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Volume - 4 - Issue 2 May 2016

Chapter News

- Capt. L. N. Prasad

Leadership Lessons . . .

- Raghavan Parthasarathy

Conference Management

system for PMIBC

- CMS Team PMIBC

PM Industry Symposium

2016

Lessons from a Carrom

Board Game

- Sumukha Rao

The Lighter Side of PM

- Rajiv

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Editor’s NoteEditor’s NoteDear Friends,

Greetings from PMI Bangalore India Chapter!

Amidst the state election in five states and the onslaught of IPL fever that has gripped

the nation, another interesting thing happened last month that enthused the social

media community. The Haryana government announced that Gurgaon, the sprawling

suburb outside Delhi, will now be called Gurugram. The reason, as per erstwhile Gurgaon Mayor; “this

name would bring people closer to the 'rich heritage' that Gurgaon once had”. It is said that the

Pandavas of Mahabharata gifted the village to their teacher or “Guru”, Dronacharya, and the area was

later known as Guru Ka Gram (village of the master) before becoming Gurgaon. Since Gurgaon has

been heralded as a 'Millennium city' and is home to IT and corporate giants, many people opined that

this name is not in sync with the status and style this city is known for. I am not sure if the majority of

citizens really care about calling a city in a different way. Even

though Bangalore had been renamed as Bengaluru few years back,

I still see majority of us referring the city by its old name. Renaming

cities by administrators or leaders may be due to political

compulsion or their most convenient way to leave a legacy effect,

but I was wondering if there is a merit in renaming project in a cool

or catchy way. Calling the new quicker customer connect system as

“version 3? is fine but so generic that looks meaningless. Naming it

like “Customer First” may look like more cool and connecting both with the end users and project team

members. Every project including your project and yourself are unique. Don't they deserve to be like a

brand? Getting your project a unique name will enhance the brand perception of project, which in turn

will motivate the project team members. There are cases when a project failed to garner good team

members, as the project did not have a strong project name or brand. So why is project branding

important? Because your project can suffer in the absence of a compelling brand. Broadly speaking, a

brand can be defined as a unique value proposition expressed in a relevant and differentiated way such

that it creates preference and loyalty among key audiences. A quick Google Search can show many

important projects having very smart looking names or acronyms. One HR initiative in one company

was called PRIDE as it was supposed to inculcate pride and drive excellence in their workforces. PRIDE

was very innovatively codenamed for Personal Responsibility In Delivering Excellence. It is observed

that Project Leaders who embrace a brand mindset will be in a stronger position to achieve their goals

and deliver on the organization's business strategy. So next time you own a project make sure you

name it in a way that enhances its brand perception.

Happy Reading.

Chapter News

Editorial Board

- Capt. L. N. Prasad

Murali Santhanam, PMP

Namita Gupta, PMP, PMI-ACP

Rama K, PMP, PMI-ACP

Shikha Vaidh, PMP, PMI-ACP

Soumen De, PMP

Sujata Sahu, PMP

New Appointments at Chapter:

Mr. Vijay K Paul took over as the thPresident of the Chapter on 09 April

2016 from Mr. Murali Santhanam the

outgoing president.

Ms. Shilpa Gnaneshwar took over as

the Secretary and Treasurer of the

Bangalore Chapter.

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PM Footprints: In the month of April 2016, one

PM Footprints session thwas held on 07 April

2016. Mr. Tapan

Mozumdar, Senior

Divisional Manager ITC

Ltd., spoke on the topic

"Why MSP is Irrelevant

to Me". The session was well attended and enjoyed

by audience.

Leadership Lessons fromAlexander the Great

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Leadership Lessons fromAlexander the Great

- Raghavan Parthasarathy

relative of his mother. At the same time,

Aristotle taught him rhetoric, language

and stimulated his interest in

mathematics, science and philosophy. At

the age of 13, Lysimachus taught him the

cultural aspects of the world, appreciating

fine arts like drama, poetry and music.

He also learnt to play the lyre. This tells

us that Alexander was a knowledgeable

and cultured man.

He also was a very ambitious man. His

one worry as his father conquered was

that nothing would be left for him. Of

course, there is lot of debate.

Alexander wanted to unite the known

world at that time. He came to power in

336 BC and in a war lasting three years,

defeated Persia. He spent the 12 years in

warfare travelling 22,000 miles up to the

Indus river in India (he died in 326 BC,

and he was born in 356 BC). He changed

history more than any other one person

and is also one of the most famous

leaders of all time. In history, he is

considered most successful world leader,

most celebrated conqueror, warrior, and a

great legend. His accomplishments were

greater than any before or after him. He

was a precocious child and this along with

his mother's influence made it easy for

him to want to surpass others.

