Filter coffee
Here is a photograph of filter coffee. The view is from the restaurant with the daily hustle bustle of the city in the background. A lot can happen over a cup of coffee!!
Scrum or Kanban? It depends on the type of project
The Agile framework has 2 significant or Key methodologies in today’s software project environment. Both are equally efficient and produce results. However, if the right methodology is used after accessing the project you are handling, that is when you get the right results. Also, over a period of time, as the organization project management model changes, …
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Photography – Boundary Wall
Here’s a photo I took of the boundary wall of the backyard @ Odisha in my native. The focus was more on the boundary wall with the evening sky blurred in the background.
Spaceship – On water color
Painting: Spaceship – Fine Art Medium – Water colors Hello everyone, Heres a painting I made of a spaceship orbiting a planet, and exploring new horizons in space travel. I made this quite some time ago. I looked into the finer aspects and detailing of the ship. A bit of oil pastel shades used to …
Photography – Tiny mushrooms
Here is a snap I took of the tiny mushrooms that I sighted in the backyard of my Uncle’s house in Bombay Chaka at Baripada, Mayurbhanj district, Odisha. Used automatic settings on my mobile in natural light. #Microphotography
Lord Jagannath – Patta Chitra
Here is a painting of the famous deities Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Godess Subhadra of Puri temple in patta chitra style. Pattachitra is a traditional painting of Odisha, India.These paintings are based on Hindu Mythology and specially inspired by Lord Jagannatha and Vaishnava sect. All colours used in the Paintings are natural and paintings are made in old traditional …
Portfolio Management
On request from many, I am posting this article to cover the fundamentals on portfolio management. So what is portfolio management?There are many definitions available in different books and on the net. But, I would like to go with the standard one provided in PMI.“Project portfolio management — or simply portfolio management — is defined as the “centralized management of one or more portfolios that …
Photography – The Ganges
Captured the river Ganges way back in October 2015. I took this photo from the Lakshman jhula (bridge) atop the river to capture the grand view of the river. The river is so vast that a photograph cannot capture its complete vastness. Its an awesome view from the top. You can also see a few …
Pyramid – on Water color
Here is a painting I made using water color. The one thing I liked about this painting is the view from the forest through the trees. Medium – Water color. I experimented with water colors to get the thick shades of the greenery around while keeping the pyramid view a bight lighter as we are …
Actionables from Successful PMO's
In my previous article, I mentioned about what successful PMO’s do at the strategic level. To sum it up, they are strategically aligned, a vital part of the planning team, embrace core competencies, and show consistency in the project execution and yet flexible in their approach to managing change.So, the PMO have following key areas …
Photography – Flower in my house backyard
I have always been an avid photographer. Here is a snap I took of the flower that blossomed in the backyard of my house. I had used a DSLR camera that gave it much needed resolution and clarity. Hope you all love this picture.
Goddess Durga – Sketch
Here is a sketch of Goddess Durga that I had made. Goddess Durga is the one who cannot be accessed easily, the undefeatable goddess. She is the warrior goddess, whose mythology centres around fighting evils and demonic forces that threaten peace, prosperity and dharma of the good. She is the fierce form of the protective mother goddess, who unleashes …
Lord Ganesha Symbol
In Om resides all! Here, I have tried to represent Lord Ganesha, the lord of all good beginnings in the symbol of Om. For Lord Ganesha is the one with which we start all auspicious work. He is the symbol of all good and auspicious beginnings. Medium: Sketch Pen I used two different shades of …
What successful PMO's do?
In today’ rapidly changing business environment, Project Management Offices (PMO’s) struggle to provide adequate support for the shifting priorities and faster delivery cycles. The basic reason for a PMO’s failure in an organisation has been that they have remained stuck to solely reporting and prioritization function focused on tactical project management. However, the need of …
Vital signs that tells you that Scope Management needs attention in your organization
Almost all projects would have a scope defined base. Those projects that don’t have a proper scope management in place would definitely be at a peril. Though most of the managers realize the importance of scope management in the first place, they almost fail to execute it properly. Either the processes are in place, but …
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Tips to Conduct Successful Meetings
Meetings are normally conducted to help discuss certain problems or options and come up with a viable solution. There can be different kinds of meetings such as: 1) Meetings with clients to sell, to discuss on strategies to provide the best service, to trouble shoot problems related to product/ service etc…. 2) Meetings with internal stakeholders within …
Leadership Skills at all Levels for Project Success
Talking about successful projects, one aspect that comes to everyone’s mind is leadership skill needed to drive the project. When we talk of leadership skills, we normally attribute it to senior management at the programme or organisational level. What we do not realise is that leadership is actually required or rather necessary at all levels …
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10 Key Steps to Revive a Project
We all talk about successful projects and discuss mostly on pointers to make our project successful. However, what if a project is already in a difficult situation? For such projects, there are some common but yet critical steps that can be taken to help revive the project back. Projects commonly suffer from delays in …
Why Scrum Projects Fail?… and how to solve it?
Having discussed about the importance of project management processes in Agile Scrum in my previous blog, let us now look at the reasons why Scrum projects fail and then we shall look at the approach to solve these problems to help achieve successful Agile Scrum projects. Re-iterating some key points on Agile Scrum… We now …
5 Agile Myths Clarified
Having discussed about the importance of project management processes in Agile Scrum in my previous blog, let us look at 5 key Agile myths due to which scrum projects fail. As discussed earlier, for many who are implementing Agile, they feel as if they have found a panacea to all project related problems. It seems …
Agile or Waterfall? Criteria demystified…
One of the major concerns across many organisations is whether to go for Agile or Waterfall methodology. Most of the project managers higher up in the corporate ladder have to take this decision. And this becomes more difficult when one has the pressure to deliver a successful project at the end. Thankfully, there are certain …
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