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Thanks and Best Wishes
Soumen De, PMP
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Editor’s NoteEditor’s NoteDear Friends,
Greetings from PMI Bangalore India Chapter!
In the last month, three topics were very noteworthy for Project Managers like us.
First, the Project Management National Conference 2015 jointly hosted by Bangalore
Chapter was announced. The conference will be held at The Lalit Ashok, Bangalore from
September 10-12, 2015. The theme of the Conference, after meticulously reviewing the suggestions given
by past delegates has been chosen as “ARCHITECTING PROJECT MANAGEMENT for Redefining
India…”.
PMI decided to extend the Economic Exception Program till December 2015. More details are available in this
edition of PM Essence.
The other topic of relevance was the announcement made by India's market regulator, SEBI which mandated
listed companies to have at least one woman director on their boards, by 1st April 2015. Regionally, European
and North American companies do better in having women on corporate boards: 23.9% of board directors
are women in European retail/consumer products companies, while in North America, woman occupy 22.3%
of board seats in the same industry. African companies in the study (11.4%), Asia-Pacific (9.6%), and Latin
American (9.5%) retail/consumer product companies all fall significantly short of the 18.4% average
representation within the industry [reference- http://www.globewomen.org/].
Based on recent study, India has approximately 6% of the total directors on boards as women. Hence we can
see we fare poorly when compared to global standards. If we have to match to global standards we need to
bring more diversity in the board. Studies have linked gender-diverse boards with better financial
performance, better governance, increased innovation, and improved opportunities for other women within
the companies. A survey of Fortune 500 companies indicates that companies with higher female board room
representation outperformed on various financial parameters like return on sales (ROS) and return on
investment (ROI).
While some of the progressive companies had women board members prior to SEBI's directive, there were
many who hurriedly appointed women from the promoter's family on the last day to avoid strict penalties for
non-compliance. Ensuring gender balance in the board does not mean we compromise the quality of the
board. The selection of women directors based on their professional capabilities, will enhance the quality of
the boards, leading to much better outcomes.
India is on the cusp of massive transformation, catalyzed by the various initiatives launched by our Prime
Minister that promises to make India more self-reliant and start playing a major role in the world's economy. If
we can execute the intended spirit behind increasing diversity in company board, it will unleash the hidden
potential and serve as a game changer for Transforming India.
Happy Reading.
Chapter News
Editorial Board
Volume - 3 - Issue 1 April 2015
- Capt. L. N. Prasad
Chapter News
- Capt. L. N. Prasad
2 Milli Gram knowledge ...
- Ananth
Sandwich or Sauce
- Shiv M Kumar
Social Mad-idea Discipline
- Namita Gupta, PMP
Tracking Project Milestones
- Himanshu S. Mahanta
Are Product Managers ...
- Pinkesh Shah
The Lighter side of PM
- Rajiv
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PM Footprints: During the month of
March 2015, two PM Footprints sessions thwere held. On 5 March 2015, Mr. A
Baburajan, PMP, AVP - Bangalore
Operations, from Causeway Software
Technologies Pvt. Ltd., spoke on the
topic “Demystifying Self Organising
Agile Teams”. He gave an insight into
elements of
Self Organised
Agile teams
and how agile
working
frameworks
embrace these elements. He also highlighted
certain practices like 'Scrum' play, and how it plays
an very important role in building Self Organising
Teams.
thOn 19 March 2015,
Dr. Rekha Jagannath,
Honourable Member,
Karnataka State Planning
Board, spoke on the topic
“From Ideas to Enterprise”. It discussed how ideas
can be nurtured into viable business propositions.
Her presentation was very inspiring and thought
provoking for the audience.
Murali Santhanam, PMP
Namita Gupta, PMP, PMI-ACP
Rama K, PMP, PMI-ACP
Shikha Vaidh, PMP, PMI-ACP
Soumen De, PMP
Sujata Sahu, PMP
Q. This is the principle which
tends people to remember
positives more accurately than
negatives?
