http://blog.vasukikasturi.com Opinions about Software and the business of Software Fri, 23 May 2008 19:47:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Bringing about significant change in the way an organization works is a tremendous challenge. When change hits, a caution flag goes up. Just like NASCAR, caution flag slows down time (as in people buy time). The unfortunate thing is - change wont wait on people. More so in today's world ... http://blog.vasukikasturi.com/2007/05/22/change-and-speed/ This is an excerpt from Consulting Magazine. It talks about the generation gap that exists with the new crop of campus recruits (specific to consulting). The magazine points out that these recruits are starkly different from their predecessors. It calls on the leaders who want to attract and motivate new ... http://blog.vasukikasturi.com/2007/04/16/new-generation-consultants/ From my scratch pad, Every company's most recognized problem is COMMUNICATION. Every management consultant recommends in his report that COMMUNICATION needs improvement. Every company has a COMMUNICATION problem, whether they recognize it or not. Every conflict starts from a COMMUNICATION failure. Every relationship improves with better COMMUNICATION. The purpose of any communication is to reach understanding. ... http://blog.vasukikasturi.com/2007/04/08/the-power-of-communication/ One of the most common issues faced by most employees is - a lost promotion. If the end result does not match with your "objective" evaluation of yourself, then an immediate response is to to hole up and lick the wounds. Whatever the kneejerk response is, there is a degradation ... http://blog.vasukikasturi.com/2007/04/03/lemons-to-lemonade-4-not-being-promoted/ This is an excerpt of the complete article on TDWI. The article, with the same title, is for members only. Hope you enjoy. Mistake 1. Failing to Use a Methodology Mistake 2. Ineffective Project Team Structure Mistake 3. Failing to Involve the Business People Mistake 4. Failing to Have Application Releases Mistake 5. Failing to ... http://blog.vasukikasturi.com/2007/03/29/10-mistakes-to-avoid-for-data-warehouse-project-managers/ Every post on Seth's blog is a reason to read his blog. Today he pointed me to this. Neat and Succint. Thanks guys. http://blog.vasukikasturi.com/2007/03/21/the-smarter-conversation/ An excerpt from Guerrilla Consulting. Five telltale signs that you might want to fire a client: You've stopped growing professionally from the client's projects. The client has disengaged from your project, leaving decisions to others. It's tough to get a meeting with your key client sponsor. Your project profit margin is eroding. The client nit-picks your ... http://blog.vasukikasturi.com/2007/03/20/when-to-fire-a-client/ Back in March 2006, I started writing on some of the issues that we all face/have faced in the workplace. I just wanted to provide a recap of the series, along with links. Please find below the links, in the reverse order. Workplace Issues #11: Governance of Meetings Workplace Issues #10: Public ... http://blog.vasukikasturi.com/2007/03/16/workplace-issues-series-recap/ We all have had to endure interviews, and for the less fortunate ones (myself included) we have also gone through the process of rejections. In most cases a rejection is demoralizing, but an educational experience. I have failed in quite a few interviews, and almost always I know before hand ... http://blog.vasukikasturi.com/2007/03/15/lemons-to-lemonade-3-failed-interviews/ Just read Dave Sifry’s State of The Blogosphere report to understand how many blogs & bloggers are out there. While corporate blogs are catching on, there are still plenty of organizations that frown upon blogging. Back in 2005, Mark Jen was fired from Google after blogging about some of his experiences ... http://blog.vasukikasturi.com/2007/03/09/lemons-to-lemonade-2-blogging-at-work/