QAspire

AUGUST 24, 2010

Note: My book ‘ #QUALITYtweet – 140 bite-sized ideas to deliver quality in every project ’ explores the people, process and leadership aspects to build a constantly improving organization culture. Bonus: QAspire Blog was recently featured on Community of Program and Project Managers (PPM Community). Check out the feature.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 20, 2016

Did you know that organizations lose $109 million for every $1 billion invested in projects and programs? It’s a staggering number to consider, and even more shocking, it’s due in part to the fact that over the last year, less than a third of all projects were successfully completed on time and on budget. Evaluation. Visibility.

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QAspire

JANUARY 20, 2011

Companies are working ways out to deliver more value, people in organizations are evaluated based on value they create and clients seek “value-adds” in products and services they purchase. Eliminating Waste” is the key to a lean and productive organization. Don’t Kill It! Working and Walking – Where Are You Going?

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QAspire

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Thoughts on Project Leadership and Choices I love project management as a subject not only because it gets so much work done, but also because project management manifests how people operate. Are you the right example for your team to follow? Have a Great Monday!

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QAspire

JULY 29, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Adding Value: A Gentle Reminder Sure, as a project manager / business leader, you: Completed the project in given time frame. Shared statistical reports with the top management. Adding value – that is what project management (and all our work as professionals) is all about.

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QAspire

JANUARY 16, 2011

So here is a BIG question : How are you contributing towards simplifying the business (of your organization or your customer’s organization) and life (yours and people who work with you)? Hence, Rosabeth Moss Kanter , a professor at Harvard Business School believes, “ The next big trend is simple: to simplify. ” Don’t Kill It!

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QAspire

JULY 1, 2010

Learning fundamentals of project management is essential for everybody - irrespective of whether you are a project manager or not. Name it as “Project Certification&#. Create a list of such goals, prioritise them and take top 3 goals as projects you would work on. You can try it out too. Don’t Kill It!

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QAspire

AUGUST 31, 2010

Megha By Parallel Project Management Training , September 1, 2010 @ 8:55 pm Sad to say that I know some leaders who fulfill all these requirements. Parallel Project Management Training´s last blog. It also tells a great deal about the organization itself. Thanks a Lot for again a very good Topic! Don’t Kill It!

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QAspire

JULY 20, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer 5 Ways To Build Trust (Lessons from a Conversation) One of my friends recently joined a new organization at a senior position. " Clarify Expectations : When you are new to an organization, it is very important that you manage expectations well. What you expect from them.

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QAspire

OCTOBER 17, 2010

To bring about a positive change in people/organization through our work. 4) To bring about a positive change in people/organization through our work. To be able to build/deliver quality consistently. To raise the bar. To be able to do more in less time. To innovate and experiment. 3) To be able to do more in less time. Don’t Kill It!

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QAspire

JULY 22, 2010

Totally employee oriented terms, and its also true if Employees are satisfied in any organization it will grow no doubts. People need to know how their work contributes to the organization. I will start questioning myself Thanks for fantastic post. Have a wonderful weekend!! By Megha Mehta, July 23, 2010 @ 9:11 am Simply Great!!

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QAspire

AUGUST 17, 2010

That, to me, is the essence of project management. For project success the points rightly identified above are part of Verification process in V&V model. On a second thought, you can only innovate when you don’t have to worry about doing the routine stuff right. That is where processes and FTR approach can really help.

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QAspire

AUGUST 29, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer ‘Their Work’ Versus ‘My Work’ When you work in an organization or within a team, you can think of it as ‘doing the work for someone’. For the manager. Win-win for both organizations and individuals. For the company. For the client. There is a big difference.

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

They not only pull you out of your comfort zone, but can also add tremendous value to your team/organization. These have always worked for me: Spend more time with your customers As a leader, your impact on an organization is as large as the impact you have on the customers. Think about “Top 3” pain areas in your team/organization.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 9, 2014

In the project management arena, it’s been established that projects are better carried out by teams, and teams nowadays can be dispersed geographically, hence, the growing prevalence of cloud-based project management software to keep these teams connected. Now, consider this. Now, consider this. Conclusion.

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QAspire

JANUARY 2, 2011

One thing that remains constant (and has remained constant) is “Excellence” – which is at the core of the success of any organization, product, service or an individual. Quality is often defined as “degree of excellence”, extent to which organizations, people and products reach their potential. Don’t Kill It!

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QAspire

OCTOBER 13, 2010

a lot of companies focus on restructuring their organization structure (hierarchy). Tuning hierarchy and structure of the organization for better outcomes is just one part. I have said this before – any organization that aims to deliver high performance consistently cannot ignore the power of process. How would work flow?

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Accenture

JUNE 26, 2018

Where coaching used to be something you exclusively get from the outside of the organization, it is now crucial for organizations to develop an internal capacity to support, grow and sustain greater agility. And yet there are still many organizations still struggling with the idea of needing team coaches. Why is this?

