Listen to this conversation between Sridevi Devathi from HCL and Sivaguru from PM Power Consulting as they talk about Sridevi’s career and journey around
- How she started as a developer and then moved to quality
- Moving into estimation and setting up the estimation CoE
- Different generations of software architectures / models and various models for software development
- Some challenges that have continued to bother teams over the last couple of decades related to estimation
- Relevance of historical data based on standard estimation models, in the new and emerging approaches to develop software
- Her thoughts on using AI/ML for estimation
- Use of Function Points in the Financial Services industry
- Relevance and utility of structured methods for estimation for startups
- Effectiveness of Agile approaches including having the right coaches even in uncertain problem domains
- How art [or a hobby] can be a stress buster as well as provide motivation
Sridevi comes with 24 years of IT/Software industry experience, of which she has spent 21 years with HCL. She has worked across Quality, Delivery Excellence, Process/Estimation Consulting, Presales, Project Delivery/Management and Software Development areas. She has been a trainer and consultant in Quality, Project Management and Estimation areas; and is managing HCL Estimation COE for past 10 years. She has participated in few industry forums, and was a panel member in two recent ISMA conferences. You can reach her via: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sridevi-devathi-b4638018/
