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Project Management tool for Non Project managers

Israeli startup Clarizen has created a project management and collaboration tool specifically aimed at non-project managers. They have received approx $15M in funding and have been in operation from 2005. The tool allows the project participants to assist in the planning, even if the project has already begun or if the resources are dispersed between two or more

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[ More ] February 20th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Web Business Life Strategy |

What’s missing with Productivity?

Most problems with productivity today is because there are a few key issues (at least in my experience). These are:
  • If your organization portrays to be flexible, but the people complain day in and out about Change Request, how cumbersome the applications they work on are then don't put in an inflexible IT system and/or IT process. As having a non flexible IT process or system does not make you flexible.
  • Process is good. Process is necessary. Create a process that allows for flexibility, speed and change. I have seen companies hire N number of Managers, be it a Programme manager, Test

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[ More ] June 22nd, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Workplace Thoughts |

A few pointers for Project Managers

I can speak from what i have observed and these are a few observations that i have made over the course of my career. In this post i try to highlight the key points for every successful project manager. These are basic common sense statements but rarely practiced by project managers. The points listed below are just my personal views and may not necessarily work for all but hey there is no harm to try and judge for yourself if they work or not. Continue Reading

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[ More ] June 21st, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Workplace Thoughts |