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2 Milli Gram Knowledge or the 2 minute Googlers2 Milli Gram Knowledge or the 2 minute GooglersPM Article
- Ananth
Recently, I heard
an individual,
arguing with an
experienced
surgeon on a
surgery that was
conducted on
one of his
relatives, when
confronted he
said he read it in
the internet and
he had knowledge in it; the surgeon
patiently explained in detail and put him
in his perspective. Half educated
information is dangerous but then this 2
minute knowledge gain over the internet
without a deeper research is catastrophic;
no education and no knowledge is
probably better than the 2 minute
internet search.
I have been interviewing people for a
good amount of time now, I can hear one
line as common from most majority; “I
will google and find the solution”. Well
nothing wrong, but look at the flip side,
people have stopped reading books,
asking their peers, people have stopped
digging/probing/researching deeper in to
the issues, a superficial solution available
over the internet makes them
happy/content/satisfied.
Is Google the culprit? Is internet the
culprit? Certainly NOT!
It is the mind set change in the 21st
century. People have become sluggish,
lack thinking capabilities and have
become more materialistic. Taking onus,
resolving the deeper issues, bring up
risks, come up with smarter solutions are
all bygone. Now we need 2 minute
solutions; there's nothing wrong in
seeking solutions within 2 minutes;
however people have failed to understand
that this solution which comes in 2
minutes comes because of years and
decades of hard work.
A university graduate who is starting his
professional wants to become a manger
to start with; at 3 years of experience an
individual wants to be a senior engineer,
not many wants to get in to research
field, there's a mad rush at the lucrative
offers by some of the big corporates in
the name of programming/developing;
the 2 minute googlers are on the rise no
doubt, lack of maturity, lack of guidance,
the not so judicious, materialistic
interests have all have stemmed it.
I was addressing a gathering of mid level
experienced youngsters who had just
joined a company. Majority of them
quoted Bosses and Money as the reason
for leaving the work place and few
extended stating I just got 10% hike.
I countered them stating please jot down
10 value adds that YOU brought in to
your work, your company, and yourself in
the last one year or between the two
appraisal cycles. If you have these 10
items listed you are worth perhaps a little
beyond the hike you got. I extended
myself in explaining the rationale behind
a longer stay at work place and building a
career than jump at an additional rupee
hike.
As Project Managers; I feel we have the
social responsibility of addressing these
kind of issues and make people
understand the importance of building a
career than settle for short term gains
which eventually would leave them
stranded in the long run.
Use the 2 min googling/surfing for only a
superficial insight. However, probe, dig
and research a subject and or a topic be
a Subject Matter Expert, build a good
CAREER by investing time on studying
and gaining knowledge over a good
period of time, build a good Personality
by acquiring the wealth of knowledge.
Have a good life!!!
2 mG; 2 Milli Gram Knowledged people or
the 2 minute Googlers is what we get in
the industry today, not many seem to be
taking interest to study a subject in depth
and detail.
There was point in time and not too long
ago where in people used to get in to an
enterprise and probably serve their life in
it. In a good span of time, they were
subject matter experts and were excelling
in the same. People took pride in their job
and they had the same commitment
towards the work and work place as that
of their family.
There was also a point in time where the
people visited the libraries and invested
money on books to gain knowledge,
people invested time to visit the scholars
and learned people.
They all led a peaceful life, they all had
their share of time for their family and
work, they worked on Saturdays and
sometimes Sundays or probably worked
in grave yard shifts but then no cribs or
complain; but for a standard shift
allowance at the most.
The end of the 20th century saw a sea
change in this and by the time 21st
century dawned we had the 2 minute
googlers. People who browsed for 2
minutes and felt that they were
experienced to debate, discuss and
perform at par what a 15 years
experience would do.
Everything has been fast tracked.
“Half educated information
is dangerous but then this
2 minute knowledge gain
over the internet without a
deeper research is
catastrophic; no education
and or no knowledge is
probably better than the 2
minute internet search.”