The map shows the countries he

conquered and the route he followed. For

any other Europeans to travel eastwards

farther than Alexander had, would take

many centuries. His first move after his

father died was to put down therebelby

the Greeks. Even before that, Alexander

subjugated the Thracian tribe (in what is

now Bulgaria) and established his first

city - Alexandropolis.

All this he did in a short lifespan of 32

years!!

The Greek city states saw Philip's death

as an opportunity. But Alexander showed

his talent as a strategist. He destroyed

Thebes, one of the rebelling cities and

sold all the inhabitants as slaves. He even

borrowed money to pay his soldiers to

send back home. He travelled thousands

of miles, through deserts and cold and icy

Himalayas, and fought some 70 wars

without losing once.

Looking online I found traits with

supporting examples. This list is copied

here -

Leadership Lesson #1: Have An action

orientation

Leadership Lesson # 2: Care for your

people

Lesson # 3: Be seen caring for your

people

Leadership Lesson # 4: Dare to

innovate!

Lesson # 5: Lead by personal

example

Lesson # 6: Live your values

Lesson # 7: Reward your people

There was another list I saw - Honesty,

Ability to Delegate, Communication,

Sense of Humor, Confidence,

Commitment, Positive Attitude,

Creativity, Intuition and Ability to Inspire.

I feel his personality was such that his

vision was communicated in a manner

where it became a common vision of his

army. He also cared for his people. When

he saw elephants used in battles, and

saw the advantages, he too employed.

He was also innovative.

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The saying in the picture clearly shows

Alexander's views on leadership. He is

clearly stating the importance of a leader

here.

We all are taught that Mission and

Vision are important and basically

Alexander the great and his soldiers knew

their mission and Alexander too clearly

communicated his vision (perhaps he

called it a dream to go after). To dream

and to perform great came naturally to

him and this puts him as a great leader

of all times. He also inspired his men and

empowered them with the much needed

passion, enthusiasm, and commitment to

perform in the same way. He was also

adaptable as seen by his use of elephants

in battles. Apart from that, he also was a

very confident and resourceful person.

Alexander was born in Pella, the

Macedonian capital, at about the time his

father, Philip, became the king of

Macedonia. Philip's expansion of the

kingdom, an unfolding saga of glory and

excitement, was Alexander's boyhood.

I did some search and found the qualities

of a good leader online and then analyzed

what Alexander possessed or lacked. But

sticking to Alexander, it perhaps mattered

that his tutor was the Greek philosopher

Aristotle. He perhaps got the vision from

his father Philip of Macedon who was

assassinated. It is recorded that Philip

said "My boy, you must find a

kingdom big enough for your

ambition. Macedon is too small for

you." He was first brought up by his

father and his mother Olympias princess

of Epirus. At the age of 7, he learnt the

crafts of a warrior (such as sword

fighting, horse riding, physical exercises

fit for a warrior) through Leonidas, a

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Conference ManagementSystem for PMIBC


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system to organize and manage large and

multiple events & conferences hosted by

PMI Bangalore chapter.

A team was formed in first quarter of the

year to do make or buy analysis followed

by evaluation of various tools available in

the market for the required functions and

features as per the need. The decision

was in favor of buying a Conference

Management tool available in the market

with comprehensive set of functionalities

to manage events and conferences and

enhance it further as per the needs of the

chapter. The Conference Management

System (CMS) was procured by PMI BC

after the recommendation was approved

by the Chapter Board members.

The Conference Management System is a

configurable system based on parameters

to set up a conference or event. The

various functionalities helped in various

areas of creating an event with detailed

planning, creating the conference

content, providing a mobile application

with real time program schedule and

event guide, emails for correspondence,

one consolidated dashboard view of all

the events and activities including

tracking vendors, sponsors, exhibitors,

delegates registration and payment

system, budgeting and financial tracking,

post event feedback collection, individual

reports and many other important

significant features.

Immense benefits were reaped in Project

Management National Conference 2015 in

terms of cost and standardized process.

One such benefit was the cost benefit as

the mobile app was encouraged and

hence a less number of programme

brochures were printed. This also helped

us to move to certain extent of going

green

The second immense benefit was to

overcome the challenge of volunteer run

organization where it is very important to

create a central repository for all the

artefacts for next set of new volunteers

in future along with a set procedure and

processes. It helped to keep everyone on

one page with a unified view and also

keeping the artefacts for reuse in next

PMPCs.

