by Paramu Kurumathur | Nov 14, 2017 | Chow
Arjuna was the program manager of a large program with many projects under its umbrella. One of the projects seemed to be suffering from a lack of focus on a technical requirement, namely response time. Even though the project team started off being completely aware...
by Paramu Kurumathur | Oct 24, 2017 | Project Management
In the previous posts (part 1 and part 2) we watched the replay of the 2006 Football World Cup match – Argentina vs Serbia & Montenegro. Argentina’s focus on scoring the goal was complete. It was total and complete focus on one thing – the goal. We said that...
by Paramu Kurumathur | Oct 24, 2017 | Project Management
In the previous post we watched the replay of the 2006 Football World Cup match – Argentina vs Serbia & Montenegro. Argentina’s focus on scoring the goal was complete. It was total and complete focus on one thing – the goal. We said that...
by Paramu Kurumathur | Oct 24, 2017 | Project Management
It is worth watching the replay of the 2006 Football World Cup – Argentina vs Serbia & Montenegro, even if you have seen it before. The second goal by Argentina in their 6-0 drubbing of Serbia & Montenegro was really something. They quietly went through...
by Paramu Kurumathur | Jul 29, 2017 | Chow
In the blog post “An extract from the upcoming book on A Framework to Assess Project Wellness” we looked at some of the components of continuous improvement, shown in the diagram above. We detailed out the practices or manifestations of one of the components – ‘Team...
by Paramu Kurumathur | Jul 29, 2017 | Project Management
This post is an extract from the upcoming book on “A Project Health Assessment Framework” We have referred to this book in a previous blog post. We have also referred to the subject matter of book in other posts: A Framework to Assess Project Wellness 6 Vital Signs to...
by Paramu Kurumathur | May 6, 2017 | Chow
In the blog post published along with this CHOW, we talk of a six fold approach to assess project health. This blog post is an extract from our book, “A Project Health Assessment Framework”, that is expected to hit the stands this year. In the post we identify a...
by Paramu Kurumathur | May 6, 2017 | Project Management
[This is an extract from our book, “A Project Health Assessment Framework”, that is expected to hit the stands this year. Any comments welcome] “With the help of Krishna, I will nail down the factors that make a project healthy, the factors that make a project meet...
by Paramu Kurumathur | Apr 3, 2017 | Chow
Zarina was told at her appraisal that she would be promoted to lead a project as soon as the next project was approved by the customer. She was a very confident young woman who demonstrated technical and interpersonal skills. Shortly thereafter, she was assigned as a...
by Paramu Kurumathur | Jan 23, 2017 | Chow
Raj is the CIO of a large international corporate enterprise. The organisation has a large data center and hundreds of developers and engineers working to keep its business applications running. Raj was the absolute boss of this large IT empire, to whom all business...