Monthly Archives: October 2008

31 October 08

Are you helping your competitors succeed ?

I just read a nice story on the home page of Luke Watson, and was struck by its ‘simple power’. It goes like this: A few years ago, there was story going around about a farmer who won a particular category in the Nebraska State Fair four years in a row, which is unheard of there. The local newspaper sent a reporter to interview the farmer to find out what he did to achieve such a feat. The reporter asked, “What’s your secret? Do you have any special corn seed?” The farmer replied, “Absolutely, I develop my very own corn …more

Is Scrum serving your Software Development, or the other way round ?
17 October 08

Is Scrum serving your Software Development, or the other way round ?

There was a question on the group Scrum Practitioners on LinkedIn if “…implementing Scrum as a whole should be our goal or would you use aspects of the Scrum methodology to realise an agile culture change ?” Looking at the disproportionately large number (with an increasing trend) of posts on …more

I’ve learnt that…
16 October 08

I’ve learnt that…

…the most important and worthwhile races in life - the ones that are worth every drop of sweat and every ounce of blood, have no finish line !

Report from 14th India Telecommunications 2008 International Summit
4 October 08

Report from 14th India Telecommunications 2008 International Summit

I was a panelist for the “Video-IPTV Services” Session at the recent 14th India Telecommunications 2008 International Summit organised at New Delhi, 23-25 Sep 2008. The event boasted of some of the most eminent personalities in telecom world, with the Minister of Communications and IT, Thiru A Raja, doing the inauguration. …more

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