SK - PM Power Consulting

Hi, I’m SK

Expertise Area – Agile, Business Agility, Digital Transformation

Additional Expertise Areas – Business Agility, Product Visioning

Hi, I’m SK

Expertise Area – Agile Transformation and Design Thinking

Years of experience in IT and software services

Large programs / projects managed

Organizations transformed to Agile

“I consider software development as a human thinking process – a collective thinking processes. Software really happens in people’s minds. Approaches like Design Thinking, Agile, DevOps etc. bring a good set of techniques, practices and mindset to enhance & systematize this collective thinking process across customers, teams and users.”

SOMETHING ABOUT ME

Having co-founded and managed operations of a software company that focused on building Enterprise Resource Planning solutions for Textile Industry, I have handled responsibilities covering all aspects of software engineering and management

During my 8-year stint in Thoughtworks, Chennai, as Head of Delivery, I had built and mentored teams of various size and complexity. I introduced techniques for efficient portfolio management in agile way, nurtured and guided teams to deliver challenging programs distributed across multiple locations with co-sourced teams, and improvised lean and agile techniques for Global Delivery.

With PM Power, I have been coaching clients in setting up and sustain agile organizations. I have introduced Agile Process in a conventional project management organization and got it ISO certified. I am also a regular speaker at conferences like Agile India and a part of a few agile focus groups.

ASK ME A QUESTION

MY Blogs

CHOW #241 Will tasking reduce knowledge silos?

by Santhana Krishnan G | Mar 26, 2021

Do you think tasking would help reduce the creation of knowledge silos? Would it help developers rotate stories/tasks easily? Suggested Solution: Tasking done effectively, would help share the knowledge within the team. I've worked with teams that tasked their stories...

Sprint Burndown useful?!

by Santhana Krishnan G | Mar 26, 2021

All of us would have used sprint burn down charts on our projects. Each one of us will have our opinion on the effectiveness of it. We might also have our own favorite flavors and versions. I'm going to talk about one implementation of Sprint Burn Down Chat that...

CHOW #221 – Code Review vs Pair Programming

by Santhana Krishnan G | Nov 8, 2020

In a smaller project (small is a subjective term, one may consider what is a small project in their team), would it be better to do a 'Code Review' or 'Pair Programming' or Both? Suggested Solution: Many times, I've been part of 'Pair Programming' vs 'Code Review'...