Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Live #Webcast: Three Proven St...
Sunday, May 29, 2011
#Facebook Still Has No #iPad A...
Friday, May 27, 2011
RT @digitindia: Micromax launc...
RT @digitindia: Micromax launches Bling 2, the Android Froyo fashion phone for Rs. 8,999 http://bit.ly/lkOz9K #in
#Tablet apps revenues to top $...
#Tablet apps revenues to top $15 bn by 2015: In-Stat. #business #career #professional #in. http://bit.ly/kBjBLp
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Reasons #Mango Could Interest ...
Reasons #Mango Could Interest You in Buying a #Windows #Phone. #technology #smartphone #microsoft #in. http://bit.ly/lhInI1
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
3 Gifts from my CSC Team
As many of you already know, I am not in my responsibilities of Photon and CSC Roles from Feb 4 2011. I resigned from Enterprise project management Office role, and now looking for opportunities in Delivery Management and Operations - also supporting to few SMEs as Consultant. My CSC Friends gave me a good party and few good books too – as a gift. Thanks to Neel, Veera, Shajahan, Sambit, Anthony, Kumbesh, Elumalai, selva and others.
I am yet to read these books but I am happy to share its titles to everyone.
1. JACK – straight from the gut – This book is written by Jack Welch. As CEO of General Electric for the past twenty years, he has built its market cap by over $500 billion and established himself as the most admired business leader in the world. His championing of initiatives like Six Sigma quality, globalization, and e-business have helped define the modern corporation. At the same time, he's a gutsy boss who has forged a unique philosophy and an operating system that relies on a "boundaryless" sharing of ideas, an intense focus on people, and an informal, give-and-take style that makes bureaucracy the enemy. This book is laced with refreshing interludes, such as "A Short Reflection on Golf," that capture Jack's competitiveness and the importance of friendship in his life. JACK: STRAIGHT FROM THE GUT is destined to become both a business classic and a deeply personal journey filled with passion and a sheer lust for life.
2. The Management Gurus – Lessons from the best management books of all time – Chris Lauer - Insightful summaries of fifteen outstanding management books.
3. The New age of Innovation – C.K. Prahalad, M.S. Krishnan - Named one of the "Best Books on Innovation, 2008" by "BusinessWeek" magazine. From the greatest minds in business today comes a groundbreaking new blueprint for executing the next stage of customer-created value. C.K. Prahalad, the world's premier business thinker, and IT scholar M.S. Krishnan unveil the critical missing link in connecting strategy to execution--building organizational capabilities that allow companies to achieve and sustain continuous change and innovation.
Once again, Thanks to everyone. All the best for a great time.
I am yet to read these books but I am happy to share its titles to everyone.
1. JACK – straight from the gut – This book is written by Jack Welch. As CEO of General Electric for the past twenty years, he has built its market cap by over $500 billion and established himself as the most admired business leader in the world. His championing of initiatives like Six Sigma quality, globalization, and e-business have helped define the modern corporation. At the same time, he's a gutsy boss who has forged a unique philosophy and an operating system that relies on a "boundaryless" sharing of ideas, an intense focus on people, and an informal, give-and-take style that makes bureaucracy the enemy. This book is laced with refreshing interludes, such as "A Short Reflection on Golf," that capture Jack's competitiveness and the importance of friendship in his life. JACK: STRAIGHT FROM THE GUT is destined to become both a business classic and a deeply personal journey filled with passion and a sheer lust for life.
2. The Management Gurus – Lessons from the best management books of all time – Chris Lauer - Insightful summaries of fifteen outstanding management books.
3. The New age of Innovation – C.K. Prahalad, M.S. Krishnan - Named one of the "Best Books on Innovation, 2008" by "BusinessWeek" magazine. From the greatest minds in business today comes a groundbreaking new blueprint for executing the next stage of customer-created value. C.K. Prahalad, the world's premier business thinker, and IT scholar M.S. Krishnan unveil the critical missing link in connecting strategy to execution--building organizational capabilities that allow companies to achieve and sustain continuous change and innovation.
