Managing Innovation Projects? But are you managing from Idea to Launch?

Here is a small experiment that I tried. I typed “innovation” at www.google.com.Honestly, I did not expect the number of results that showed up.It was only 57,00,00,000. It took 0.45 seconds.I am not highlighting the speed of Google Search here! We will save it for another day ?.In a world that is engulfed by technology, … Read more

Poka-Yoke Your Project Schedule

One of the most important projects management documents organizations prepare is the Project Schedule. Depending on the size, duration, and complexity of the project, the schedules could run from a hundred to few hundreds and even over a thousand line items with start dates, end dates, duration, etc. As a leader, how do you make … Read more

Hard Earned Revenue, But Where Is It?

As a leader, you manage multiple projects and programs as part of the organizational strategy execution framework. These projects/programs may be local, regional, or even global. If you are part of a large organization, these initiatives may cut across industry verticals. Your customers insist on different types of contracts based on the nature of the … Read more

Do You Want To Get Aware About The Risk In Different Project Management Levels?

The events of 9/11 changed the way the world, organizations, and professionals looked at risk management…be it at the enterprise level or at program/project management levels. Subject Matter Experts began looking for algorithms that could help organizations observe tons of data and draw risk-related conclusions from them. We have various sophisticated software that addresses this … Read more

Getting into the IoT Bandwagon? Do you have answers to these two questions?

During the first week of October 2016, NASSCOM held one of its premier summits on Design & Engineering in Bangalore. Amongst others, the key focus was the Internet of Things, or IoT for short. In a world that is fascinated by new jargon, IoT has caught all the attention of professionals, and business leaders irrespective … Read more

ROI, Yes. What about ROF?

Did the title of this blog stump you? Well, it was purely intentional and not a coincidence! As professionals, we all understand what ROI or Return on Investment is. What is ROF? Well, we will come to that in a while.Allow me to set the context.Organizations, both in the private as well as government sectors, … Read more

Initiating Projects Blindfold? Think Again!

Across the globe, organizations are lured by the opportunities to seek and pursue projects in all industries. The opportunities to impact the top line, bottom line, market share, be the first mover in the market are some reasons here. In the hope of exploiting such mouth-watering opportunities, organizations many times make the mistake of bidding … Read more