Utpal Writes - on a project called life...

September 2009

Eleven Qualities to Hunt for While Interviewing a Potential Manager

September 12, 2009

Hiring a manager is an extremely challenging task no matter if you’re hiring internally or externally. Manager is a position which is going to impact a set of people, processes and technologies. Meaning, it is going to impact the business at large. It is crucial to make the right decision considering its business wide impact. [...]

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Glad To Be a Part of BlogChai Family

September 11, 2009

Today I become a part of BlogChai family.  Blogchai is an online blend of finest Indian Blogs like Big B, Shobha De, Shekhar Kapur, Rajesh Setty, Sanjeev Bikhchandani and a few more celebrities. I’m thankful to my friend, Tanmay Vora for directing me to BlogChai. Tanmay writes at QAspire about Quality, Management, Improvement and life. BlogChai [...]

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What an Energy-Rich Project Leader Does to Make the Project a Success

September 10, 2009

As a Project Leader, your job is to deliver the project as per the schedule. And, that is also with the budget respected and expectations exceeded! You can achieve this by motivating your people such that… Ooops! I forgot… I forgot to mention this is just an excerpt of my first EZine Article which is [...]

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Everyday Status Meeting – An Absolute Project Killer

September 10, 2009

I have seen a few project managers who hold status meeting everyday with each team member for about 2 hours. Just for one good reason; to track where the project is going. Interesting reason, isn’t it? Have they ever wondered about what is really going on in such status meetings? Each team member communicates what [...]

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What Lessons Did You Learn From Your Last Project That Failed?

September 9, 2009

There are many examples of failed projects. It doesn’t matter whether you are given the liberty to define what ‘Fail’ means or not! Here’s something to think about: Three Deadly Scenes: Over 70% of software projects fail. Project Closure Meetings (where lessons learned are documented) never happen. You know this but you don’t do anything [...]

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