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		<title>Why Waterfall Failed To Manage Projects</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 12:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyday a large number of projects are getting ordered signed worldwide leading to its kick off. But a big chunk of this does not get signed off and completed as per the stipulated timelines. The committed deadlines go haywire and lead to customer dissatisfaction in all those cases where a project is not completed in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Controlling Agents Of A Project Manager</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speed: A project never runs on a smooth track with consistent speed. It needs to be geared up, accelerated or applying brakes on it depending on the situation. It is the project manager who has to manage and control the ABC of his project (accelerator, brakes and clutch) by understanding well when to release and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marvels For A Project Manager To Dissipate Large Amount Of Heat Lying Over His Head</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project manager]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=1070</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A project manager is the main driver of his project. Depending on the project size, he might have large or small size of multiple teams to assist him to reach to his destination. The amount of heat lying over a project manager during a project at any moment of time is maximum as compared to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Imagine A Project Manager As An Engine Of A Fast Moving Train</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If Project Manager is the engine of a fast moving train, have you ever imagined the amount of pressure he has over his head to ensure the safety of each passenger in the train, timely arrival at and departure from each station, creating comfort zone for each passenger so that each one has its own [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Golden Lessons From Agile Manifesto For Project Management</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Agile manifesto talks about &#8216;people first&#8217; and not about software for a software development project. it emphasizes on valuing people above everything else. If you are able to achieve that, nothing is impossible to achieve further. Though the manifesto looks simpler to adopt but is quite difficult to adhere to. Ten golden rules that emerge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Is Hot For Software Developers As Interns In Global Companies</title>
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		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/what-is-hot-for-software-developers-as-interns-in-global-companies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:19:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[business analyst]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=1065</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are doing MS or Doctorate (PhD) in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering you can apply for selection in software engineer job in various global companies. This would be a full time job initially being taken as intern. It would not be a regular in nature. One needs to apply after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Factors That Make A New Software Product Diminish Fast</title>
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		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/five-factors-that-make-a-new-software-product-diminish-fast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[software product]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=1064</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lot of software are launched on regular basis. Mostly these days you will find web based, cloud apps more in the making. At times some software get launched without much hype and propaganda and otherwise many software are launched with lot of advertising, hype creation and propaganda. Why many software falling in both above categories [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dual Responsibility Of A Tester</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/dual-responsibility-of-a-tester/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/dual-responsibility-of-a-tester/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 09:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management. Software quality]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=1055</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Testers have a dual responsibility while testing a product handed over to them. On one hand they are part of the organization that is responsible to launch this product. Development team, after finishing their coding part, hands over the product to testing team who in turn have to ensure that product is ready for UAT [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why More Bugs Satisfy A Tester More</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/why-more-bugs-satisfy-a-tester-more/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/why-more-bugs-satisfy-a-tester-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 09:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[project management. Software quality]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=1052</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nobody would like to have a bug prone app as far as end user is concerned. When an end user is paying for an app in the market, it means he expects to get what is committed to be delivered in a most satisfying manner with highest level of accuracy. Especially when the app is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What QA Thinks About Other Teams Of Project</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/what-qa-thinks-about-other-teams-of-project/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/what-qa-thinks-about-other-teams-of-project/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 15:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project manager]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software Project]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Designers]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=1022</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Referring to last two posts where we discussed what is the general perception of Developers about various other teams of project, and what perceptions Designers carry about other teams in the same context. Based on the picture given in the earlier post perception of Developers about various other teams, Let us now conclude What QA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Developers Think About Other Teams In A Project</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/what-developers-think-about-other-teams-in-a-project/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/what-developers-think-about-other-teams-in-a-project/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[software development]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[QA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=1015</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What an excellent crux has been concluded in this one picture by QATestLab on their blog. It depicts how a team during a project guesses about other teams working in the same project. Probably it might have been designed upon some large amount of experience and a feedback from various team members. If we leave [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Expectations And Software Development Are Wide Apart In Terms Of Delivery</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/business-expectations-and-software-development-are-wide-apart-in-terms-of-delivery/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/business-expectations-and-software-development-are-wide-apart-in-terms-of-delivery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Software Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business application]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As per a new study concluded recently that pointed out that organizations across the globe are focusing more on tailor made business solutions rather than going for standard solutions available in the market. As a result of that, software application development team within the organization is getting more and more loaded with new requirements whether [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing Right Hat For Right Person Is Important For A Project Manager</title>
