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		<title>With No Measurement Of Plan Project Failure Is Not Too Far</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project measurement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project metrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project milestones]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Any project has some basic requirements like project committee, stakeholders, sponsors, requirements, initiation, team formation, plan and milestones identification, project development, execution, implementation, handover, and finally project closure. What it means is that each of these basic components of a project play major role in determining success or failure of that project. A lack or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Six Sins At Product Development Stage That Can Lead Project To Disaster</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2011 14:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[customer requirement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[development plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[development team]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Requirement Coverage: Requirement gathering and its documentation both need to be crisply and completely covered. Any lack in either of the activity is like a volcano in the making. In fact 88 percent of project failures worldwide are due to wrong or incomplete requirement study. Team Selection: Development team need to be wisely selected keeping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When And Why Build A Test Plan</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/when-and-why-build-a-test-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/when-and-why-build-a-test-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[project management. Software quality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project quality]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Test Plan is a basic and fundamental document of quality department. It is project based document so has to be made afresh for each new project. It has not to be very thick document so that it does not become just a record purpose document in office in your drawer or shelf. On the other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Constituents Of A Test Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 09:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[development plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project team]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Top sheet of a test plan must specify the project name, ID, detail etc. for which it is being prepared. At the bottom of cover page of a test plan do not forget to mention the creator’s name, usually it would be quality lead or head depending on the organization structure of quality department. Table [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project Management And Project Strategy</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/project-management-and-project-strategy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project strategy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Without bothering about organizational goals putting efforts in designing a framework for project management would be inappropriate for both streams. An individual is always different from a collective group in an organization. It is organization that rules over individual interests. That does not mean an individual has no entity in the organization but what it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Tips For Outsourcing Project Partner Part 2</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/ten-tips-for-outsourcing-project-partner-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/ten-tips-for-outsourcing-project-partner-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Risk]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[5. Benchmark: To rate each of your selection criteria points for each vendor you will be required to benchmark each criteria with the best possible value available across the globe. Against this best possible value for each point your assessment for each vendor will give you a better understanding at the end of assessment exercise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Tips For Outsourcing Project Partner Part 1</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/ten-tips-for-outsourcing-project-partner-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/ten-tips-for-outsourcing-project-partner-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Understand Complete Requirements: Customer requirements for the whole project play a very crucial role in building a new product. The whole requirements are shared by many teams for various purposes – viz. development, testing, implementation etc. A foolproof process of documentation of complete requirements is mandatory. The clearer the requirements, easier it is to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Types of Constraints in Project Management</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 10:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[capacity constraint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project constraint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project drive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project goals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project task]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quality constraint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk Management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tasks and Constraints go hand in hand. Life is full of tasks. So is a Project. Project Management consists of lot of planning and re-planning. If everything goes smooth as per plan, there is never a need of re-planning. In real-life scenario this doesn’t happen. Constraints are the generators of problems and problems need solutions. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eight Mantras To Win Over Battling Project Targets</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/eight-mantras-to-win-over-battling-project-targets/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/eight-mantras-to-win-over-battling-project-targets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 12:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project monitoring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project progress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project quality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project target]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project team]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Project Management is involves strategy, plan and intuition. A project may be complex to manage if project targets are not indentified properly. It may be simple to manage if project targets are identified, risks perceived correctly and risk mitigation plan is made a important subset of project. In a battling &#8216;software project targets&#8217; situation two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project Management and Project Measurement</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/project-management-and-project-measurement/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/project-management-and-project-measurement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[project budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project estimation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project measurement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project metrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project resource]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[targets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Measurement is important to manage. We manage money in our bank by keeping a track of the credits and debits. The performance and versatility of project management goes in the same manner. There are plans, estimations, targets, budgets, resource crunch and so on in any project. The ability to achieve the best results crossing all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Software Project and Project Budget</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/software-project-and-project-budget/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/software-project-and-project-budget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[management control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project delay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project manager]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project monitoring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Plan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Around 50% of software projects either overshoot the timeline/ targets, cross the stipulated budget, or do not satisfy customer regarding the features and functionalities. The plan overshoot is definitely deciding factor for the budget overshoot. These delays not only affect budgets, schedules, organizational reputation etc. but also decrease the customer base and business. Overshooting of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Ways to Increase Project Risk</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/five-ways-to-increase-project-risk/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/five-ways-to-increase-project-risk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[project charter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project definition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project deliverables]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project objective]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project scope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project team]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project vision]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reward Scheme: Announce a reward scheme in your organization that whosoever will create risk for the project will be rewarded accordingly depending on the level of risk created. Motivate your employees, team members to contribute bigger and bigger risks to the project. ]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Linking Factors between Project Management, Quality Assurance and Quality Control</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bug]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bugs report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Management Methodology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project manager]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QA compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QA head]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software Project]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Project Management is vague if not adhered to a proper project management methodology. Project management methodology is useless if not in sync with a project. Quality Assurance is an integral part of project management methodology. The methodology need to be designed, managed, controlled, monitored, reviewed and fine tuned by Quality Assurance. Project teams need to follow project management methodology religiously. Quality control goes haywired if not supported well by project teams. Project teams lose control over project at times. All these and many more factors need to bind project team, quality assurance team, quality control team tightly so that they all aim to a common goal of successful project completion. Following are the major linking factors between project management, project team, project methodology, quality assurance and quality control:]]></description>
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		<title>Ten cautions in case of a self sponsored project</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/ten-cautions-in-case-of-a-self-sponsored-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project methodology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project sponsor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk mitigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk severity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What if you have chosen to develop a product for which you don’t have a customer right now? If you perceive that by the time you complete development phase and the product will be ready to launch if will not be obsolete as per technology or concept, go ahead but take care of following cautions to be a winner in the game:]]></description>
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		<title>Project Plans having no Place for ‘Documentation Process’ Compromise with the Quality</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/project-plans-having-no-place-for-%e2%80%98documentation-process%e2%80%99-compromise-with-the-quality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[project documentation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project implementation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Lifecycle]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Project Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project quality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project stage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quality]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Both – Quality of Software and Quality of Documentation play a lead role in project management. Compromising with any of the two leads to increased cost, loss of customer satisfaction, delay in implementation or revenue loss.]]></description>
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		<title>The life of a Project Manager in a Software Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project implementation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project manager]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project monitoring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project team]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[software development planning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At this stage he is supposed to discuss this plan with customer and get ‘in sync’ with him. Once approved from customer, he breaks this plan into different stages plans to hand over respective plans to their ‘stage owners’. Development plan goes to development manager. Quality plan goes to QC head. Implementation plan goes to implementation head (himself mostly). Accordingly each stage milestones are identified which might be more than overall project milestones shared with the customer. ]]></description>
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		<title>How to manage Change Management – in terms of scope of the project</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 10:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[change management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project aspect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project location]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project manager]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project progress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project role]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project schedule]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project scope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project study]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scope defined and decided upon initially by vendor and customer mutually has a large impact on timeline, progress and success of a project. A change in scope at a later stage may call for a big impact on project schedule and progress. Let us see the roles of vendor and customer respectively in this aspect of project.
