,
Software ProjectThis is Constance MArie on WhoSay. This is a small Thanksgiving video, and its tagline says "Happy Thanksliving!!! The turkey gets to live."
[brightcove]
Well, if we correlate this occasion with Project lifecycle, let us see what are various Thanksgiving instances that arise during various...
November 18, 2012 10:19 PM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
project management. Software quality,
software development,
Software ProjectPune local city administrative body - Pune Municipal Corporation - PMC - has finally shortlisted global software company - IBM India for working together on a new and comprehensive project. This project will be aimed at building a comprehensive healthcare solution for the residents of Pune. The...
November 18, 2012 9:12 PM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
project manager,
Software ProjectA Controlling kind of project manager would be more of a monarch and less kind of diplomatic. This kind of project manager would not be interested in liberalism or any kind of flexibility. He would be liking more of the silent obeying guys in his team rather than those who discuss and like to put...
October 31, 2012 8:05 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
project manager,
Software Project1. Project Management is not a game, it is a strategy
2. Project Tools are irrelevant to Project Drive and Success. Same Project Tool may not fit well for another
project team working on similar kind of project
3. Stakeholders are as important drivers of the project as project...
October 14, 2012 10:02 PM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
Software ProjectProject Plan without a regular review is as good as a rail on the track without an engine. Hence though the rail is on the track but is not moving since there is no driving or moving force to it. Similarly howsoever structured or strong project plan is built, if there is no review to monitor the...
October 14, 2012 5:05 PM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
Software ProjectStephen Covey is the man who brought Eisenhower matrix into limelight in front of the whole world. But the actual credit goes to this man - 
, the ex...
September 29, 2012 6:33 PM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
project manager,
Software ProjectIn any project prior to its development, during the initiation phase, risk assessment, analysis and mitigation planning is done. PM office, Project team, external stakeholders including the end customer management team members all become the part of this committee to work out and cover all possible...
August 19, 2012 10:37 PM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Cycle Time,
developer,
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
project manager,
software developmentHey Guys! While exploring in the ocean of videos called Youtube, I managed to find another good video that was educative, informative, guiding and humorous all at the same time. It is focused on some of the very important aspects of product development or production. Customer requirement is most...
August 5, 2012 1:43 PM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
project manager,
software development,
Software ProjectIf, for any kind of project, focus on three important areas when put right since the beginning of project; might help in attaining desired results and outcomes in appropriate, timely and within budget targets. The logistics are not mentioned here in terms of their importance as I feel all of them...
July 22, 2012 10:59 PM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
developer,
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
project manager,
software,
software development,
Software Project,
software testing,
tester,
testingWaterfall Video
Hey guys, this is not a technical video attached here in this post. This is a waterfall in a place called Panchkula near Jammu in India. This waterfall video I have watched n number of times and every nth time I watch it,...
July 22, 2012 8:51 PM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
developer,
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
project management. Software quality,
software,
software development,
Software Project,
software testing,
tester,
testingHi Guys, This is basically the video version of my long back posted article here on IT Knowledge Exchange website. Probably that is one of my earliest blogs and it got quite popular among readers belonging to Project Management, Software Projects, Quality Assurance, Quality Control fields.
Here...
June 30, 2012 11:20 PM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
project constraint,
Project Development,
Project Lifecycle,
Project Management Methodology,
project requirement,
project stakeholder,
Software Project,
software qualityChange in requirements does happen frequently or infrequently depending on the acceptability level of development team. It also depends on how tightly activities are planned and milestones are being monitored. At times there are certain changes that come right in the middle of a project but shake...
June 30, 2012 10:46 PM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Project Lifecycle,
project management evaluation checklist,
project manager,
software development,
Software Project,
software qualityChange in requirements is not an unknown phenomenon in any kind of project. In software development it is rather happens more frequently. The adaptability of asking for such changes from customer end and accepting such changes at vendor end is quite higher and syncs well to such an...
June 30, 2012 10:15 PM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
developer,
Project Lifecycle,
project manager,
software,
software development,
Software Project,
software qualityDevelopers are probably most creative group of people who keep themselves engaged in creating code all the time. Since perfection and human beings are some steps apart in whatsoever is done by human beings, there always is an urge found to strive for perfection. This is what makes them good...
