Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Orkut for Android — live fol...
Orkut for Android — live folders, photo upload and more! Expecting other social networks to come. http://bit.ly/cBky6n
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Videos Galore: T-Mobile HD2 an...
Videos Galore: T-Mobile HD2 and Windows Phone 7 Series. #in http://bit.ly/9BXzR0
Friday, March 26, 2010
Interesting topic of the week ...
Interesting topic of the week : A First look at Mobile Documents. #in http://bit.ly/9JKpDR
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Samsung intros its iPhone comp...
Samsung intros its iPhone competitor. More smartphones with samsung os / android to come. #in http://bit.ly/cMnOjT
Dell's new servers designed fo...
Dell's new servers designed for the cloud. The opportunity for cloud based development grows. #in http://bit.ly/93lxso
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Microsoft Officetalk, similar ...
Microsoft Officetalk, similar to Twitter is under testing; designed for enterprise. Developed by office labs. #in
Managing Risk in Project Management
Risk Management is one of the essential subdivisions in Project management – particularly for fixed budget projects. A project manager is expected to do Risk management as a Key activity in every organization. I remember my initial days, we used a simple excel sheet to list down some common risk items and have a management plan for each of them. Most of them are scope and resource based. Recently I met few managers; they concentrate only on Risk Management in large scale projects – as primary activity. Let’s discuss few suggestions from these managers to manage risks efficiently in small and medium size business.
1. Scope your deliverables
Many projects get started without a clear definition of the required deliverables. A project Charter – can be a simple WBS excel file – helps here a lot. This document should define the project vision, objectives, scope and deliverables.
2. Identify Risks at early stages
A simple discussion session with team – or a workshop – can help to identify risks at early stages. A Risk is an unforeseen event that might impact negatively on the delivery of project in the future. The third party delays, resource unavailability can be examples here. The best suggestion is to document every risk and determine its likelihood and severity of impact on the project.
3. The Team should take the accountability
As a project manager, the best way is, passing few of the responsibilities to each member of team. Suggest the team, which elements of the project charter they are responsible for delivering and makes them accountable by holding review meetings each week to measure progress.
4. Plan and Monitor Risks
The Risk plan should be created at early stage. This document helps to identify actions that the team can take to reduce the likelihood of the risks occurring. As the project progresses, the Risk monitoring meetings are required to review the risks we already identified. Ask questions, and measure review responses and action items.
Communication helps to reduce the stress in risk management. The suggestion is communicate the project risks openly with boss / project sponsor, so everyone is aware of them. Share regular report lists of the risk and plans / actions for resolving them. It will give them confidence in your ability to control the project and it will help gain their support when you need it.
1. Scope your deliverables
Many projects get started without a clear definition of the required deliverables. A project Charter – can be a simple WBS excel file – helps here a lot. This document should define the project vision, objectives, scope and deliverables.
2. Identify Risks at early stages
A simple discussion session with team – or a workshop – can help to identify risks at early stages. A Risk is an unforeseen event that might impact negatively on the delivery of project in the future. The third party delays, resource unavailability can be examples here. The best suggestion is to document every risk and determine its likelihood and severity of impact on the project.
3. The Team should take the accountability
As a project manager, the best way is, passing few of the responsibilities to each member of team. Suggest the team, which elements of the project charter they are responsible for delivering and makes them accountable by holding review meetings each week to measure progress.
4. Plan and Monitor Risks
The Risk plan should be created at early stage. This document helps to identify actions that the team can take to reduce the likelihood of the risks occurring. As the project progresses, the Risk monitoring meetings are required to review the risks we already identified. Ask questions, and measure review responses and action items.
Communication helps to reduce the stress in risk management. The suggestion is communicate the project risks openly with boss / project sponsor, so everyone is aware of them. Share regular report lists of the risk and plans / actions for resolving them. It will give them confidence in your ability to control the project and it will help gain their support when you need it.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Between PayPal, Credit, and De...
