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”
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Similarities between English and Sanskritam
How close are English and Sanskritam? Let’s find out. Imagine all the basic English vocabulary you can think of, that would have been in vogue, a few thousand years ago. Juxtapose those words with their Sanskrit equivalents. You will see that they are mostly the same word if you account for slight pronunciation differences overContinue reading “Similarities between English and Sanskritam”
Distributed auditing used successfully a decade before Blockchain to help solve a crime
One of the underlying principal advantages of Blockchain technology (which supports bitcoin) is the concept of distributed ledger (auditing). There is no single point of failure of the audit trail, with the multiple copies floating everywhere and hence it is tamper-proof. Long before this was introduced by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008, this concept was successfullyContinue reading “Distributed auditing used successfully a decade before Blockchain to help solve a crime”
Focusing on Value, removing clutter!
Recently we started working with the IT division of a large client that embarked upon their digital transformation journey. Before we got engaged by the IT side, the business side of the client was working with a ‘big 5’ consulting firm for the last 2 years to help them define that journey. They were tryingContinue reading “Focusing on Value, removing clutter!”
Europe trip – Conclusion
(Previous days) Day 7: Pisa and journey along the Mediterranean coast to Monte Carlo. Checked out of the Hotel in Florence around 9:45am after breakfast. In Italy, they serve a hot drink which looks like coffee with Barley and I liked it. I loved the checkout gift as well from Hotel Roma, a box ofContinue reading “Europe trip – Conclusion”
Venice, Rome and Florence
(Continued from the previous post) Day 3: Arrived in Venezia Santa Lucia station around 9pm, and checked into Hotel Arlecchino near the Bus station. Not sure which idiot designed the new bridge from the train station to the bus station, it consisted only of steps and was a pain to watch many folks having toContinue reading “Venice, Rome and Florence”
Europe in 10 days on a Vegetarian diet
Can you remain a strict vegetarian /vegan and still tour Europe? Can you cover most of Italy in 4 days? Can you cover most of Milan in 4 hours? Can you continue the trip uninterrupted even after losing your wallet and iPhone? Yes, Yes, Yes and Yes!!. This is an account of our 10Continue reading “Europe in 10 days on a Vegetarian diet”
Poor God!
These days everyone is working gazillion hours a day, in an always-connected, round-the-clock culture. We are all compelled to respond to that latest email, which just vibrated on our device no matter the time of the day. If you do not respond to that email, even if no serious damage would be done by waitingContinue reading “Poor God!”
Some thoughts for new year
Firstly let me wish you and yours a very happy, prosperous, healthy and safe new year 2012. I wish you and your business will reach greater heights this year. As you make your new year resolutions and set business goals for the new year, here are some thoughts to consider. In this ever changing worldContinue reading “Some thoughts for new year”
Measuring and improving code quality
How to measure code quality and implement best practices to enable high performing, high throughput development teams? I will try to answer this from my own experience running a development organization and the processes and tools that worked well for us. This is not to exclude other alternatives that might be more applicable for otherContinue reading “Measuring and improving code quality”
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