January 11, 2012 5:45 PM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
project execution,
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
project phaseProbably it is quite uncertain to predict that a project will run smooth throughout and will face no troubles of any kind during its any of the phases. It is practically impossible to believe it and claim at all about any kind of project sizing from very small to any big size. Troubles and hiccups...
February 11, 2011 11:42 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
project dashboard,
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
project manager,
project metrics,
project portfolio,
Software Project,
team performanceYour project dashboard is very important during project management and equally important is its visibility. Purpose of dashboard is not merely for the sake of its existence. Purpose is much more beyond its purpose of merely existence.
Your dashboard must be a report...
September 17, 2010 6:55 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
development management,
Development Manager,
product development,
product management,
product manager,
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
project manager,
software development,
Software Project,
testingAny product development requires extensive testing process before it is launched for production. A great effort is put by the software development company to launch the product for its customer in its perfect working condition. The goal is to provide the customer with an equivalent...
August 31, 2010 10:43 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
change management,
development management,
issue management,
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
requirement management,
Software ProjectProject Management is not everything related to the management of a project. It is absolutely not the end of the road. If you have a well defined project management methodology (or different methodologies for different project types actually), it never means that just the regular...
April 19, 2010 9:54 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
project failure,
project health,
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
project management tool,
project methodology,
project monitoring,
project progress,
project success,
project tool,
software methodology,
Software Project,
software toolSoftware project may finally result into success or failure depending on certain factors. It doesn’t exactly depend only on the methodologies and tools adopted during the project lifecycle. It also depends on the human factor comprising of administration, team members, team leaders, project...
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...
December 9, 2009 10:00 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
bottleneck,
organization,
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
Software ProjectDo you have an Idea Factory within your organization? Ideas give you an indication that the teams and their constituents (the team members) are alive and functioning properly. It also indicates the culture of the organization. All project members...
November 27, 2009 10:00 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Development,
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
QA,
QC,
quality,
Software ProjectIt is said that if you are going to a new place and you have done your research about that place before starting your journey, you are definitely going to call off lot of troubles. It does not mean that when you actually start your journey and reach that place or till the time you stay there...
November 23, 2009 10:00 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Project Development,
project implementation,
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
project methodology,
risk,
Risk Management,
software development,
software management,
software requirement,
tester,
testingAny software development and implementation project comprises of risks. The visible risks are easy to handle or manage. Invisible risks are more vulnerable. Invisible risks are like volcanoes that can erupt without any warning and can...
November 3, 2009 10:00 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
project documentation,
project implementation,
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
Project Plan,
project quality,
project stage,
quality,
software,
software quality,
software testing,
testingIf we have to compromise with the quality of project at various stages there are many ways to do that. Most stupid way will be to compromise with the quality of the software which in any case is going to create lot of hue and cry in the organization either prior to it goes to customer during...
October 9, 2009 6:29 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
developer,
implementation,
Project Lifecycle,
project phase,
project team,
software development,
software product,
Software Project,
software testing,
testerPhase I: There is nothing called ‘off the shelf” product. It is all ‘made-to-fit’ technique. You specify your requirements and that too at a broader level. For micro level leave a red-mark at areas that need to be looked into at the time of building of software. The more red-marks will mean...
August 12, 2009 10:00 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Project,
project execution,
Project Lifecycle,
project phase,
Software ProjectWhat is cycle time?
Cycle time in terms of a software project is the time taken from its initiation to handover. Another measure in terms of commercials could be order to execution to recovery... A project lifecycle in other terms
Do you measure it?
You might be banking on your experience...
July 13, 2009 10:00 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
benchmarking,
bottleneck,
execution,
load modeling,
load testing,
performance testing,
Project Lifecycle,
scripting,
Software Project,
software testing,
stress testing,
test case,
test execution,
Test Plan,
test report,
test script,
test strategy,
testing,
testing component,
testing lifecycle,
testing parameter,
testing phase,
testing report,
testing script,
testing tool,
volume testingAs in a software project, the complete project lifecycle comprises of different phases. Similarly the performance testing lifecycle also comprises of various phases. Performance testing is usually, as the name suggests, is done to evaluate or examine the performance of the software product with the...