Between PayPal, Credit, and Debit, Credit Cards Are the Safest Way to Pay Online [Security] #in http://bit.ly/azUcK1
5 SCRUM Project Management Keywords
Couple of weeks before, one of my friend called for a quick discussion. He is a Tech. Lead in IT, and the recent appraisal gave him an opportunity to play the role of project leader for a new software project. We discussed general project management “TO-DO” practices, and I shared some checklists for his benefits. While discussing, I found that he is already doing some set of project management activities without knowing the right ‘technical’ titles of them. So I suggested him to also ‘know’ the keywords. I am sure many Technical Leaders, and Project Leaders and in same scenario. As knowledge sharing, let me share some keywords and meanings for SCRUM project management model today.
Daily SCRUM Meeting: Basically a 15 minutes daily meeting to discuss about 3 essential questions. Question one is “What have I done since the last Scrum meeting?”, Question two is “What will I do before the next Scrum meeting?”, Question three “What prevents me from performing my work as efficiently as possible?”
Product Backlog: The Scope / Requirements for a System, expressed as a priority list of Product Backlog Items. The requirements will be both functional (ex: a menu) and non-functional (ex: performance) customer requirements, as well as technical team generated requirements (ex: Tools). Product owner is responsible for the prioritization of the Product Backlog.
Product Burn-down Chat: The Progress of a Project. It shows how much work was left to do at the beginning of each sprint. The scope of this chart spans releases. A release burn down chart can be made for release specific.
Sprint: An Iteration of work during which an increment of product functionality is implemented. The duration will be maximum 4 weeks. Every Sprint starts with a sprint planning meeting. At the end of the Sprint, the Sprint review meeting and retrospective meeting follows. During the Sprint, the team must not be interrupted with additional requests. It guarantees the commitment.
Sprint Backlog: Defines the work for a sprint, represented by the set of tasks that must be completed to realize the sprint's goals, and selected set of product backlog items.
Velocity: Typically, “how much product backlog effort a team can handle in one sprint?” This can be estimated by viewing previous sprints, assuming the team composition and sprint duration are kept constant. It can also be established on a sprint-by-sprint basis, using commitment-based planning.
Once established, velocity can be used to plan projects and forecast release and product completion dates.
Daily SCRUM Meeting: Basically a 15 minutes daily meeting to discuss about 3 essential questions. Question one is “What have I done since the last Scrum meeting?”, Question two is “What will I do before the next Scrum meeting?”, Question three “What prevents me from performing my work as efficiently as possible?”
Product Backlog: The Scope / Requirements for a System, expressed as a priority list of Product Backlog Items. The requirements will be both functional (ex: a menu) and non-functional (ex: performance) customer requirements, as well as technical team generated requirements (ex: Tools). Product owner is responsible for the prioritization of the Product Backlog.
Product Burn-down Chat: The Progress of a Project. It shows how much work was left to do at the beginning of each sprint. The scope of this chart spans releases. A release burn down chart can be made for release specific.
Sprint: An Iteration of work during which an increment of product functionality is implemented. The duration will be maximum 4 weeks. Every Sprint starts with a sprint planning meeting. At the end of the Sprint, the Sprint review meeting and retrospective meeting follows. During the Sprint, the team must not be interrupted with additional requests. It guarantees the commitment.
Sprint Backlog: Defines the work for a sprint, represented by the set of tasks that must be completed to realize the sprint's goals, and selected set of product backlog items.
Velocity: Typically, “how much product backlog effort a team can handle in one sprint?” This can be estimated by viewing previous sprints, assuming the team composition and sprint duration are kept constant. It can also be established on a sprint-by-sprint basis, using commitment-based planning.
Once established, velocity can be used to plan projects and forecast release and product completion dates.
Orkut for Android — live fol...
Orkut for Android — live folders, photo upload and more! Expecting more for other smart phone devices. http://bit.ly/cBky6n
Monday, March 22, 2010
Twitter from your Smart Phone
There are many twitter applications available for mobile devices now days – most of them are free too. Let me share about my experience with one such application for smart phone – Tweets60. There are two editions – Lite and Pro. The Lite edition is free, where as you need to buy Pro edition. It is a native Nokia S60 series application, so it is fully trustable. Tweets60 pro is having advanced features like image posting, and follow search terms. The Lite edition is easily installable, and efficient to use – I am using it for Nokia E63 – I feel it is the best for a casual twitterer.