Social Mad-idea Discipline
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PM Article Social Mad-idea Discipline
communication or by lack of direct
communication. Any relation in this world
asks for time and communication, be it
with others or own self. These are the
building blocks or mediums through
which any relation blossoms. We are not
using these mediums effectively and
efficiently in our day to day life today
because we have plenty of things (office
deadlines, fb, replying on WhatsApp,
checking twitter etc.) to do and day is too
short to fulfil all these commitments. We
can't avoid office deadlines of course as
end of day we need bread to survive.
Then what we really need to discipline
on? We need to balance ourselves and set
our priorities right. Chetan Bhagat has
rightly mentioned that “Work hard, but
make time for your love, family & friends.
Nobody remembers power point
presentation on your final day”.
One thing I appreciate about west is that
are very clear in their priorities and time
management. A clear bifurcation of
personal, social and professional life.
They are not confused like us. I used this
word confused due to multiple reasons.
We get confuse on where to spend more
time. We get obsessed by technology
because it has come to us as a new
wonder. In this epic of dealing with new
wonders we start losing other important
things. Think about a fact, we have seen
our parents, without all these
technologies. They were managing with a
landline phone and a TV set at home and
living very happily and perhaps very
content life. I belong to a middle class
family where we used to live in a joint
family with 4 families in one house very
happily. There was one bathroom and one
toilet and still we use to reach our
respective places (fathers to offices, Kids
to school, mothers to work) at right time.
On the contrary, today I live in an
apartment where we are total 3 members
with an access to 3 bathrooms and 3
toilets and still we all are hurrying and
getting late every day.
Life style changes have already created
lot of pressure and stress in our lives and
on top of that we are thwarting ourselves
with unnecessary arguments arising due
to less time for our loved ones. We need
to learn & manage the judicious use of
technology which can enhance our living
and not creating further damages. We
need FB, Twitter, and WhatsApp for sure
but when we are back home and have
very little time left for our near & dear
ones - let’s pause on it for a minute.
Nothing will stop if you are away for few
hours. Get back after sometime, who is
stopping you. I remember few funny
incidents. One of my friends has put on
FB, who will miss me if I delete my FB
and WhatsApp? He didn't get any reply
for 4-5 hours. He again re posted on his
timeline and this time few people
responded don't do that buddy.. I saw he
deleted the account next day for a week
and again came in limelight. This time he
posted, it may not affect you but I can't
live without you FB. So the bottom line is,
at end of the day, it's our personal
choice. He was probably testing and I am
sure with this experiment he came back
with some refined thoughts. Try this if
you really want to see how many people
try to reach in your absence.
We are the so called 'Gen Z' who are
witnessing the “Cool” life style. We are
the ones who are advanced in so many
ways when compared to our yester
generations. Technology did wonders and
social media is the key. Can we imagine
our life without FB, Twitter, Instagram,
WhatsApp, Tango etc. etc.? List is huge
and we know we can't. To be very precise
we can't resist, for an hour these days,
forget about one full day. Nothing bad in
really being connected right? Why are we
even discussing it? We are discussing
because we are not realising what we are
losing in this shining world of social
media.
Social media is the forum which made us
connected to old buddies from childhood
whom it was near to impossible to
connect. This is the very opportunity for
us to keep ourselves updated about the
world. Many heart touching stories, social
awareness connects, missed relatives,
close friends settled abroad so there is no
second thought, it's really awesome. If
so, what is it compelling me to pen down
this article?
Let me start with a quote I read few days
back “My internet was down for 5
minutes so I went downstairs and spoke
to my family. They seem like nice people”
There was another video in which “A
mother visited her daughter and without
making noise, TO SURPRISE HER, sat
silently on the next chair and got
surprised by the very fact that her
daughter has not realised her for 2 hours.
Reason? She was busy with FB,
WhatsApp etc., switching between laptop
and smart phone.”
The very urge to write today was to come
up with a sense of social media discipline
in life. We are slowly getting indulged in
social media to a level which has started
affecting our personal lives and we have
started losing our near and dear ones.
