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Last week, my friend confidently told me his New Year’s resolutions for 2012: eat healthier and lose 30 pounds, bring down his blood pressure and learn a new language. I laughed because these were the exact same resolutions he made last year — and then quickly forgot. Sound familiar? The beginning [...]

Here are the user story estimation techniques that I’ve found effective.This helps escape one of the biggest risk of estimations - we get into , which says estimates are not supposed to be 100% precise. T-Shirt sizing is vague technique - get rid of it Originally I estimated stories as one, two, three, four or as [...]

When I started my current project as a Functional Analyst last year, I was advised to write user stories in the form of “As a <user>, I want <goal> so that <reason>”. It is a unique way to document the stories but definitely simplifies various challenges of the requirements documentation. By learning how to gather requirements [...]

As the CEO of a software R&D services firm that focuses on new and game-changing technology, I’m often asked what technology trends I see dominating the year ahead. I have several predictions for 2012, and I thought it would be fun to share them with you and learn what trends you foresee developing in the [...]

I remember my career’s first and career’s largest software project with over 150 team members and more than 20 different modules working as a fresher in developing India’s largest electronic depository system - NSDL.I was fresh out from my university and my colleagues 2 years older in project used to scare me with their bombardment [...]

As I make travel plans over the holiday season, I’m reminded of the technology behind Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and how it has made a huge impact on the way we interact with the world. From satellite street views to real-time functioning, GPS software has dramatically increased our ability to navigate new cities — and [...]

Maintenance Projects are little different than development project in the nature. They are more volatile than typical development projects. All the activities planned may or may not get executed during the sprint and there may be possibility of sudden change in priorities in the plan. Planning for Maintenance Projects Looking at the nature of execution, we [...]

A farmer adding an extra bushel of fertilizer to a saturated cornfield; a student cramming for one more hour after 2AM; a homeowner remodeling beyond the value of his neighborhood – all are examples of the Law of Diminishing Returns, which states, “As more investment in an area is made, overall return on that investment [...]

I recently read a blog entry by business consultant Peter Bregman, who talked about visiting Disneyland’s Animal Kingdom Park. He saw a lion sitting on a rock, where apparently he sat every day. When he asked the ranger how they trained the lion to sit there every day, the ranger laughed and said, “We don’t [...]

Many of us are overwhelmed by our to-do lists, and work hard each day to accomplish just a few of our countless tasks. However, we tend to focus on urgent items while disregarding the importance of planning for tasks that are necessary to reach our overall goal. This negligence will lead to even more stress [...]