While using Tweets60, It is easy to see the latest tweets from your contacts – also to jump to micro URLs in mobile browser. You can reply, Re-tweet, send Direct Messages and add some tweets as favorites. Within a single click, you can follow or remove a contact. The configuration section allows setting preferred access point and refresh frequency to auto update latest tweets – you can also add vibrator or tone alert. The application shows @user, Direct Messages, Favorites in separate tabs for easy access.
March 21st is Twitter’s Birthday – Let’s take an opportunity to try this application in your Nokia S60 device and write me your comments.
While using Tweets60, It is easy to see the latest tweets from your contacts – also to jump to micro URLs in mobile browser. You can reply, Re-tweet, send Direct Messages and add some tweets as favorites. Within a single click, you can follow or remove a contact. The configuration section allows setting preferred access point and refresh frequency to auto update latest tweets – you can also add vibrator or tone alert. The application shows @user, Direct Messages, Favorites in separate tabs for easy access.
March 21st is Twitter’s Birthday – Let’s take an opportunity to try this application in your Nokia S60 device and write me your comments.
Friday, March 19, 2010
According to the USA-based dig...
According to the USA-based digital research firm eMarketer, mobile ad spending will reach $35.4 million (Rs. 160 crore) in India. #in
Project Management: Fixed Price – Mobile application development projects
Mobile application development is becoming a next generation business for most of the Indian software development organizations – particularly for small and medium size companies. In my unofficial reviews of these projects, through my known contacts, I find some ways to improve the work – here I would like to suggest them.
1. Mobile application development is not like PC software development. The major criteria here are device compatibility. I suggest get confirmations for required mobile models. Clients usually suggest “every single mobile in this world” – this is practically not possible. There are many compatibility limitations in available mobile devices – So plan for target devices and list them for new build releases – this saves time. Always release a list of mobile devices compatible with your application.
2. Change Management – I would suggest having a confirmation for prototype before get into real application development. This prototype can be a graphic model but with detail screens for every function and data flow. But getting new changes are unavoidable – yes, but you can update your client with impact analysis report – if you are in the middle of the development and you feel the given change will take some time to implement. Give detail reasons, talk to client clearly. Everyone is new to this industry – so it’s better to share details. This avoids unnecessary frustrations
3. Publish your project plan – it should show the milestones clearly. Give the visibility of your work to your stakeholders. This also enables you to get clarified with list of tasks you have to manage for the quality and best results.
4. Model a framework for UI and common Interface architecture. This reduces time in development, and helps to build and application logic with definite data flow. Build a content library for icons, images, color palates and templates. Saving time saves budget and resource usage.
5. Apply EVM (Earned Value management) techniques to track the progress of the project against the baseline plan.
6. The important point here is communication. Create a communication plan – and it should have not just conference call schedules, but also status reports, weekly project plan updates, daily improvements, new ideas, impact analysis – basically construct a friendly relationship with client. He/she should have complete understanding about what you are doing and what you are going to deliver and what all its limitations.
1. Mobile application development is not like PC software development. The major criteria here are device compatibility. I suggest get confirmations for required mobile models. Clients usually suggest “every single mobile in this world” – this is practically not possible. There are many compatibility limitations in available mobile devices – So plan for target devices and list them for new build releases – this saves time. Always release a list of mobile devices compatible with your application.
2. Change Management – I would suggest having a confirmation for prototype before get into real application development. This prototype can be a graphic model but with detail screens for every function and data flow. But getting new changes are unavoidable – yes, but you can update your client with impact analysis report – if you are in the middle of the development and you feel the given change will take some time to implement. Give detail reasons, talk to client clearly. Everyone is new to this industry – so it’s better to share details. This avoids unnecessary frustrations
3. Publish your project plan – it should show the milestones clearly. Give the visibility of your work to your stakeholders. This also enables you to get clarified with list of tasks you have to manage for the quality and best results.
4. Model a framework for UI and common Interface architecture. This reduces time in development, and helps to build and application logic with definite data flow. Build a content library for icons, images, color palates and templates. Saving time saves budget and resource usage.
5. Apply EVM (Earned Value management) techniques to track the progress of the project against the baseline plan.
6. The important point here is communication. Create a communication plan – and it should have not just conference call schedules, but also status reports, weekly project plan updates, daily improvements, new ideas, impact analysis – basically construct a friendly relationship with client. He/she should have complete understanding about what you are doing and what you are going to deliver and what all its limitations.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Healthcare with Smart Phones
Recently I did an analysis for Healthcare apps using mobile devices. There are very few available, and some of them are surprisingly free. The requirement for Healthcare apps in mobile devices is high due to now day’s lifestyle. Everyone – at least many of us - likes to have information about diet, food methods, healthy living, good recipes etc.
