Motivation is an important function of every manager. It deals with actuating the people to work for theaccomplishment of objectives of the organization.  A manager has to make appropriate use of motivation to enthuse the employees to follow them.  In…   Read more»

Lot of factors comes into consideration for someone to work in a company and I do agree recognition and praise to be the main reason for most of the people.Yes Recognition and praise are co-related as Employee recognition is the…   Read more»

I do agree  working as a Engineer for the first 3-5 years and then move to the management side  .Before going to the management side working in the mix gives us the good insides and teaches us different aspects and…   Read more»

Money is always a part,but making a change or being responsible for a positive change in the society is what motivates me to work .The above result doesn’t surprise me and I do agree with it .When we start our…   Read more»

Challenging and learning opportunity at the work place are the big motivators for me,the working environment plays a big role but at the end of the day if I am doing something that I love nothing else matters .Doing something…   Read more»

There are always changes in course of the project ,that might be with the tasks or the staffs involved .These changes may bring confusion in handling day to day task and also slows progress of the project .Changes are inevitable…   Read more»

The responsibility of human resource management falls into three major areas – staffing , employee compensation and benefit ,and defining/designing workplace .They play a major role in a product development as the role involves getting right talent to the project…   Read more»

Project human resource management involves organizing and managing a project team. The team is usually made up of people with specific skills and responsibilities. The project team, also known as project staff, should be involved in plans and decision making…   Read more»

Overlapping development activities is widely used to reduce project completion times in product development. However, research on the applicability of the concept in different technological environments remains scarce. So far, very few industry-specific studies have statistically confirmed an accelerating effect…   Read more»

Metrics are numbers that tell you important information about a process under question. They tell you accurate measurements about how the process is functioning and provide base for you to suggest improvements. It is said that only when one can…   Read more»

Planned Value (PV) defines how far along project work is supposed to be at any given time in the Project schedule and cost estimate. It answers how much value you have planned to earn in a given time question.The planned value…   Read more»

Factors the causes changes are :
Business needs changed.
Business benefits changed.
Proper planning was not done.
Planning suffered a lack of stakeholder engagement.
Gold-Plating (scope inflation, scope creep).
Realized Risk
Project Resourcing Changes.
Project Funding Changes.
Project Schedule Changes.
A Corrective Action needs to occur

It it really important to have steps to estimate a project : Steps in estimating• A statement of scope or scope document that defines whatthe project is and is not• A task list in the form of a work breakdown…   Read more»

In most cases, the project manager is the individual who produces the plan project which includes the work breakdown structure (WBS) and schedule from the requirements that he or she receives. However, in many situations, the project deadline is a…   Read more»

One of the most powerful tools for this exercise is the work breakdown structure (WBS) which is a hierarchical decomposition of the scope of work.We want to be sure the WBS includes all the product and project work, including the project management…   Read more»

Teamwork is the reciprocal relationships of a groupof individuals, helping each other and themselvesto complete a task or project that they could notcomplete on their own. In a complex system a team is started  with a general sense of direction…   Read more»

Effectively managing a company’s risk is a multi-step process, ranging from an initial risk exposure analysis to identify coverage gaps to updating plans to adapt to a company’s growth or change in operations.A risk management team is a independent team in…   Read more»

Getting the right customer view throughout the product development cycle is essential to get the product right and to aim at the right target.  As the product takes shape throughout the various development stages, it goes through constant iterations to…   Read more»

Project timeline always depends on the customer’s requirement. Later have to be analyzed and planned according to the project demand. A project timeline tracks the chronological order of events. These timelines give teams an understanding of a project at just…   Read more»

A checklist of common risks may be used to identify risks in a project
 Technology risks. • People risks. • Organisational risks. • Requirements risks. • Estimation risks.