More importantly, we are losing our own
selves in this world. There are so many
distractions around that we are unable to
get few minutes only for our own selves
in full day. The trigger for this is lack of
- Namita Gupta, PMP, PMI-ACP
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Sandwich or Sauce
PM Accomplishments
The professional contributions of Lt. Col. L. Shri Harsha, Retd, PgMP, PMP,
VP – Academic Relations of the PMI Bangalore India Chapter has been
acknowledged by various professional bodies in the country. In the last six
months he has to his credit four publications and two presentations, which
are listed below.
“Circumventing Arbitrations-Alternatives and Legal Framework” was
published in the Journal of the Indian Institution of Technical
Arbitrators in November 2014.
“Competent Teams for Challenging Times”, co-authored with Prof.
Hema Harsha was published in Parikalpana, KIIT Journal of
Management in January 2015.
“Integrated Waste Management in the Construction Industry” published in the Journal of the Indian Building Congress in 2014.
“Building Project Management Competencies : A Government of Karnataka – PMI Bangalore India Chapter Imitative” presented at
the FICCI PMI Symposium at FICCI House in February 2015.
In spite of his hectic schedule, Harsha finds time to pursue his interests, acquire new skills and knowledge and actively volunteer with
the Chapter. To get more information on his papers you can visit https://independent.academia.edu/LHarsha
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direction' into 'a meaningful and clear
direction' is the key. Not enough, you
need to also prime them that these 'clear'
directions are till the ball rolls in our
court. Time comes when you have to
throw this back to the 'Strategist' either
as a feedback or progress, you first get
prepared. Yes, to face the ambiguous
understanding of the reality or ambitious
future direction that may be progressive
or scratch-up. Confusing eh? Don't worry;
simply go prepared for the worst...!
Coming back to the 'Smarties' is the next
challenge. Bravo!
Not to worry. Thank them first for the
good job done till now. Just bring the
good news that the project is enhanced.
Give them fresh directions. Agree with
them that our only goal is to excel our
past performance. Go on...!
Are you 'crushed' in between OR 'adding
to the taste'? You decide.
“Manager is one who manages anger"
…someone said…!
Strategists will push from top. Smarties
will push from bottom. Are you crushed in
between OR adding to the taste? This
decides your success.
On the verge of getting caught in the
cross-fire? Watch out, Pal. Understand
the 'Strategist' first. Agree on the
expectations. Don't assume putting it in
record will help. Keep yourself flexible on
the expectations...changes are inevitable.
Once you are clear about the 'changing
expectations', season your 'Smarties'.
Converting the ‘ambiguous strategic
Sandwich or Sauce
PM in Non Traditional Area
Tracking Project Milestones
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stakeholders both internal as well as
external with varying priorities, involve
multiple geographies and may even have
stiff delivery timelines with an associated
penalty clause for delayed deliveries.
Given the complexities, tracking of
deliveries becomes difficult as there are
too many moving parts. There is also an
additional aspect of reporting where
reports shared by the PMO need to be
synchronized as it is important that the
status shared through various mediums
with different levels of stakeholders is
consistent. A tool based monitoring does
allow an automatic revision of dates
should a dependent task undergo a
change. However, more often the change
is not expected to be linear and the client
expects that the end date remains the
same while the internal milestones are
reworked upon. This therefore, leads to a
significant manual realignment of the
plan and while this is manageable to a
large extent on single deliveries, the
tracking becomes extremely stressful in a
program with multiple sub projects
having vast interdependencies.
At a very basic level following are the key
milestones of any delivery:
Project initiation, Kick-off
Business requirement closure
SoW creation
Design
Development
Testing (Unit test , System
Integration test, Performance test)
Services Delivery
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Production Deployment, Cutover
Go live
Steady State, Project Closure
Conception
Business case approval
Requirement closure
Road Map approval
Design for Release 1
Prototype Development Release 1
Prototype Signoff
Development for Release 1
Testing (Unit test , System
Integration test, Performance test)
Version Release
Design for Release 2 (as per
roadmap)
Given the above mentioned environment
around a complex delivery, what are the
options available to Project Managers,
irrespective of the tracking tools used, to
effectively manage the delivery
milestones?