I found a simple and efficient application for Nokia S60 Smart Phones – The application name is “Healthy Life”. I am sure; this app is available for other type of devices too. This application comes as a midlet with web services enabled. Once installed, it takes your information – name, height, weight, desired password etc. It uses this information to provide you personalized information.
The application provides Nutrition Information, Healthy Life style tips, Calculators (Waist to Hip Ratio, Ideal Body Weight, Target Heart Rate calc etc). The Menu efficiency, Consistency of Products, Definition of Particles are very informative. You can find BMI Calc, Fat Calc, interesting Diets too. The question and answer section, Health news sections are helpful to get some useful updates.
Try this interesting application and share your views and comments – I downloaded it from getjar.com.
I found a simple and efficient application for Nokia S60 Smart Phones – The application name is “Healthy Life”. I am sure; this app is available for other type of devices too. This application comes as a midlet with web services enabled. Once installed, it takes your information – name, height, weight, desired password etc. It uses this information to provide you personalized information.
The application provides Nutrition Information, Healthy Life style tips, Calculators (Waist to Hip Ratio, Ideal Body Weight, Target Heart Rate calc etc). The Menu efficiency, Consistency of Products, Definition of Particles are very informative. You can find BMI Calc, Fat Calc, interesting Diets too. The question and answer section, Health news sections are helpful to get some useful updates.
Try this interesting application and share your views and comments – I downloaded it from getjar.com.
Five rules for the new busines...
Five rules for the new business environment. A must read article for managers. http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/tech-manager/?p=3152 #in
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Smart Phone + Flickr = Snaptu
Flickr is a well-known name for those who are into Photography and Arts. It is a social networking site with content (images) posting, organizing, sharing and collaboration. The flickr user can also add friends and participate with other common groups.
Smart Phones provide a great opportunity for photography interested bloggers / Flickr users to participate in Flickr, through the Java based mobile software Snaptu. It contains a Flickr widget along with many others for facebook, twitter and Picasa.
I am using Snaptu from early last year – from my S40 Days. The S60 edition is having same app, but with quality in processing time. This widget is having below listed functionalities for quick and efficient Flickr Browsing.
Search: Users can search for any specific user’s album.
Explore: Users can search for public photo albums.
My Photostream and Photosets: The user’s photo blog.
Contact’s Uploads: Photo albums from User’s contacts / friends.
The mobile users can enjoy photo albums, share their albums in Facebook / Twitter / Email, comment on Photos and visit their contact list – with just few clicks. Try Snaptu and share your views with us.
To Download snaptu: www.snaptu.com/download
Smart Phones provide a great opportunity for photography interested bloggers / Flickr users to participate in Flickr, through the Java based mobile software Snaptu. It contains a Flickr widget along with many others for facebook, twitter and Picasa.
I am using Snaptu from early last year – from my S40 Days. The S60 edition is having same app, but with quality in processing time. This widget is having below listed functionalities for quick and efficient Flickr Browsing.
Search: Users can search for any specific user’s album.
Explore: Users can search for public photo albums.
My Photostream and Photosets: The user’s photo blog.
Contact’s Uploads: Photo albums from User’s contacts / friends.
The mobile users can enjoy photo albums, share their albums in Facebook / Twitter / Email, comment on Photos and visit their contact list – with just few clicks. Try Snaptu and share your views with us.
To Download snaptu: www.snaptu.com/download
Lenovo brings IdeaPad Tablet. ...
Lenovo brings IdeaPad Tablet. Next generation touch tablet netbook. Atom n450 + 250 gb hdd. #in http://bit.ly/b3oPVC
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Watch movies in mobile - New Y...
Watch movies in mobile - New YouTube App for Windows Mobile and Nokia S60 phones. http://bit.ly/biOPIc
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Friday, March 12, 2010
Shocking: Windows Phone 7 Won
Shocking: Windows Phone 7 Won’t Run Old Apps, Won’t Work on Current Phones. #in http://bit.ly/cojJhF
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Smartphones may eclipse PC mkt...
