Project

As a professional, you may work on different assignments at your organization. Some of them could be projects while some could be regular operational assignments. More the number of jobs you work on, more the number of tasks that you are responsible for managing. Each of these engagements has different levels of complexity, urgency, and … Read more

With tough business environment demanding faster execution and turnaround, organizations are taking short-cuts for planning and monitoring the projects. While these might reduce planning time, they might introduce the elements which could increase project efforts and thereby the costs. Project plans could be simple but they need to be at an appropriate level of detail. … Read more

One of the terms used very often by project management practitioners globally is ‘best practices.’ It may be surprising to note that project management itself was considered a best practice about a decade or two ago. Project Management has significantly matured since then. At the drop of a hat, professionals throw umpteen references to best … 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

How many of you have done at least one of the things in last two years? Join Gym ( and hopefully went at least one day 🙂 ) Jogging/Walking Yoga Attend Health Camp Switch to healthy diet Probably most of the PEOPLE would answer YES!!! Why?? A few years ago, one would invest in health … Read more

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

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

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

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 … Read more