Srikanth PV

In today’s professional world, is it possible to imagine a day at work without a meeting? If you are a project manager, could you visualize a day without meetings? Most probably, the answer, in either case, would be a ‘no’! Not exciting enough?  I hear you. How about a project manager managing two projects simultaneously … Read more

Project and Program Management is about executing initiatives flawlessly. Governance is about ensuring that the right projects and programs are delivered right. Depending on the organizational maturity, one would expect structures, processes, and tools in place to manage projects, programs, and portfolios. Structures include committees, boards, and teams along with relevant hierarchy to facilitate appropriate … Read more

Imagine a project that your enterprise is executing for an external customer. The contract has a combination of payment terms with some deliverables being fixed price, some being time & material. On top of it, projects have specific milestones that trigger these payments from the customer. Now let us add another dimension here. Irrespective of … Read more

The professional world of project, program, and portfolio management has seen unprecedented changes in a matter of two decades. Not every move has been excellent! Of course, the corporate world has (hopefully) learned its lessons too. In the past, when people worked on projects, it was just project management, and they were project managers. There … Read more

Since the advent of modern management, organizations and professionals have experienced profound satisfaction and joy in their ability to churn reports. Management ‘gurus’ played their part in pushing the need for these reports. It started with our good old and humble Microsoft Excel, and PowerPoint-based graphs and pie-charts. Creating and sending an excellent looking report … Read more

The Scenario A project manager is working on a project to develop a product/service in the retail domain. Two of its company’s competitors are also competing to get the product/service out on the market as soon as possible. Clearly, the first entrant would have a significant advantage. The originally planned project duration was 8 months. … Read more

Globally, organizations are moving towards a projected way to manage initiatives. These strategic initiatives broadly fall into three categories. Launching a New Product or Service or “From Idea to Launch” Customer Bid Projects or “From Quote to Cash” Efficiency or Productivity Enhancements or “From Request to Completion” The number of projects planned and executed has … Read more