Project management skills and competency development
PMP Preparation – can we minimize preparation time?
PMP Preparation - Minimising preparation time without compromising effectiveness Preparing to appear for the PMP certification exam and finding that PMP Preparation is a huge exercise? You are not alone. PMP preparation reminds most aspirants of [...]
Essential software project management other than PMI
Essential Software project management skills other than PMI Project management skills and competencies needed to be possessed by software project managers is an interesting topic. The project management skills can be divided into [...]
What the CMMi and PMBoK don’t tell you
What the CMMi and PMBoK don't tell you Software project management as a field has matured significantly over the past couple of decades and the industry standard frameworks such as the CMMi and [...]
Hands-on or hands-off – What suits IT business heads better?
Leadership approach for IT business heads - hands off or hands on? Have you come across situations where business heads in software organizations - Are uncomfortable in facing the development team. As a result, [...]
Do you convey WIIFM while assigning roles to team members?
WIIFM stands for What’s In It For Me and answering WIIFM is a wide practice in mature organizations to ensure that employees own the responsibilities that they take up. While the fact that answering WIIFM increases ownership level of a team member appears to be common sense, practicing it can be quite tricky as it can backfire if not implemented cautiously. Therefore, analysing the tricky nature of WIIFM and illustrating simple ways of practicing it with real life examples is the purpose of this article.