The successful implementation of the

CMS tool at Project Management National

Conference 2015 has triggered the usage

of the tool for all the events hosted by

the chapter like PM Footprints, PM Primer,

PM Enrich etc. The team is constantly

enhancing the tool in order to meet the

new demands of the team and is

constantly learning and updating the

system to better manage the upcoming

events and provide a seamless

experience to the end users. Also, team

is planning to bridge the gap in the tool

that was encountered during Project

Management National Conference 2015

to further improve the tool and to provide

further benefits in management of

upcoming events.

PMI Bangalore Chapter (PMIBC) enjoys

the status of one of the most active

chapters in Asia with its series of

programs and activities. What started as

a couple of events at small scale, today, it

has grown into multiple events at much

larger capacity and is destined to grow

further. The Project Management

Practitioners' conference (PMPC) is one

such example which has become today a

much awaited event by Project

Management Professionals every year in

Bangalore. Managing such events comes

with its own challenges, intricacies and it

requires tremendous coordination of

volunteers. So what makes it possible?

The answers is – involvement of

volunteers in planning and execution

months before the conference.

PMIBC has been running PM Practitioners'

Conference for several years. There is a

growing need for small conferences also

and due to lack of a proper system for

coordination, the wheel was reinvented

every year in terms of creating

templates, processes etc. PMI BC PMO

comes up with some projects every year

and one of such project was to set up a

Conference Management Software

System to help the volunteers to manage

conferences like PMPC and other new

upcoming events in much easier way with

enhanced efficiency. The scope of the

project was to identify, recommend,

commission and implement an application

tool before Project Management National

Conference 2015, which will provide a

Conference ManagementSystem for PMIBC

- CMS Team PMIBC

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Key practices which Bangalore Metro

Railways applied while managing the

projects are:

Employee Care

Keynote Address

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No hierarchical ladder but lean

organization. All Chief Engineers work

from Sites.

Solve the problem of contractors then

and there.

Laboratories to test finish work at the

early stage.

Trust based Payment to vendors as

they want prompt payment. 80% of

the payment on the face of bill by

RTGS with no check on bills. Check

later - the detail checking is done for

20% of the bills. If false, contract is

stopped and if find repeated then

blacklist the contractors.

At the recruitment stage 2-3-year

promotion, project allowance to

everyone, opportunities to travel to

foreign countries to attend conferences,

seminars; to give the exposure of the

outside world. Celebrations with the

families on achieving milestones.

Mr. J.D. Stuart Macaskie

Followed by the inaugural address from

Mr. Sudhir, Mr. Stuart shared the very

inspirational thoughts on the career vision

and tips for growth.

He highlighted the point that “Better to

avoid change but change is expected in a

project and it is essential to manage the

change and minimise the effects of those

changes.” HSE – Health, Safety and

Environment are the major factors for

Project Managers.

According to him, the risks are of two

types - Fixed and variable risks. Classify

average and high risks,

decide what are you going to do with that

risks. He advised to share the updates on

risk analysis in monthly reports.

The psychometric test should be part of

the recruitment process while hiring

seniors.

Mr. Kalyanaraman Vaidyanathan

shared the great insights on Lean

Construction - Eliminating waste

Mr. Kalyan insisted that the war room is

negative term instead they do planning in

Big Room. 6 weeks of rolling plan ahead

of commitment cycle. Look ahead

planning which helps in constraint

analysis for future so that today's

deliverables are met with.

He shared the ambiance where reds can

be eliminated by getting paid on time,

getting material on time etc.

In Lean Construction industries labour

movement is not preferred. Keeping idle

labour is better than doing rework on

getting them again. He said that they

encourage experimentation innovation

and failures. Only then one can learn and

improve. Encourage a culture which is flat

system based, with a good flow &

collaboration.

He also explained about BIM Model:

Building Information Modelling (BIM)

is a digital representation of physical and

functional characteristics of a facility. A

BIM is a shared knowledge resource for

information about a facility forming a

reliable basis for decisions during its life-

cycle; defined as existing from earliest

conception to demolition. At last Lean is a

journey not a magic. It also requires the

right planning and execution.

Mr. Nimish Mehta, VP – Marketing and

Communication, Honoured the sponsors

for supporting PMI Bangalore India

Chapter for organizing E & C Symposium.

