(This is the second part of the series on Getting stuff done. Read from the beginning) “Sorry, we cannot deliver this integration before another 2 months with everything else on our plate” said the VP of the ERP systems. One of my CPG clients had a B2B eCommerce program which depended on the integration intoContinue reading “2. Reactive handling: Going around walls”
Monthly Archives: December 2019
1. Proactive risk management
This is a rather simple principle of including contingency in your schedule and delivering the highest risk items early on. However many large enterprises do not seem to like the word contingency in any plan and even if that is approved by all the stakeholders as a formal block of time on the Gantt chart,Continue reading “1. Proactive risk management”
Delivering software on-time in spite of hurdles (Part 1)
Get Stuff Done (GSD) A key trait, — something that I always look for while hiring my team — is the ability to Get Stuff Done. I had been brought in to several rescue efforts where key commitments got delayed in spite of having a technically brilliant team, using Agile, DevOps, etc, only because theContinue reading “Delivering software on-time in spite of hurdles (Part 1)”