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		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/choosing-right-hat-for-right-person-is-important-for-a-project-manager/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=1006</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A project manager has a lot of tasks in his bag at any moment of time during a running project. Distribution of tasks to right guys is an art but requires a science behind it. Before these important tasks become obliterate, it need to be allocated to some of the team member so as putting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lovely Lessons For A Project Manager On Making Decision And Promise</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/pic-a-lovely-lesson-for-a-project-manager/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/pic-a-lovely-lesson-for-a-project-manager/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[project manager]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are two lovely messages for a project manager on making decisions and promises/ commitments during project lifecycle to various stakeholders on behalf of various teams. On Decision: The message is &#8211; &#8220;Never make a decision when you are angry&#8221; make it a golden rule in your life. On Promise: The message is: Never make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project Manager: Count Of Unlatched Issues In Your Basket Decide Fate Of Your Project</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/project-manager-count-of-unlatched-issues-in-your-basket-decide-fate-of-your-project/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/project-manager-count-of-unlatched-issues-in-your-basket-decide-fate-of-your-project/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All kind of issues arise during any kind of project. They can’t be avoided. Rather, being a project manager, you must welcome as many issues as possible from any corner of your project management teams. The more, the better &#8211; in terms of openness and surety of things moving in a right direction. In fact [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Availability And Visibility Is Important For Project Manager During Project Lifecycle</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/availability-and-visibility-is-important-for-project-manager-during-project-lifecycle/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/availability-and-visibility-is-important-for-project-manager-during-project-lifecycle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 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 front [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Being Over-communicative Is A Big Boon For A Project Manager</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/being-over-communicative-is-a-big-boon-for-a-project-manager/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/being-over-communicative-is-a-big-boon-for-a-project-manager/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Lifecycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 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 does not mean that communication can’t be precise and crisp. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project Manager: Being Precise Requires Lot Of Precision</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/project-manager-being-precise-requires-lot-of-precision/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/project-manager-being-precise-requires-lot-of-precision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=992</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Being precise is a very important quality of a project manager. Being precise does not mean being short in communication or being non elaborative. Being precise means crisp and to the point in all kind of communication during any project phase and with any of the teams engaged in the project. At times you need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Organizational Factors That Make It Possible To Complete Projects Successfully</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/ten-organizational-factors-that-make-it-possible-to-complete-projects-successfully/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/ten-organizational-factors-that-make-it-possible-to-complete-projects-successfully/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[project failure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project success]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=988</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ten Organizational Factors That Make It Possible To Complete Projects Successfully: 1. Culture: Culture makes a lot hell of difference in the mindset of people working in an organization. Though Best in Class and Worst in Class are subjective terms and are in relevance to something or the other, it is the overall morale that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Nigeria: A global company going local in a big way</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/microsoft-nigeria-a-global-company-going-local-in-a-big-way/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/microsoft-nigeria-a-global-company-going-local-in-a-big-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[developer]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=986</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has decided to tie up with local software development professionals with dual motive. First, to act enabler for those guys in terms of providing them a platform and resources for their hunger for coding &#38; development. Second, to get a benefit of engaging local brains for development of locally required applications. This initiative is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Things You Should Know Before Jumping Into Agile</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/things-you-should-know-before-jumping-into-agile/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/things-you-should-know-before-jumping-into-agile/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 16:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management. Software quality]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=981</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How many companies would have adopted Agile and then felt helpless in carrying on with it? There would be. Plenty of them. Such organizations get influenced with any new technology, methodology, process or concept in such a manner that they forget to do their homework before deciding on jumping into it. There are certain things [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Basic Tips On Adopting Process Methodology Or Tool For Project Management</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/basic-tips-on-adopting-process-methodology-or-tool-for-project-management/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/basic-tips-on-adopting-process-methodology-or-tool-for-project-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management. Software