Smartphones may eclipse PC mkt by 2012. More opportunity for smart phone apps development. #in http://bit.ly/ajcrMr
Social networking in mobile is...
Social networking in mobile is the next generation communication platform. 5 tips for using Google Buzz on your phone. http://bit.ly/cCCfMQ
Monday, March 8, 2010
Essential responsibilities for project manager
Whenever I discuss in a professional management group, I get this question – “what is the exact set of responsibilities for project management profile..?” This question is really valuable, because, many small and medium size corporate organizations are using their project managers as just project coordinators – there are many reasons and politics behind this.
To answer the question – I always list these essential responsibilities for project manager.
• Determine lifecycles, templates and checklists appropriate for various projects
• Assess priorities in order to optimize project success
• Evaluate the importance and best method of project authorization
• Define the project boundaries to minimize changes and focus resources
• Produce estimates for the creation of an accurate budget and schedule
• Develop project plans for communication, risk and change control
• Develop a system for resolving issues and reporting progress during the project
• Identify ways to increase or decrease management efforts depending on a project's scale
There are a lot to discuss in detail regarding each one of the above mentioned items. Let’s do it in near future.
To answer the question – I always list these essential responsibilities for project manager.
• Determine lifecycles, templates and checklists appropriate for various projects
• Assess priorities in order to optimize project success
• Evaluate the importance and best method of project authorization
• Define the project boundaries to minimize changes and focus resources
• Produce estimates for the creation of an accurate budget and schedule
• Develop project plans for communication, risk and change control
• Develop a system for resolving issues and reporting progress during the project
• Identify ways to increase or decrease management efforts depending on a project's scale
There are a lot to discuss in detail regarding each one of the above mentioned items. Let’s do it in near future.
Mobile security is an major ri...
Mobile security is an major risk for now days smart phone. Free mobile phone security s/w launched. http://bit.ly/cmPJmF
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Hotel Reservation Service (HRS...
Hotel Reservation Service (HRS) starting to be added to Ovi Maps #in http://bit.ly/asFv1h
Friday, March 5, 2010
Ping.fm Connects almost all th...
Ping.fm Connects almost all the Social Networks. Good to see a centralized tool.
Motorola offers opportunities ...
Motorola offers opportunities for developers with android platform. http://developer.motorola.com/products/
Buying Smartphone?
Smart phones are big hit from mid of 2009 and till date. We are seeing many manufactures in Smart phone production and related support services in recent months. Seeing the increasing demand for smart phones, Nokia has launched a low cost smart phone Nokia C5, a slim, sleek look geared for mobile social networking.
The handset features direct access to favorite contacts on the device home-screen and Facebook status updates visible from the phonebook. In addition to social networking, users have access to Ovi Mail, Nokia Messaging, Ovi Maps, a 3.2 megapixel camera, a 2GB memory card and high-speed mobile broadband. Currently it is available in white or warm grey with a 2.2-inch screen.
Before you buy any Smart phone, I would like to suggest checking these criteria for performance benefits.
The CPU – Usually there are ARM Processers in Mobile handsets, check the Mhz and understand the basics. There are many websites available for comparison.
The ROM and RAM – Yes, the mobile device is also having these Memory stuff – My E63 is having 256 MB ROM and 128 MB RAM. This is a very important criteria in Smart Phones because it support multi-process application executions.
The OS – There are Symbian OS, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Android, Palm OS, Black Berry, IPhone and Maemo Linux. Choose the OS best for your requirements – this helps in finding free or paid applications you may need in your Smart Phone.
Size, Weight and Keyboard – I suggest going with light weight phones, range from 120g to 160g. The Keyboard should help you to type fast & error free. I personally suggest full-qwerty keyboard, but many of my friends having touch screen. It is totally your comfort level.
Just keep these points while planning for a smart phone …!! Enjoy the advantages.
The handset features direct access to favorite contacts on the device home-screen and Facebook status updates visible from the phonebook. In addition to social networking, users have access to Ovi Mail, Nokia Messaging, Ovi Maps, a 3.2 megapixel camera, a 2GB memory card and high-speed mobile broadband. Currently it is available in white or warm grey with a 2.2-inch screen.