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QAspire

AUGUST 22, 2010

didnt know much about “madhyahan bhojan&# )if thats how we call it) and the organization behind it. really true way of action of making change, with quality. By Maulik Shah , August 23, 2010 @ 12:36 pm Nicely observed and nicely presented by you.I was really not knowing this much about Akshaya Patra.It Don’t Kill It!

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QAspire

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer 7 Steps For Customer Centric Process Improvement You can improve almost everything in your organization. With so much to improve, how do you identify what are your top priority improvements? Check it out if you haven’t already ! RSS feed for comments on this post. Don’t Kill It!

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Samanage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Here are a few key ways IT service management (ITSM) has evolved over the last decade. The Influence of DevOps on Change and Release Management. The way organizations now think about equipment upgrades, making changes to a network, or anything in between has been influenced heavily by the introduction of DevOps circa 2007.

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QAspire

JULY 12, 2010

Project Managers are best candidates since they deal with these challenges day in and day out. As an organization, you can either cruise along the circumstances or learn from them and improve. As you pointed it rightly, improvement managers need maturity to ensure that improvement does not turn into a blame game.

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QAspire

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

In my view, implementing an organizational change is pretty much like teaching, because just like teaching, it changes people/teams/organization for better. We make a big mistake when we expect everyone across the organization to accept change at an equal rate. It involves creating an impact on how other’s see their work.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 21, 2013

So what does any of this have to do with Project Management? The common theme from the above is with projects themselves. Just like art, there are projects that have major impacts on society, like the Sistine Chapel (Pyramids, Moon landings, etc.). While other types of projects are more the paint by numbers type.

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QAspire

JANUARY 5, 2011

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Don’t Just Punish Them If They Don’t Comply I have seen organizations that do the following. They define their work processes and implement them across the organization to get certified against a certain standard (like ISO). So, having a process and being conscious about it matters.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 4, 2013

Emerging Trends in Project Management. Implementing project management soft skills into your projects will become increasingly important over the next several years; opening your mind to these emerging trends will open your door to new opportunities. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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QAspire

JULY 14, 2010

Truly organic leadership is one that: - creates best value - is sustainable - is not harmful to the culture and quality of the organization - produces nontoxic output By Tanmay , July 15, 2010 @ 1:07 pm @Setu Vora - Thanks for adding those brilliant points. It should all start from Top in an organization. Don’t Kill It!

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QAspire

AUGUST 5, 2010

Inspire them with stories about the organization. Your people, new hires and aspiring leaders are not as fascinated by numbers as they are with the stories associated with the organization. As a sales leader , you can use power of well crafted stories to project your organization. Show them the future. Don’t Kill It!

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer 15 Key Lessons On Managing Change Change, they say, is the only constant. With rapid globalization and advent of technology, the rate of change in society and in organizations has just multiplied. Every change has its settling time and that depends on you/your organization/your context.

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QAspire

OCTOBER 24, 2010

One of the biggest challenges for a lot of organizations today is to involve each and every team member in the quality game. Most people in the organization can do a better job if they know: What are the key values and beliefs on quality/excellence in the organization? How will those actions add value to organization?

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QAspire

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Most people/organizations don’t think about meaningful changes unless the consequences of not changing are serious or our survival is at stake. I realized that we only change when we “have to” change (externally driven) or when we strongly believe in the result of change (internally driven). Because the latter often tends to be more painful.

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

That choice of living a remarkable life starts with waking up to our current realities, setting your terms for the unconventional life, challenging the status quo, undertaking contrarian adventures, building serious competence, organizing your personal finances, living in possibilities and thinking about your legacy now. Don’t Kill It!

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 20, 2013

Although the definition of those efficient metrics can be relatively easy when the project is small in schedule and resource size, the task can be much more challenging when considering the proper tracking metrics for a larger project. An organization can easily convince itself that as the project gets bigger, then so do the metrics.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 2, 2011

Projects introduce new products and services, processes, applications, and standards to the organization. Regardless of the change, individuals within the organization will not possess the same level of familiarity and proficiency with these new item(s) as they had with those already existing. Consider leaving a comment!

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 1, 2016

The inter-connectivity of computers worldwide and the advent of project management apps and time-tracking software has made this possible. They owe a depth of gratitude to apps that have made the process of managing virtual teams less complex. You just finished reading How Project Management Apps Are Fostering Remote Working !

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QAspire

JULY 27, 2010

Now think about your organization. A common mistake organizations commit is to deliver great experience first time and then take the customer for granted. You recommend their food, service, ambience and overall quality. You become an evangelist. How many customers are still experiencing you. How many of them really believe in you.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Improve productivity, Enhance the bottom line… StrategyDriven Premium Subscriber Login Align Your Organization and Become StrategyDriven! Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr. Click here to cancel reply.

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