quality]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=974</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is not limit in making effort for making a project success (or failure). Using a latest technology or tool for managing a project does not guarantee you that you are going to succeed in your project. There are a lot more things that matter. Adopting agile, for that matter and actually following agile are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Software Companies Can Do Wonders With Agile Development And Lean Principles</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/software-companies-can-do-wonders-with-agile-development-and-lean-principles/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/software-companies-can-do-wonders-with-agile-development-and-lean-principles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:36:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Lifecycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=972</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Around a couple of years back a very interesting article was published on Forbes website educating on importance and role of Lean and Agile in Software Development Organizations. Dan Woods, has presented his valuable ideas on how agile software development gets catalyzed by using Lean practices as used in manufacturing companies. Dan Woods in editor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Must To Have Components Of Defect Report</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/5-must-to-have-components-of-defect-report/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/5-must-to-have-components-of-defect-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[software testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tester]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=960</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Though you will find ample amount of templates online with the help of a simple Google search for &#8220;Defect Report&#8221; or &#8220;Bug Report&#8221; online, but still some of the components are must to have for any kind of Defect Report. Those essential ones are: 1. Scope of testing is important to be highlighted on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Collaboration Among Developers Has Given A New Twist To Nintendo Games Development</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/collaboration-among-developers-has-given-a-new-twist-to-nintendo-games-development/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/collaboration-among-developers-has-given-a-new-twist-to-nintendo-games-development/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=957</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Collaborating with second and third party vendors has given a new twist to the life of not only to Nintendo, a major games development company, but also of the small companies engaged with the Nintendo. This is new pattern of collaboration with smaller development comapnies that Nintendo has emerged with. There are talented development teams [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Pitfalls In Product Development That Delays Project Launch Drastically</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/five-pitfalls-in-product-development-that-delays-project-launch-drastically/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/five-pitfalls-in-product-development-that-delays-project-launch-drastically/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Lifecycle]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=955</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Delays 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 increases with the increase in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project Plan Is A Combination Of Gut Feel Guess Work And Objective Calculation</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/943/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/943/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2013 17:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Lifecycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project manager]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project failure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project timelines]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=943</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It 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 to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Ten Trends In Project Management For 2013: Global Leading PM Training Company ESI International</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/top-ten-trends-in-project-management-for-2013-global-leading-pm-training-company-esi-international/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/top-ten-trends-in-project-management-for-2013-global-leading-pm-training-company-esi-international/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2013 16:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Lifecycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project manager]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[agile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ESI International]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=941</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Three days back one of the world&#8217;s top company engaged in project management training &#8211; ESI International &#8211; has officially released in a press conference &#8211; Top Ten Trends in Project Management for 2013. ESI belongs to its parent company Informa Plc, and is engaged in providing highly focused training in project management all across [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Using All Features Of Project Management Tool</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/are-you-using-all-features-of-project-management-tool/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/are-you-using-all-features-of-project-management-tool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2012 17:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[project management tool]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project stakeholders]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=933</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You have paid a good amount of money to procure an excellent project management tool. This would have started with the identification of need of a project management tool after which you convinced your management and got an estimated budget approved for its procurement. Once the need is identified and approved by top management, next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Integrate It If You Use A Standalone Project Management Tool</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/integrate-it-if-you-use-a-standalone-project-management-tool/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/integrate-it-if-you-use-a-standalone-project-management-tool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2012 16:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management tool]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=931</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A standalone project management tool might not be able to cater to all relevant functions like finance, operations, PMO, logistics etc. And even if it; it would be asking for lot of duplicate entries that would be there as origin level entries at various points in various other applications. These other applications might be the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Training On Project Management Tool Is As Important As Tool