Before you buy any Smart phone, I would like to suggest checking these criteria for performance benefits.
The CPU – Usually there are ARM Processers in Mobile handsets, check the Mhz and understand the basics. There are many websites available for comparison.
The ROM and RAM – Yes, the mobile device is also having these Memory stuff – My E63 is having 256 MB ROM and 128 MB RAM. This is a very important criteria in Smart Phones because it support multi-process application executions.
The OS – There are Symbian OS, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Android, Palm OS, Black Berry, IPhone and Maemo Linux. Choose the OS best for your requirements – this helps in finding free or paid applications you may need in your Smart Phone.
Size, Weight and Keyboard – I suggest going with light weight phones, range from 120g to 160g. The Keyboard should help you to type fast & error free. I personally suggest full-qwerty keyboard, but many of my friends having touch screen. It is totally your comfort level.
Just keep these points while planning for a smart phone …!! Enjoy the advantages.
Salary increase for 2010 in In...
Salary increase for 2010 in India is projected to be 10.6 %, the highest in Asia Pacific and up 60 % from the actual increase of 6.6 % in 09
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Improve productivity with Agil...
Improve productivity with Agile Scrum development. An interesting article. #in http://bit.ly/bfrGmd
Six Essential Reports
Project management is the discipline of planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives. The Reports are important in every stage of project management. Reports provide essential inputs to team, top-management and stakeholders.
Reports can be for Status Information or for Metrics – they get information from Project plans and Log registers. Let’s discuss about few essential reports and their data sources.
Time based Reports:
Schedule based reports, includes achieved activities, in-progress activities, not started, not finished, estimated schedule, slippages, actual schedule etc. The data source is Project plan.
Cost based Reports:
Budget based reports, includes Estimated budget, actual cost for completed activities, pending activities to be completed, revised estimation for pending tasks, revenue reports etc. The data sources are Project plan and Account Revenue Status Sheet.
Resource Reports:
Resource reports are reports all about Team size, resource utilization week or month wise, resource availability, skill matrix etc. The data source is Project plan.
Scope Reports:
Scope Changes and Impact analysis, revised estimations, revised resource requirements, revised budget can be presented in Scope Reports. The Change Request Log, Project plan, Estimation Documents are data sources for these Reports.
Quality Reports:
Quality reports are about Issues Recorded, Open & Closed, expected delivery schedules, testing estimations & actual, Bug Report Status, Quality Metrics etc. The data sources are Issue Log, Bug repository etc.
Action Reports:
Action Reports are mostly about Action Items based on Status calls, Stake-holder communications, Opportunities, challenges, Risks and Issues etc. The data source will be minutes of meeting, Change request Logs and Project plans.
These reports can be in document format or spreadsheet, but I suggest using presentation tools – it gives detail view and helps you to add more graphs and models. There are many templates available – you can also develop and share your own models.
Reports can be for Status Information or for Metrics – they get information from Project plans and Log registers. Let’s discuss about few essential reports and their data sources.
Time based Reports:
Schedule based reports, includes achieved activities, in-progress activities, not started, not finished, estimated schedule, slippages, actual schedule etc. The data source is Project plan.
Cost based Reports:
Budget based reports, includes Estimated budget, actual cost for completed activities, pending activities to be completed, revised estimation for pending tasks, revenue reports etc. The data sources are Project plan and Account Revenue Status Sheet.
Resource Reports:
Resource reports are reports all about Team size, resource utilization week or month wise, resource availability, skill matrix etc. The data source is Project plan.
Scope Reports:
Scope Changes and Impact analysis, revised estimations, revised resource requirements, revised budget can be presented in Scope Reports. The Change Request Log, Project plan, Estimation Documents are data sources for these Reports.
Quality Reports:
Quality reports are about Issues Recorded, Open & Closed, expected delivery schedules, testing estimations & actual, Bug Report Status, Quality Metrics etc. The data sources are Issue Log, Bug repository etc.
Action Reports:
Action Reports are mostly about Action Items based on Status calls, Stake-holder communications, Opportunities, challenges, Risks and Issues etc. The data source will be minutes of meeting, Change request Logs and Project plans.
These reports can be in document format or spreadsheet, but I suggest using presentation tools – it gives detail view and helps you to add more graphs and models. There are many templates available – you can also develop and share your own models.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Nokia showcases new C5 Smartph...
