Monthly Archives: November 2008

26 November 08

If you want real change, be rigid !

 We probably don’t need another theory on change management, but we surely need a better understanding of what we think we know. In the context of change initiatives, we often see a situation where someone wants to push change proposals, and there are ‘resistors’ to that idea. The classic duel is when the people pushing change initiatives are ‘revolutionaries’ who won’t settle for anything short of a full-fledged change to overhaul the entire system and those resisting the change proposals are ‘traditionalists’ who would be better off tinkering the system here and there in a very planned and certain …more

What is wrong with Gmail ? …and why is LinkedIn going down the same path ?
15 November 08

What is wrong with Gmail ? …and why is LinkedIn going down the same path ?

Those on Gmail have my heartfelt sympathies. Additionally, if you also use LinkedIn, welcome to hell ! Let’s first talk about Gmail. Have you seen what’s happening off-late: gmail is getting painfully slower by the hour, it freezes every now and then,.. I am now seriously thinking of switching over …more

Applying Little’s Law to Agile Project Management
5 November 08

Applying Little’s Law to Agile Project Management

My article by this title got published in PM World Today, Nov 2008 issue. Here is the abstract: Little’s Law states that inventory in a process is the multiplication of throughput and the flow-time. While this seems intuitive, it helps us establish a mathematical relationship between basic factors that govern …more

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