Mr. Vijay Paul started the PM Industry

Symposium for Engineering &

Construction on “Excellence in

Construction Project Management” with

the welcome address and shared the

challenges PMs face these days including

environmental factors. He touched upon

the point that PM should get out of all the

constraints. 12% of cost invested in

project goes waste because of poor

project management. Even if a small (of

about 3%) cost saving is generated by

applying good project management

practices will make the good impact for

the entire nation.

Mr. B.S. Sudhir Chandra kicked off the

event with inaugural address as Chief

Guest. He spoke about the primary goals

for the project managers to deliver the

project in economical way within time and

low cost with high standards. Delegation

of powers is important.

Chart and plan the requirement at the

right time. Managing 5M's: Men,

Machines, Materials, Money, Methods are

important for successful Project

Management. Money management is

tricky as investments are high but is

possible with good planning. Project

leaders should be tactful and get best of

their man power and resources.

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completion. Market research says the

changing trend in industry to ensure

timely delivery: modular and Residential,

pre cast and steel structure.

Mr. Sushanta Singh Takhellambam shared

the technical insights on Mumbai T2

Terminal and shared the complexity and

strategy adopted for execution of T2

terminal master plan. He also highlighted

and spoke on the challenges faced during

Mumbai T2 Terminal. Some of which are:

Enormous volume and little time to do

the work

Disrupt to airport operations were not

allowed

Landlocked

Limited access to the airport premises

Height Restriction

Existing U/G services

Security threats

Logistic issues

Executional Challenges: Unique roof –

First attempt of such roof in India

The construction of new rapid exit

taxiways (RET) helped in increasing flight

handling capacity

Mr. Venugopal A.N. talked about

individual attributes and leadership traits

in an organization. Project Manager is a

leader with varying skills to manage

people from initiation feasibility to close

out as per stakeholder requirement.

Negotiator is a learning mind set.

“The P in PM is as much about

'people management' as it is about

'project management'.” - Cornelius

Fichtner

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The E&C Symposium was concluded with

the valedictory address by Dr. Mangesh

Korgaonker. He shared his knowledge

and experience on Emerging Paradigms in

assessing the performance of project

management. He clarified the need of

this new paradigm and golden triangle -

scope, time and quality. Our view of

assessing project management is

changing. Time, cost, quality is already

covered as part of project performance

now.

He suggested the new paradigms for

project assessment by identifying and

classifying the projects for different types

i.e. Earth (Engineering), Water (Product

Development), Air (Research and

Development) & Fire (Application

Software) with the help of Goal and

Method Matrix.

He explained any project should be an

Earth project to start with. He also

explained how and by considering what

parameters a fire project can be

converted into an earth project. And

shared the example of Milau Viaduct

which was an air project and were

available in theory. Dr. Mangesh

suggested five frameworks and shared

the statistics of their application in Milau

Viaduct Project.

1. PMI Framework

2. CSF Framework

3. CSK Framework

4. Diamond Framework

5. Lean Project Management

The key take away from his session was

to understand the type and nature of the

projects. Nation building project are

majorly depending on quality but time

and cost can vary.

Panel Discussion

PSS (Mr. P. S. Somasunder) moderated

the Panel Discussion, “Overcoming

Challenges in Construction Industry”.

Discussion was very healthy and focused

on the challenges construction industries

are facing today. The dignitaries

discussed how it is important in

construction industry that the Quality

and safety is never compromised.

They touched on some thoughtful points,

in our country carpenter does not want

his son to become carpenter because

there is no recognition. Recognize people

for their job. Provide opportunity to get

the staff trained in carpentry and the

good benefits like accommodation,

transportation etc. to build and maintain

the dignity of job.

Mr. Gururaj said drawing is important in

construction projects. Success of a

project based on the right structure.

Drawing in itself is the project so that the

construction work should not get

impacted. GFC: Good For Constructing

drawings are the key.

Mr. Gopal shared his thoughts on the

question that clients come up with. i.e is

Project Management necessary? I don't

need PM I will manage myself. Challenge

is to get the right people and right

contractor.

Various pillars cause the delay.

Dependency on man power is the biggest

challenge. Construction industry are

highly dependent on that. Time has come

where we have to go towards

mechanization. And it is the time to go

for more modularised thing. He shared a

good example on pre designed material.