"In this competitive landscape where
both time and money are extremely
important, on time delivery or ahead of
time delivery is the mantra for success
and this can only be achieved by first,
having well defined milestones and then
tracking them diligently" says Sujit
Sahay, Associate Partner at IBM and
currently leading a major transformation
delivery for a large telco.
Following is the list of initiatives which is
likely to yield positive results in managing
the milestones for complex deliveries:
Each project
would have a common set of key
milestones as listed above. And as per
standard Project Management principles
we would have dates for each milestone.
While internally the dependencies may
exist, each milestone would have a clear
date. The dates associated with the key
milestones need to be shared
Product Development
• Documented schedule:
The highly turbulent, ever evolving and
competitive market place demands that
the delivery programs get executed on
time. So that the program benefits can be
realized as soon as possible. Tracking
delivery milestones diligently therefore
becomes critical for achieving on time
delivery.
Managing and tracking project milestones
effectively is an extremely important
aspect of any delivery. A host of COTS
products are available for tracking project
milestones which allow the project
manager to manage inter dependencies
between the tasks, optimize resource
allocations and so on and so forth. While
a tool based management is efficient for
standard projects, the tracking can
become extremely overwhelming in case
of programs which are complex in nature.
"I have come to expect a certain level of
complexity in most transformational
projects right now.” says Steve Martin, VP
& Delivery Executive, IBM. "Given the
huge pressure companies are under to
invest in innovative technology and drive
competitive solutions, one would expect
challenges in upgrading legacy
ecosystems.”
Programs can be categorized as
“complex” due to various reasons.
Typically they may involve complex
system integrations involving multiple
technologies, be first of a kind type of
implementation, have multiple
PM Article - Himanshu S. Mahanta
Tracking Project Milestones
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"Verbal confirmations or
assurances on milestone
closure must be avoided as
these are likely to pose
issues later. It is therefore
best to have the correct
artifacts in place for each
closure"
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signed documents with the right set of
signatories or could be mail approvals as
specified in the documented process.
Verbal confirmations or assurances on
milestone closure must be avoided as
these are likely to pose issues later. It is
therefore, best to have the correct
artefacts' in place for each closure and
should there be any issue, the same
needs to get addressed early enough so
that the remedial actions or escalations
can be made.
An
escalation is only meaningful if it's carried
out at the right time. Thus forthcoming
milestones need to be reviewed diligently
every day and should the team envisage
any issue around any milestone, the right
stakeholders must be informed. The aim
should always be to achieve the
milestone as per the documented plan
and hence right escalations must be
carried at the right time.
The
milestones must be owned by the
relevant Project Manager. However even
during reviews with the client, there
needs to be a defined individual in the
PMO team who would own the
milestones. This individual must be aware
of the status of the milestones being
discussed to a granular level. If issues are
to be discussed, the same should be
available with the PMO to be taken up
with the client leadership or with the
relevant stakeholders internally. Raising
an issue and then stating that the details
would be provided later will only delay
issue resolution.
As daily
milestones will be tracked with rigor, over
a period of time, it will become apparent
which are the teams that are performing
well and which are the projects or teams
which come up with delays. The
leadership then must review the
performance of the associated leads
critically. The hindering factors need to be
addressed via mentoring or coaching and
if the performance still does not improve
then decisions around moving individuals
to different roles may be taken so that
the weak links are removed.
• Escalation process with pre-agreed
tolerance duration for each stage:
• Ownership at each level:
• Consequence management:
• Change management with senior
management concurrence:
• Documented steady state period:
It is likely
that certain milestones would be missed
or delivery dates would need to be
revised due to re prioritization of the
delivery. In this case, the required
change management process must be
followed and the right approvals must be
taken to accept the revision with very
clearly documented reasons for the shift.