Once again, Thanks to everyone. All the best for a great time.
Microsoft Mango
News BY MATT HARTLEY, POSTMEDIA NEWS (http://www.ottawacitizen.com)
Microsoft Corp.'s quest to reassert itself in the smartphone industry entered its next phase on Tuesday with the release of "Mango," the latest iteration of the company's flagship Windows Phone software.
Microsoft is adding 500 new features to its Windows Phone 7 software, which first launched in November. The "Mango" version of Windows Phone 7 will be available later this fall.
It said several new smartphone manufacturers, in-cluding Acer Inc., Fujitsu Ltd. and ZTE Corp., would begin building Windows Phone devices. Joining a list of existing manufacturers that includes LG, Samsung Electronics Ltd. and HTC Corp.
For Microsoft, Windows Phone has given the world's most powerful software company a strong foothold in the mobile device industry as it seeks to counter the dominance of Apple Inc.'s iPhone, Google Inc.'s Android platform and Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry devices.
Microsoft Corp.'s quest to reassert itself in the smartphone industry entered its next phase on Tuesday with the release of "Mango," the latest iteration of the company's flagship Windows Phone software.
Microsoft is adding 500 new features to its Windows Phone 7 software, which first launched in November. The "Mango" version of Windows Phone 7 will be available later this fall.
It said several new smartphone manufacturers, in-cluding Acer Inc., Fujitsu Ltd. and ZTE Corp., would begin building Windows Phone devices. Joining a list of existing manufacturers that includes LG, Samsung Electronics Ltd. and HTC Corp.
For Microsoft, Windows Phone has given the world's most powerful software company a strong foothold in the mobile device industry as it seeks to counter the dominance of Apple Inc.'s iPhone, Google Inc.'s Android platform and Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry devices.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Mind-map your way to successfu...
Mind-map your way to successful projects. An interesting presentation. #in http://bit.ly/jLaXj4
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
American Society for the Advancement of Project Management (ASAPM)
While discussing about the ethics in Project management through Facebook – one of my friends shared the below listed interesting information - I am just sharing the same for your views.
We, the members of asapm, in recognition of our personal obligation to our profession, to its members, and to the communities we serve, do hereby commit ourselves to the highest ethical and professional conduct and agree:
To maintain high standards of integrity and professional conduct, and to accept responsibility for our actions.
To avoid real or perceived conflicts of interest whenever possible, and to disclose them to affected parties when they do exist.
To be honest in representing our project management capability, and realistic in the application of project management.
To reject bribery in the conduct of our professional responsibilities.
To improve and promote the understanding of project management, of its appropriate application, and of its potential consequences.
To maintain and improve our project management capability.
To seek, accept, and offer honest criticism for the purpose of enhancing the project management body of work, and to credit properly the contributions of others.
To treat all persons fairly regardless of their race, religion, gender, disability, age, national origin, or other differences.
To avoid injuring others, their property, reputation, or employment by false or misleading words or action.
To assist colleagues and coworkers in their professional development and to support them in following this code of ethics.
We, the members of asapm, in recognition of our personal obligation to our profession, to its members, and to the communities we serve, do hereby commit ourselves to the highest ethical and professional conduct and agree:
To maintain high standards of integrity and professional conduct, and to accept responsibility for our actions.
To avoid real or perceived conflicts of interest whenever possible, and to disclose them to affected parties when they do exist.
To be honest in representing our project management capability, and realistic in the application of project management.
To reject bribery in the conduct of our professional responsibilities.
To improve and promote the understanding of project management, of its appropriate application, and of its potential consequences.
To maintain and improve our project management capability.
To seek, accept, and offer honest criticism for the purpose of enhancing the project management body of work, and to credit properly the contributions of others.
To treat all persons fairly regardless of their race, religion, gender, disability, age, national origin, or other differences.
To avoid injuring others, their property, reputation, or employment by false or misleading words or action.