Nokia showcases new C5 Smartphone. Its a new edition and I am sure many will follow this. http://bit.ly/aVzVbu
Mobile and Social Networks
Mobile Phones are becoming an important Social Connectors compare to Desktop and Laptop Computers now days. The % of usage is getting increased month by month. I read a survey taken on Feb 2010 – it says, 91% of Mobile Internet users in USA have used it for social networking compared to just 79% of desktop users. The detail analysis is listed below:
Instant Messaging: 62%
Forward emails: 58%
Comment on social networks: 45%
Connect on social networks: 43%
Share content: 40%
Share photos: 38%
So what you are doing with your mobile device? Just talking and SMS..? :-)
Instant Messaging: 62%
Forward emails: 58%
Comment on social networks: 45%
Connect on social networks: 43%
Share content: 40%
Share photos: 38%
So what you are doing with your mobile device? Just talking and SMS..? :-)
Who are you?
The question is very simple – but the answer is really a difficult one. I am discussing about how you present yourself in front of someone, some group, and in an organization. I hope many of you crossed this question in interviews – “tell me about yourself”. It is a decent version of our title question, and the answer can be little bit elaborated one, I am sure it is having reasons.
Let’s discuss about a simple version of answering to the question “Who are you?”.
A verbal business card is an ideal solution for this. Basically it’s a verbal sound-bite. It can be used to introduce you with someone or even help employers and contacts understand the type of opportunity you want and the benefits you can provide. It conveys your value and promotes your unique selling proposition.
To build a verbal business card you have to ask these questions to yourself.
1. What is my goal in speaking with this person? (case: introduction)
2. What does this employer need? (case: job interview)
3. What problems do they have, which you can solve? (case: contacts)
4. How you can offer solutions to problems? (case: business promotion)
5. What makes your unique? (case: all above situations)
You must demonstrate your return on investment if an employer was to hire you. In business, the ROI relates to how quickly a business expense can generate revenue.
For example:
If you were hired, how quickly could you generate revenue for the employer?
How quickly could you add to the bottom line by understanding the company’s main motivators?
Your Verbal Business Card, must link your past experience, to the main employer motivators. You also need to emphasize your benefits, instead of features of your qualifications.
Let’s try a simple exercise: Twitter Style Resume – Yes, a resume with 140 Char limit. Try to write your resume with the constraints. You can try two models.
1. One with Name, Qualification, Exp, Profile, Contact, etc (if any) to print – but remember the char limits. This helps you to understand what you have to present at first level.
2. The model two with Name, profile / service introduction, ROI + benefits, - your contact information can be presented at the end.
Try this and communicate with me – let’s discuss more about communication for personal and professional improvements.
Let’s discuss about a simple version of answering to the question “Who are you?”.
A verbal business card is an ideal solution for this. Basically it’s a verbal sound-bite. It can be used to introduce you with someone or even help employers and contacts understand the type of opportunity you want and the benefits you can provide. It conveys your value and promotes your unique selling proposition.
To build a verbal business card you have to ask these questions to yourself.
1. What is my goal in speaking with this person? (case: introduction)
2. What does this employer need? (case: job interview)
3. What problems do they have, which you can solve? (case: contacts)
4. How you can offer solutions to problems? (case: business promotion)
5. What makes your unique? (case: all above situations)
You must demonstrate your return on investment if an employer was to hire you. In business, the ROI relates to how quickly a business expense can generate revenue.
For example:
If you were hired, how quickly could you generate revenue for the employer?
How quickly could you add to the bottom line by understanding the company’s main motivators?
Your Verbal Business Card, must link your past experience, to the main employer motivators. You also need to emphasize your benefits, instead of features of your qualifications.
Let’s try a simple exercise: Twitter Style Resume – Yes, a resume with 140 Char limit. Try to write your resume with the constraints. You can try two models.
1. One with Name, Qualification, Exp, Profile, Contact, etc (if any) to print – but remember the char limits. This helps you to understand what you have to present at first level.
2. The model two with Name, profile / service introduction, ROI + benefits, - your contact information can be presented at the end.
Try this and communicate with me – let’s discuss more about communication for personal and professional improvements.
Monday, March 1, 2010
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