Itself</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/training-on-project-management-tool-is-as-important-as-tool-itself/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/training-on-project-management-tool-is-as-important-as-tool-itself/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2012 16:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[developer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tester]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PMO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management office]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[project stakeholders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project team]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=929</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, 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 using this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At Times Customer Is The Main Cause Of Project Failure</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/at-times-customer-is-the-main-cause-of-project-failure/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/at-times-customer-is-the-main-cause-of-project-failure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2012 13:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Lifecycle]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=910</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here 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 scope and requirement. At times customer is the main cause of project failure but then who is supposed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Six Failing Factors In Project Management</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/six-failing-factors-in-project-management/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/six-failing-factors-in-project-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2012 13:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Lifecycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management. Software quality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[software development]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=906</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This 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 factors are many that drift [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project Failure Happens At US Airport</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/project-failure-happens-at-us-airport/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/project-failure-happens-at-us-airport/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2012 13:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management. Software quality]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Airports]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=877</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nobody would think that the things that happen in developing, under-developed and not developed countries can happen in developed countries like the United States too. Passenger screening machines being supplied at U.S. airports has become a highly controversial matter now. The fact coming out is that the suspected component in the whole game is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quality Project In Real Life Gets Awarded In San Francisco</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/quality-project-in-real-life-get-awarded-in-san-francisco/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/quality-project-in-real-life-get-awarded-in-san-francisco/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2012 09:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently there was a new in papers circulated around San Francisco. This was regarding an exemplary achievement attained by the District Inspector of Air Quality Management Department of Bay Area which has been recognized and acclaimed by the California Air Pollution Control Officers Association (CAPCOA). Sal Rueda, the district inspector of Bay Area AQM, has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sometimes When Project Does Not Drive On Its Own</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/sometimes-when-project-does-not-drive-on-its-own/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2012 13:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Lifecycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=897</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be Original While Testing Or Coding</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/893/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/893/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2012 07:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[developer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are few quotes/ posters I found on net which are quite relevant to the job of a QC and Code writing guys. Curiosity is something than can chip in an extra edge in both &#8211; a developer, and a tester. Never lose your personal touch in anything that you do in life. Do it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project Quality: Thanksgiving Means No Thanksliving for Turkey</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/project-quality-thanksgiving-means-no-thanksliving-for-turkey/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/project-quality-thanksgiving-means-no-thanksliving-for-turkey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2012 06:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Lifecycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management. Software quality]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[happy thanksgiving]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=889</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is Constance MArie on WhoSay. This is a small Thanksgiving video, and its tagline says &#8220;Happy Thanksliving!!! The turkey gets to live.&#8221; Constance Marie on WhoSay Well, if we correlate this occasion with Project lifecycle, let us see what are various Thanksgiving instances that arise during various phases: 1. Project initiation is the beginning. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IBM Smarter Cities Challenge Grants 2012 Benefits Healthcare Of Pune Citizens</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/ibm-smarter-cities-challenge-grants-2012-benefits-healthcare-of-pune-citizens/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/ibm-smarter-cities-challenge-grants-2012-benefits-healthcare-of-pune-citizens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2012 16:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Lifecycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[healthcare system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IBM India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IBM Smarter Cities Challenge Grant]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=870</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pune local city administrative body &#8211; Pune Municipal Corporation &#8211; PMC &#8211; has finally shortlisted global software company &#8211; 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 requirements shall be chalked out by PMC and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Controlling Or Influencing: Which Kind Of Project Manager Is Better</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/controlling-or-influencing-which-kind-of-project-manager-is-better/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/controlling-or-influencing-which-kind-of-project-manager-is-better/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2012 15:42:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Lifecycle]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=868</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Commandants In Quality Management</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/five-commandants-in-quality-management/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/five-commandants-in-quality-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 02:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[software testing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Quality Management]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=862</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[1. Quality is to be built along with the project development and not after it 2. Quality is not a single person’s or team’s task 3. Quality is not a TASK, it is a CULTURE 4. If Project is an investment, Quality is an assurance of secured return on this investment 5. Quality need not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Commandants In Project Management</title>