As per Mr. Manish Motwani: In Real

state, 3 big challenges are:

1. Safety 2. Scheduling 3. Quality

Change management is the big issue in

construction industry which can be

overcome by Mechanization. Team work

is the key for successful project

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Lessons from aCarrom Board Game

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pawns before clearing the red / queen or

can clear the red / queen earlier if you

have the clarity and the path. That means

to say that to achieve the goal, you need

to have clarity before embarking on a

journey to achieve the end result.

You may have many distractions or walls

to climb, but you will be able to scale the

heights only when you have a goal, the

path to take and the dogged

determination to achieve.

You may have a goal but you should have

your ideas to achieve it. In today's fast

paced and high networking world, people

tend to pick someone else's idea and run

with it but are they achieving their goals?

The striker in your hand is what you use

to strike and not others.

You are the idea and idea is you. You will

have people around you, who agree,

contribute to your idea and be a part of

success.

You need to clear

the pawns on the board, however you can

also use them to distract others and

create a barricade against your

competition. The pawns I generally call

are SMART goals that allow you to

measure your path to success. To achieve

a larger goal that may be currently

distant from you, you need to be able to

see the progress and these pawns /

SMART goals allow you to measure.

You cannot eat the entire plate of food all

at once. You need to eat it one spoon at a

time. SMART goals allow you to slice,

create smaller chunks and measure the

progress.

There are boundaries and set guidelines

in any game. You need to play within the

limits. However, there is some space to

manoeuvre you moves. Understand that

every move you make is maybe to your

advantage or your competition's. Taking a

Striker – Idea

Pawns – SMART Goals

Red Spots and the lines – SOWT

Analysis

measured approach is always better and

SWOT analysis gives you the pointers for

your Do's and Don'ts. Being prepared is

always better than reckless driving.

Don't underestimate your competition.

You may be good today but they will

come back better tomorrow. You may

have a weakest player against you but

the moves you make determine the

outcomes. While you maybe only one

playing against him, he may have a good

backing behind him cheering him to win.

Understanding and respecting the

competition is important. Learn from

them.

On a carrom board, the powder plays a

very critical role. It makes the journey of

the striker which is on its way to hit the

pawns or the red / queen smooth. A team

is very important, a team that believes in

your idea, the organizational goal and

willing to put themselves behind you to

ensure success.

The better powder / team you have, the

better and faster the results would be.

There are direction indicators on the

board suggesting you the paths to take.

These are guiding principles. While some

deviations are allowed, it is important

that you follow the rules and regulations

of the land. Also be ethical and maintain

trust with employees, customers and

ecosystem around you.

Integrity with personal credibility is most

important to run right business.

Finally, being passionate and enjoying the

game is important or else you will lose

the steam to continue your pursuit to

achieve your goals and the success at

end.

Opponents - Competition

Powder on the Board – Team

Direction Indicators – Directions

The Game

We like to play and play hard, be it at

work, business or at home.

Carrom is a "strike and pocket" table

game of Eastern origin similar to billiards

and table shuffleboard. The objective of

play is to use a striker disk with a flick of

the finger to make contact with and move

lighter object disks called carrom men /

pawns, which are thus propelled into one

of four corner pockets. The aim of the

game is to pot (or pocket) one's nine-

carrom pawn and the Queen before your

opponent. It is a very popular game in

India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and surrounding

areas.

Carrom is a tad different and can be

played as an individualistic game where

you compete with other three people

playing around you or can be configured

to be a team of two players playing with

the rest two. In short, it can be an

individual or a team game.

Well, I am not here to talk about the

games that we play but what I have

observed and understood from it.

A Carrom board is a level playing field

that gives equal opportunities to the

players to achieve the goal. The field is

generally finite with boundaries and set

targets.

In business, we have market share and

size that determines the goal and

regions, which provides the boundaries to

work within. Once you know what you

want to play, you also need to know

where and how to play to be more

effective.

I am a firm believer that god sent us all

with equal brains not keeping colour, sex

and religion. The way we condition it to

work for our benefit is the path we

choose.

To achieve anything in life, you need a

goal. In Carrom, the goal is in middle of

all the pawns. You may clear all the other

The Carrom Board – Playing field

The Red Pawn / Queen – Goal

PM in Non Traditional Area Lessons from aCarrom Board Game

- Sumukha Rao


Chapter News ... continued from Page 1

Leadership Lessons ... continued from Page 2

PM Industry Symposium ... continued from Page 5

A. involves (1) identifying the price at which

a product will be competitive in the

marketplace, (2) defining the desired

profit to be made on the product, and (3)

computing the target cost for the product

by subtracting the desired profit from the

competitive market price. The formula

Target cost is then given to the engineers

and product designers, who use it as the

maximum cost to be incurred for the

materials and other resources needed to

design and manufacture the product. It is

their responsibility to create the product

at or below its target cost.