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		<title>Roles of Vendor and Customer Project Managers to avoid Project Overrun</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 09:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[project approach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project completion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project failure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project metrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project organization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project overrun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project progress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project revenue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project sign-off]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Project management is a joint effort of vendor and customer teams. Project Organization members have to play their respective roles timely and religiously to get the best of the results. Both have to go hand in hand right from the start of the project till end and even beyond. The relationship does not end with the successful completion of the project.]]></description>
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		<title>Project Overrun – what is crucial – time, money or both?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[domestic project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overseas project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project implementation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project manager]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project monitoring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project organization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project overrun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Planning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new project started with a set of requirements from a customer for development and implementation. It was an overseas project so project cost was comparatively higher than the domestic project. The respective teams for business requirements, development, configuration and implementation were formed. All went well till the implementation phase. The implementation team was ready to take the charge for on-site visit with the product to launch there. ]]></description>
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		<title>5 ways to control project overrun</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[customer engagement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[management involvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project closure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project cost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project momentum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project organization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project sign-off]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project training]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Project overrun is simply a project crossing its boundaries set by the organization. These boundaries may vary from organization to organization depending on how they blindly or how over-extensively (both extremes) they want to look at it...]]></description>
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		<title>5 myths about Project Overrun</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:51:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[customer requirements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project acceptance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project closure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project cost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project manpower management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project organization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project overrun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project timeframe]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[All projects are prone to overrun. An overrun acceptance is directly proportional to an organization’s fault absorption capacity. Accordingly the definition of overrun is framed to demonstrate an overrun project as rightly completed project....]]></description>
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		<title>20 most powerful and Smart weapons for Project Manager to Lead in Recession Period</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ascending approach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[best result]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brainstorming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cornerstone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[experience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[linchpin]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[product knowledge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[product quality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project manager]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[project team]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quality dependence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quality issue]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[quality strength]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scarcity of business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smart weapon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[software business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[software organization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[software team]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[team culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[team management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thinking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Due 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 equipped with which will not only make him and his organization a winner but would definitely have an edge over the competitors to acquire more projects....]]></description>
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		<title>7 mandates for Customer Organization on Software Project &#8220;Ownership&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/7-mandates-for-customer-organization-on-software-project-ownership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1.	Software Project Ownership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Rules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[implementation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[implementation phase]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Key users]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project close-out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project initiation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project manager]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project milestones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[requirement freezing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[specifications finalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[statutory requirements]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 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 highlight 7 mandates for Customer Organization on OWNERSHIP in a software project. If both these mandates are followed, there is not doubt about the success of a project....]]></description>
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		<title>10 top “Do this if you want blunders!” in Software Development and Software Testing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 10:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[business requirements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Code library]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Code repository]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[development plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[implementation plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organizational goals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[product development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project close-out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project documentation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project methodologies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quality Goals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[requirements analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[software development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[software development methodologies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[software development standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[software quality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software Repository]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[software testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SQA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SQC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[test case]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[test case repository]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Test Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[test standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[time to test]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Project in your review reports at all stages that situation is under control with an art of projecting inadequate efforts, planning etc as adequate.]]></description>
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		<title>Dear Project Manager &#8211; Are your efforts in tune with your schedules (goals?)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[project goals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project manager]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[software development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[team management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A project manager has to be ‘smart’ all the time to manage the project and for its successful timely completion. Major issue during a project is to be pro-active and smell the issue before it gets out of control. Second major issue is managing everything on your own, and hiding some bottlenecks from the management or customer. Infact by raising your voice and informing them about your problem related to the project will get you the solution faster and better. Taking the problem where you alone are not able to find a solution will enhance your image in their eyes. Similarly tracking your team is equally prime. Managing project is simple if your thoughts are not complex.]]></description>
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		<title>Dear Project Manager – Do you know (during a Project) how important the “Project Status” is?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project manager]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[software development]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The most wrong statement from a Project Manager to the management during a project can be – “Everything is as per plan”. This is never, never possible during a project where a software development is required. If this is the statement from the Project Manager, there could be two realities behind it – one, either [...]]]></description>
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