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		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/ten-commandants-in-project-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 02:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Lifecycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=860</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[1. 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 manager 4. Project Team is like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project Review Does Not Mean A Formal Meeting</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/project-review-does-not-mean-a-formal-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/project-review-does-not-mean-a-formal-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2012 16:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Lifecycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[project plan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=845</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Project 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Software Development Project Not Leading To Core Business Reports Is Not Critical To Business</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/a-software-development-project-not-leading-to-core-business-reports-is-not-critical-to-business/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/a-software-development-project-not-leading-to-core-business-reports-is-not-critical-to-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2012 13:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project manager]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=843</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The amount of data lying in the servers resting in data center of any organization might not be equivalently accessed, analysed and used in terms of Business Intelligence. The volume of terabytes of data viz a viz its churning to get some fruitful and crisp information might not be existing in right proportion. Any project [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project Task Prioritization With Eisenhower Matrix</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/837/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/837/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2012 11:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Lifecycle]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eisenhower Matrix]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=837</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Stephen Covey is the man who brought Eisenhower matrix into limelight in front of the whole world. But the actual credit goes to this man &#8211; , the ex President of United Stated Dwight D. Eisenhower. Stephen Covey used it extensively in his first book &#8216;First Thing First&#8217; and that is from where the matrix [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Is A Chronic Disease In Project Management</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/this-is-a-chronic-disease-in-project-management/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/this-is-a-chronic-disease-in-project-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2012 08:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software Project]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=834</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Project Management started like this and kept on running like this for years. It reflects the silos that exist within and across the teams working on a project. The silos at most of the times are not created intentionally, but it becomes prime responsibility of the key members of each team working on the same [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Apply 80:20 Rule On Your Project Priorities</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/do-you-apply-8020-rule-on-your-project-priorities/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/do-you-apply-8020-rule-on-your-project-priorities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:36:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[project priorities]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=831</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A project manager is always surrounded by project priorities falling in financial, logistic, people related, technical, machine related and many more categories. Each category is important and critical for project performance and enhancement. In each category, priorities will be set in different segments. There would be top most priorities, most critical priorities, less critical priorities, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Risk Assessment And Mitigation Is Fine But What About Un-alarmed Risks</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/risk-assessment-and-mitigation-is-fine-but-what-about-un-alarmed-risks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2012 13:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=817</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In 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 areas from where any kind of risks can arise. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Parameters to Select Tools for Automated Testing</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/10-parameters-to-select-tools-for-automated-testing/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/10-parameters-to-select-tools-for-automated-testing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[automation tool]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[software testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tester]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=813</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Following parameters may be kept in mind while going for selection of an automating testing tool: 1. Cost: Cost of the tool should be clearly justifiable with the number of projects in hand, foreseen to come in future, cost of projects in hand and those coming in future. There is nothing wrong in looking for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Myths of a Developer that Spoil His Career</title>
		<link>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/5-myths-of-a-developer-that-spoil-his-career/</link>
		<comments>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/5-myths-of-a-developer-that-spoil-his-career/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Khanduja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[developer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[software development]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/quality-assurance/?p=811</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We all have certain amount of myths within us and sometimes we start loving to live with them. A developer’s job is quite critical in any software development project as this is the guy who is doing all ground level work. Whatever he produces goes to the customer though after passing through testing phase. Understanding [...]]]></description>
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