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Life is a juggling act! So pay attention to the balls you are juggling!
Yes, life is a juggling act! We are busy juggling multiple crystal balls. We are not alone, however. Our colleagues and team members are juggling with us too. We nurture the balls and throw them at other team members. They do the same. Finally, the balls mature and...
Driving change in an increasingly softer world!
We all love to see upward trends (higher employment, birth rate, life expectancy, boom). We also see people panicking over downward trends and minor issues—for instance, excessive hoarding during COVID lockdowns. We forget to acknowledge that the upward and downward...
‘Division of labour’ has crippling effects on digital projects!
'Division of labour' promotes specialisation. In theory, it makes sense. For example, someone will cut code, another resource will test, and someone else will manage the project. However, ‘Division of labour’ has crippling effects on digital projects! Here is why: Too...
Don’t get the Project Managers to slap every project with the same methodology!
No methodology is fit for every project. The standard methodology is the starting point. The Project Managers (PM) should consider the project's needs, stakeholders, problems, constraints, priorities and many other factors to tailor the standard methodology. If you...
Why do projects goes downhill soon after they start?
Many digital projects never liftoff. Instead, they go downhill after the Sales handover to the Delivery team. So, why do projects goes downhill soon after they start? The top reason for the common phenomenon is the lack of collaboration between the Vendor(s) and the...
ERP/CRM projects do not fail by accident!
ERP/CRM projects take at least a few months to complete. Therefore, there is enough time to assess the project's progress and make an informed judgement if the project can fail. The vendor Project team generally has a very good idea about the root cause of the...
Sponsors – Avoid project failure by intentional listening!
As a Sponsor, don’t underestimate the powers of the Status quo. If you leave your troops alone to fight, you will lose, resulting in a failed project. If you don’t intentionally listen to your troops (customer and vendor), the project will fail too. Avoid these costly...
The Role of the Project Sponsor in Digital Projects!
The Project Sponsor is like the General fighting against the status quo. Customer and vendor-side troops support you. They join hands to win against their common enemy – the status quo. So, you must stay close to customer and vendor teams and strategise the battle...
How much you reap depends on how much you sow!
Most of us would agree with ‘You reap what you sow’. The other aspect is how much did you sow? How much you reap depends on how much you sow! The question is, how much are we investing in sowing the good seeds. What is our plan to irrigate and consistently remove the...
Why are Guiding Principals useless?
You may have seen a little section – ‘The Guiding Principals’, at the start of key project documents. The author writes it. The stakeholders review and sometimes debate it. Then, when the document is approved, no one ever looks at them. Look, the problem is not in the...
What are you prepared to give away?
You must know what are you prepared to give away? Life is all about giving and taking. If you want to attain something, you must first give. The question is, what are you prepared to give! To earn money, you give away your time and energyTo learn, you may give away...
Who is responsible for risk management within Digital projects?
It appears to be a pretty straightforward question: Who is responsible for risk management within Digital projects? I hope you don’t say it is the Project Manager (PM). How could a PM be responsible for managing all project risks? The role of the PM is to set up a...
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