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Target pricing is the method that

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PM Member's Corner

We had 71 new members and 97 members renewed their membership in April'16. PMI Bangalore India

Chapter welcomes all new members and Thanks members who have renewed their membership.

EEP Update: Members who missed to renew their membership post July 2015 can still avail membership

fee benefit of $65 as part of Economic Exception Program, Renew your membership today.

Appended is the list of few FREE web-based seminars (webinars) for May 2016, we have shared same list to

your registered email; this is a good opportunity to earn PDUs and maintain your credentials.

For any queries or suggestions, please write to

contact Balakrishna Kasibatla, VP Membership, PMI Bangalore India Chapter

[email protected] or

PM Industry Symposium 2016: nd On 22

April 2016, the Chapter organised a

Symposium on "Excellence in Construction

Project Management". This was focused on

Engineering and Construction professionals.

The conference was held at Hotel Leela

Palace and was attended by nearly 160

delegates and special invitees. Highlights of

the same is covered in this edition under

“PM Industry Symposium 2016” section.

PM Poster Sessions

We had four expert speakers who shared their case studies and expertise to

the audience.

Mr. B. R. Nagaraj of Home Inspektor showcased the service offering which is

highly customizable and helps new home owners to audit and inspect their

homes before occupation. The Home Inspektor is readily configurable service

and is ably supported by highly qualified SMEs. Mr. Nagaraj explained the

advantages of a structured approach in evaluating properties and ensuring

they remain in impeccable condition.

Mr. Nambiappan of AACE International took project controls process to the

next level by explaining in detail about how a standardized approach will help

projects be successful. He explained with case study the application of the

TCM framework which recognizes Earned Value Management as a tool for

integrated projects control. Mr. Nambiappan explained the ANSI/EIA standard

which is based on 32 criteria which are guidelines for implementing an EVMS

based management system.

Mr. R. K. Gautham of responsecities.org made a very interesting

presentation on how smart cities development agencies should pursue their

objectives. He presented the interventions which are very necessary to ensure

smart cities function smartly – for e.g. digitization, use of ICT and sensors,

establishing command and control centers and lastly use of technology to

create analytics through incessant data collection.

Mr. Tony Jacob, an experienced project management professional,

demonstrated the importance of lean construction through his case study.

According to him, systematic approach towards planning and awareness of the

team on sequential project activities goes as long way in cutting down

redundant activities and eliminating waste. Daily variance analysis helps in

adjusting the project progress and ensuring continuity of long term goals. Risk

planning is also the most essential component of this exercise which resulted

lesser cost escalations.

It is also said that he wanted to share a

helmet of water when he and his army were

tormented with thirst. From the lists there

seem to be qualities not demonstrated or at

least not recorded in history.

One weakness we probably can say was his

expectation from his army. They actually

ended his conquest by refusing to move with

him forward, but wanted a break and go

back home.

Perhaps my friends can add more traits, and

I will be thankful and I especially thank

Konstantinos Kontzialis & Grigorios

Nikolopoulos for pointing out present

locations.

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In todays' fast paced and turbulent business environment, sensing changes and

responding with equal speed is proving to be a critical factor for success. Thanks to

social media and aggressive marketing, market developments and fast changing

technological advancements which influences customer's decisions. Due to this fast

pace of development and short-lived expectation of the market, the time available to

respond to changes has drastically reduced. The Trained workforce must be abreast

with the developments in the industry and enabled with implementation of

technologies that minimizes time between data collection, analysis and decision

making that support organizations to respond to market situations. The technology

also needs to move away from conventional data from forms to data from

unstructured market sources like the social networks, IOTs etc.

From the above it is clear that the measure of “Enterprise Agility” hinges on four major factors –

Organization Design to create an Agile and Evolving enterprise – some of the key indicators are (a) Simplified Strategies, (b)

Lowered Decision Making, (c) Collaborative Partnerships, (d) Risk Management

Clear Product Development Strategies - some of the key indicators are (a) Innovation and Product Envisioning, (b) Agile

Development, (c) Managing evolving requirements

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Technologies for Marketing and Support, (d) Technologies for Distribution

Enabled Workforce - (a) Nurturing participation and innovation, (b) Health and Well-being, (c) Learning and Growth, (d) Best

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