While the project is commercially rolled
out successfully, the final milestone that
needs to get tracked is the conclusion of
the steady state period. This basically
implies that the project has moved to the
operations and maintenance teams and
it’s business as usual. This needs to be
signed off by the relevant stakeholders
that are taking over the installation as
per the agreed process thereby releasing
the project team of the responsibilities.
“Tracking significant events or Milestones
throughout complex programs is not only
a requirement for the delivery team, but
it presents an excellent opportunity to
interact with key stakeholders” says
Steven V. DelGrosso, Director, IBM
Project Management Center of
Excellence. While the Project Manager is
focused on the details of managing
intricate dependencies across activities
and tracking status at the work package
level, key stakeholders will want to know
if the program is meeting its milestones.
Focus on these key events ensures the
PM has a handle on the overall schedule
health of the program.
Proper tracking of milestones becomes a
critical activity and setting up a “war
room” with active participation from the
client and the project teams would help
in identifying the weak links early enough
so that appropriate measures are taken
proactively to address any deterrent.
Most of the concepts mentioned above
are very basic and simple, yet when
these are used in conjunction, the impact
on the overall delivery performance will
be widespread and would translate into a
truly successful delivery.
transparently with all stakeholders –
internal as well as external and these
must be presented at the outset during
the project kickoff itself.
A
critical element around the success of any
delivery is the senior management
involvement. This becomes even more
critical in case of complex deliveries
involving multiple stakeholders. It is likely
that the stakeholders have varying
priorities and hence senior management
support helps pass on the right message
so that the teams are well aligned.
Since all the milestones
for the various deliveries are available,
the PMO has clear visibility on the
milestones that fall on each day. While
there may be many parallel deliveries
across geographies, there will be only a
handful of milestones for a specific day. It
is therefore important that the status of
the milestones is reviewed jointly with
the client on a regular basis. The ideal
way of tracking would be to filter all
upcoming milestones (say for a week)and
the team must highlight to the PMO of
any issue that they envisage on achieving
a future milestone.
What should be avoided is coming on the
day of a milestone closure and then
announcing that the milestone is likely to
be missed.
: As the project moves from
initiation to go live and passes through
different stages, there needs to be a clear
entry and exit criteria for each stage. The
process should be documented and at
each stage the approving authority needs
to be clearly listed. It should not happen
that the project moves to the user
acceptance stage and then there is a
realization that the delivery is missing
some key components because the right
individuals were not involved during the
requirements stage.
The fact that the
guidelines are actually being followed can
only be proven through artifacts. For any
milestone closure, the PMO needs to
review the artifacts and then mark the
milestone as complete. These could be
• Executive management support:
• Focused tracking of milestones and
dependencies:
• Pre - defined process and strict
adherence:
• Need for Artifacts:
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Are Product Managers
Future Entrepreneurs?
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A. The Pollyanna principle
(also called Pollyannaism or
positivity bias) is the tendency
for people to remember
p l e a s a n t i t e m s m o r e
accurately than unpleasant
ones. Research indicates that,
at the subconscious level, the
mind has a tendency to focus
on the optimistic while, at the
conscious level, it has a
tendency to focus on the
negative. This subconscious
bias towards the positive is
often described as the
Pollyanna principle.
[Source - Internet]
PM Article
- Pinkesh Shah
Are Product Managers
Future Entrepreneurs?
a. Leadership Skills -
b. Internal vs External –
Conflict
management, stakeholder management,
influence building. Product Managers
have to influence multiple stake holders
for decision making, hence leadership
skills are more critical.
Product
Managers have to spend more time
internal to the company compared to an
entrepreneur who might be completely
customer/market focused (funded
startups have Boards to answer as well
but time investments are lower)
c. Plumber vs Oil Digger –
d. Risk Appetite -
As a
Product Manager you have potentially lots
of resources that you need to be aware of
and know how to leverage (existing
customers, brand, sales force, budgets
etc.). So the key thing here is to
“connect” the right pipes in the
organization so oil falls in your bucket as
opposed to dig for oil (find early
adopters, investors etc.)
Emotionally a Product
Manager might be less attached to the
business as personal wealth is not at
stake (reputation is on the line though!).
