Monthly Archives: February 2009

28 February 09

Change yourself, not the mirror

Change is painful, especially when you have to change yourself. However, in reality all change is really about - changing yourself ! When people ignore this simple and timeless truth, they start accumulating a lot of ‘rigidity’ - growing at the rate of one day at a time, until that years-of-accumulated-and-hardened-behavior becomes a Frankenstein’s monster and an inseparable and indistinguishable part of themselves ! So much so, that they don’t even see that as the problem. I read somewhere that it takes an average of 21 days for a practice to become habit. I think the same must be true …more

What is a Lean Enterprise ?
25 February 09

What is a Lean Enterprise ?

 A Lean Enterprise is defined as “a business system for organizing and managing product development, operations, suppliers, and customer relations. Business and other organizations use lean principles, practices, and tools to create precise customer value—goods and services with higher quality and fewer defects—with less human effort, less space, less …more

Some ‘universal truths’ of software development
4 February 09

Some ‘universal truths’ of software development

 Over the years, I have had the good fortune of stumbling upon several universal truths of software development. that have stood the test of time. While some of them were gratefully borrowed from other more competent professionals, several of them have been earned first-hand I offer them here for your …more

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