To assist colleagues and coworkers in their professional development and to support them in following this code of ethics.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Top 5 Things to Do Before Buyi...
Top 5 Things to Do Before Buying More #Security #Technology. http://bit.ly/ljWKEe
7 Simple Tips That Will Turn Y...
7 Simple Tips That Will Turn You Into A Powerful #Leadership #professional #career #in. http://bit.ly/kyGXkV
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Management Magazine Websites
In today’s world, the knowledge is the key. Knowledge comes not only through own experiences but also from continuous reading – Yes, I mean Magazines. Magazines will help us to understand the current trends, market and business strategies, views and focus points etc. Many of us are not reading even news paper now days – we all watch it in TV. But reading is a good habit per me. At least – 30 mins of reading can give a message / idea / or solution even. Fine, let me introduce few online magazines – for business managers. Try to visit these websites at least once in a week – or get the RSS feeds.
- Perdido - Features articles, profiles of organizations and their programs, and book reviews in the fields of leadership, human relations, and management
- Selling Power - Magazine for professional selling skills, motivation and sales management know-how in the business- to-business environment.
- strategy+business - Delivers penetrating insights and practical guidance about management, innovation, public policy, strategy, and more.
- Workforce Management - Provides information on employment law, human resource development and human resource management.
- Chief Executive - Magazine written for CEOs and their peers. Provides ideas, strategies and tactics for top executive leaders seeking to build more effective organizations.
- Perdido - Features articles, profiles of organizations and their programs, and book reviews in the fields of leadership, human relations, and management
- Selling Power - Magazine for professional selling skills, motivation and sales management know-how in the business- to-business environment.
- strategy+business - Delivers penetrating insights and practical guidance about management, innovation, public policy, strategy, and more.
- Workforce Management - Provides information on employment law, human resource development and human resource management.
- Chief Executive - Magazine written for CEOs and their peers. Provides ideas, strategies and tactics for top executive leaders seeking to build more effective organizations.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
How We Moved Almost Everything...
How We Moved Almost Everything to the #Cloud 5 Lessons. #technology #business #professional #in. http://bit.ly/izOEY5
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Scope Management
Scope Management is an important knowledge area for PMP masters. It is all about making sure that the project includes only the work required to complete the project successfully. Here the success is Time + Quality + Content. To be effective in scope management, the manager must learn to control what is and what is not in the scope of the project. There are some best practices I learned from my discussions with many mangers in recent years.
1. Collect requirements in early stage itself and get a sign-off – It happens by clearly understanding the business of client, by understanding the needs of the stakeholders and the capabilities and constraints of our resources. I suggest interviews as best method of requirement collection. The manager must ask questions about stakeholder’s views of the finished product, the deliverables they expect to receive and mainly the schedule of the project.
2. Change Management Board – Change Control or Change Management board is a group of members including the key technical and management team of the project. The scope of the project should be well defined in a document and shared. Any amount of variation in the scope of the project can affect the project schedule, budget and ultimately the success of the project. The change request should first come into CCB for a discussion. The impact analysis results should be discussed. The approved Change should be published with its impact on other areas to all stakeholders. The change should be logged for any further clarifications. The roll-back scenarios should be planned.
There are more, lets discuss in coming days.
1. Collect requirements in early stage itself and get a sign-off – It happens by clearly understanding the business of client, by understanding the needs of the stakeholders and the capabilities and constraints of our resources. I suggest interviews as best method of requirement collection. The manager must ask questions about stakeholder’s views of the finished product, the deliverables they expect to receive and mainly the schedule of the project.
2. Change Management Board – Change Control or Change Management board is a group of members including the key technical and management team of the project. The scope of the project should be well defined in a document and shared. Any amount of variation in the scope of the project can affect the project schedule, budget and ultimately the success of the project. The change request should first come into CCB for a discussion. The impact analysis results should be discussed. The approved Change should be published with its impact on other areas to all stakeholders. The change should be logged for any further clarifications. The roll-back scenarios should be planned.
There are more, lets discuss in coming days.
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