A good Product Manager should have the
right passion for the product and a good
entrepreneur knows when to quit and
pivot based on market feedback!
While there are differences in skillsets,
the end goal for both seems to be aligned
– “delivering value”.
So at the end, is it fair to say that
Product Managers are Future
Entrepreneurs?
Product Management is more of a
mindset change.
“Product Management has many
definitions but most experts will agree
that its essentially the art & science of
delivering delighting solutions to real
market problems and doing it rather
predictably.”
So if a Product Manager is supposed to
Get customer insights
Validate a proposed solution
Develop a business/monetization
model
Develop specifications/requirements
for teams to build a delighting solution
Help launch and figure out the go to
market strategy
then, how is it different from what an
entrepreneur ends up doing?
Here is my take on how Product
Managers need slightly different skills
than an entrepreneur -
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We desperately need a balance and as a manager, my managerial instinct is overpowering me
to give some “gyan” to do it. We need to make sure that:
There is no silence when 2 people sitting near to each other.
Quality of time is not compromised with near & dear ones
We are not stopping letters, greeting cards and phone calls to family & friends
We are not leaving even one chance unturned to be F2F with family & friends (Agile way)
On top of all, we are spending some time with our own self without any message/email/FB
alert
Use social media, but use it with some level of moderation.
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One More Reason to Renew Chapter Membership Now
The Economic Exception Pilot Program launched by PMI in 2012 allows PMI Members in India
to renew their membership at a reduced cost of US$65. This was done to study whether this
will address the issue of lower membership renewals from developing countries like India.
After three years of existence, PMI is reviewing the effectiveness of the program. In the
meanwhile PMI decided to extend the Economic Exception Program till December 2015 by
which time PMI will complete the review and take decisions. We request all PMI Members to
renew PMI and Chapter Membership and be proudly associated with the leading Project
Management community in the world. This will help the program to be extended and will
benefit everyone. Apart from a host of benefits to renew your Chapter membership, here is
one more reason to renew/join the Chapter membership.
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The Lighter Side of PM
Share your Professional Achievements with us!
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PM Accomplishments is YOUR section for sharing the joy of professional achievement
with the rest of the community an inspiration for others to follow. Please share details of
your achievement in not more than 50 words and send it along a high resolution picture
associated with the accomplishment with the Chapter for publishing in PM Essence.
Certain rules apply:
The accomplishment must relate to project management profession. Please do not send
information on promotions, new job, new role and other routine events The
accomplishment must be within the last 6 months The entries received will be evaluated
by the Chapter and selected accomplishment(s) will be published in the Essence of the
following month.
Please write to [email protected] and share details of your
accomplishments and steal the limelight
Technology Support : Sekar Parasuraman, PMP
Your Opportunity to take Leadership Position in PMI Bangalore India Chapter Board
PMI Bangalore India Chapter recognizes the vital role the Nomination Committee (NC) can play in identifying and recommending the best
candidates for the vacant post of Vice President to be part of the Chapter Board. It is in this context, the Chapter Board has recently selected 5
seasoned professionals with diverse background to form this year's Nominating Committee. They will be steering the Chapter Board Elections
for 2015.
The Chapter needs experienced and passionate professionals like YOU to spread the enthusiasm and help us reach greater levels of
adoption and professionalism in Project Management in Karnataka.
We encourage YOU to tap this opportunity and nominate yourself for the open Board positions. The NC will soon invite applications from
eligible Chapter members for elections to fill the existing vacancy in the Chapter Board. Those members interested to file their
nominations may visit Chapter's website and lookout for further communication from Chapter.
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Agile Foundation Program:
Corporate Connect:
The Chapter
also conducted a two day workshop on Agile
titled “Agile Advanced Program". The program th thwas held on 28 and 29 March 2015.
22 members participated in the workshop.
Chapter also
conducted two programs, one at GE
Healthcare and one at Robert Bosch. The goal
of these workshops was to connect with the
PM community and learn the share from the
experiences of each other.