May 13, 2009 9:35 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
project achievements,
project customer,
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
project manager,
project milestones,
project sign-off,
project stages,
project stakeholders,
project vendor,
Software ProjectSign-off at various stages has a significant importance during project lifecycle. Everyday sign-off can be a headache for customer, no sign-off can cause headache for vendor, so there has to be a balance of sign-offs of milestones, achievements and stages of project so that the sanctity of...
May 8, 2009 10:09 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
change management,
manpower management,
project guidelines,
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
project stages,
Risk Management,
risk mitigation,
Risk Plan,
Software ProjectAlthough it can not be avoided in real life scenario and that is why there is a risk plan and risk management to avoid such circumstances. But still a lot can be done to atleast minimize the risk and thereby mitigation.
Vendor - Management has to ensure the bare minimum changes (preferably NO...
April 13, 2009 10:01 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
project implementation,
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
project manager,
software development,
software implementation,
Software Project,
software testingNo project manager can claim there was not a single problem in any of his projects. But then he is to tackle them. To tackle them he should be aware of them. To be aware of them, he has to have an ability to foresee them than to overlook them. The earlier he envisages those problems, the more time...
April 6, 2009 10:29 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
countermeasure,
fool-proofing,
impact analysis,
Project Lifecycle,
risk assessment,
risk identification,
risk impact,
Risk lifecycle,
Risk Management,
risk severity,
SDLC,
Software application,
software project managementSimilar to SDLC (software development lifecycle management), there is RLC or Risk lifecycle management in a software application in which there are different stages involved. The different stages could be risk identification, risk assessment, impact analysis, countermeasure identification,...
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...
February 25, 2009 10:02 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Avoid cost increases,
Avoid revenue loss,
business survival,
continuous learning,
customer delight,
customer requirements,
customer satisfaction,
first time right,
growth,
Improved service,
Increase in revenue,
maturity,
profits,
project completion,
Project Lifecycle,
project objectives,
project overrun,
project quality,
project sign-off,
Reduce costs,
revenues,
software business,
software metrics,
Software Project,
software project management,
software quality,
software requirements,
stakeholders,
standards and methodology,
team accountability,
Team building,
team responsibility,
team role,
transparencyCertainly and obviously, every business has a set of objectives. Every business strives for survival, growth, revenues, profits, satisfaction and maturity. The clearer the objective are, the easier it is to achieve them. To achieve the objectives, if the destination is clear,...
January 12, 2009 10:04 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
business management,
business requirements,
customer requirements,
defect free software,
Development,
documentation,
Project Development,
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
SDLC,
software,
software development,
software quality,
software quality assurance,
software requirement,
software testingIn software development project what matters most is the timely accurate delivery that gives the benefit of defect free product, customer satisfaction, profits, market edge, growth, motivation across the organization etc. All this is not easy to achieve having so many enemies in and outside the...
December 30, 2008 9:46 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Development Manager,
Project Development,
Project Head,
project implementation,
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
project manager,
software development,
SoftwareProjectManagerThe charter of a project manager or development manager at the start of a new project which requires extensive fresh development comprises of many pitfalls or showstoppers. To win over them, the project manager or development manager requires a well defined charter to adhere to.
The key points...
December 26, 2008 9:44 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
ChangeManagement,
Development Manager,
Project Development,
Project Head,
project implementation,
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
project manager,
ProjectLifeCycle,
SDLC,
SoftwareProjectManagerA large software development project can become scary for the development manager who is handling the project provided (s)he is lacking the experience and ability to manage people, machines, requirements and time in appropriate manner. A balanced control is the call of the time at this juncture, to...
December 24, 2008 10:04 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
ChangeManagement,
Development Manager,
Project Development,
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
QA,
QC,
SDLC,
software,
software qa,
software quality,
software quality assurance,
software testing,
SQAThe goal of any software organization is to develop software applications in-house, or co-develop with an external agency, that meet and exceed internationally accepted quality standards. Every one knows it, that the key role in this is of QA department. With this intention, a dedicated QA...
December 10, 2008 10:43 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Project Development,
Project Head,
project implementation,
Project Lifecycle,
project management,
project manager,
ProjectLifeCycleA project head has to interact most of the time with inter and intra team members, management, customer key users, customer management and so on. Intra team members include his project leaders, project members, functional consultants, and technical leads. On intra teams front he has to continuously...
