17 leading software practitioners across the world meet in Utah during 2001, to develop a Lightweight development methodology that could strategically replace the exciting time consuming methodologies.
Agile works effectively, considering the “Speed to the Market” aspect, without compromising on the Quality. It has been Ten whole Years. A Decade had passed Agile Adoption is rapidly growing across the globe. Agile is a Philosophy, that carriers effective Values with it.
5 Life Lessons to Learn From Agile Philosophy
Coming together is to Win: Agile emphasizes on Collaborative work and Seamless Integration between all stake holders. Unlike Traditional Methodologies, Agile Team members work on a single location that facilitates effective communication between the stake holders.
Communication works for those who work at it: Most of the Project Issues are due to the stammered communication pattern. Different people have different opinion but everybody in the team should travel towards on specific goal. Agile team members break the “Them and US” tension between the developers and testers and instead they focus on the journey towards a unified Vision.
A fool with a tool is still a fool: In a Typical Project Environment, more time is wasted over Documentation & Process Detailing. Agile philosophy prefers People over Process, Investing more time on people can yield more quality results. Ultimately its human brains who envision products and ideas, no technology or process can replace our thought process.
Develop a Passion towards Change: Agile Team members should be passionate about change. Agile Projects are delivered in incremental releases with multiple iterations; the team must focus on the working software irrespective of multiple iterations and change in requirements from the customer. Which one do you prefer, “A 100 Page working manual or Working Software?”
Knowledge is Power: Agile Team member must charged with a sound domain and product knowledge and they are expected to play the role of a redeemer during adverse situations. Only a focused and stuffed mind can contribute and adapt to the Dynamic Agile environment.
Who is your favorite blogger ? Tech Crunch ? Seth Godin ? Paul Graham ?
Everybody might have a list of their Personal Favorite blogs. That could vary between Individuals. But there are few blogs that are special to many like Seth Godin’s blog on Marketing – Its compelling, Sensible and Sometimes Addictive.
There are many Awesome Bloggers across the globe. Jess3 a leading creative agency had listed the world’s most favorite blog in a Tree Format and they call it “The Blog tree”
Enlarged View: Link
Ideas are born and dead in no matter of time, if it is not implemented with a passion. Seth Godin says a good idea spreads faster than a virus. And it’s contagious for good.
Everything in life follows a pattern when its evolves. We call it “Life Cycle”. Electric Light was not invented on the same day of idea generation, it took years and some 1000 failure attempts for human to materialize the concept in to a physical state.
Gamestorming a creative gamming organization had defined the “Life Cycle of Invention”
Please use this link for better clarity and also use the link to download the PDF Format: Link
I had been working on this presentation for one of the Tech Conferences that happened in Chennai, but unfortunately i could not make it to the conference.
This presentation is based on Guy Kawasaki’s book “Reality Check” on Entrepreneurship
This Presentation is Exclusively Made in Apple’s – Keynote (Keynote is Apple’s Version of Power Point)
Kindly Share your thoughts.
Music is something that stands in our soul for ever. Some of the relishing moments in life are accompanied by best music.
The best collection of music is very precious and close to heart. How do you preserve them ?
If Carrying it in a separate device is bothering you, then you should think of a light weight alternative. What about a Cloud Device?
Now preserve your favorite music in cloud and listen to it on the go anywhere around the world.
Sound Cloud is the most popular cloud music player that allows you to upload music online and allows you to listen them online. You also can search & Sort the music directory for the desired track. Unlike other online Uploading application Sound Cloud is much faster and so is the streaming. Sound Cloud also has iPhone and Andriod Application
Mougg is a perfect alternative for Sound Cloud that provides 1GB of free space in the cloud. Store your Music Library in the Cloud and access it Via Any device from Anywhere in the World
Project Teams work at different Locations and they need to be connected to have a better workflow.
When a Team of 30 Members work at 3 Different Locations across the Globe Europe, America and Asia. Apart for from your Official eMail (Which will have Storage Limitations) We need a Project Management Tools that brings everybody in a Single Page.
I have tried and played around with different project management tools and found Rule.fm to be the best.
What does this tools do in special
1)Create Projects
2)Invite your Team members
3)Track the Project Activities
4)Store Your Documents in the Cloud
5)Share all your Presentations online
6)Setup Meeting
7)Create Wiki’s as a standard Document or Procedure Document
8)Get Notification on Project Dead Line
9)Get the History Based Project Details
10)Update your Team on your Live Status Streaming (Like Facebook) regarding the Project and expect feedback
Your Company may have multiple metrics that might lead to nothing but frustration. Rule.fm bring everything in a single plate.
Rule.fm is simple and interactive. I would call this as a Social Project Management Tool.
Design ? Mind Boggling !!! What if Apple comes up with a Project Management Tool. That Effective
Rule.fm’s free package might benefit the Small time entrepreneurs and they do have a premium package ranging from $ 49 To $ 149. Definitely worth a TRY
2010 had been a great year for both Facebook & Twitter. Facebook had reached unachievable heights, while Twitter is still finding it difficult to derive a Revenue Model for itself. Yet Evan Williams is a Product Genius for delivering an Online Knowledge Power House – Twitter
Are you Twitter Fan or Facebook Fan ? My vote is Up for “Twitter”
Here are Some of the Interesting Facts on Facebook, Twitter & how they have performed in 2010 by Digitalsurgeons
You may know your friends mobile number who lives in Chile Via Facebook, but you may not know how to call him.
One thing that might stop you from dialing him is, You might not know the country code and the procedure to make the call to many countries
Here is a solution, Howtocallabroad is an online guide that guides you to make calls across the globe.
Select the “Calling From” Location and “Calling To” Location
The Tool gives a simple illustration on how to make calls to any country across the world
Link: Howtocallabroad
“Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle” this is what YAHOO Stands for. Yahoo is a perfect case study for the fall of an empire. I still could recollect having my first email id with Yahoo and my first chat with an unknown American with Yahoo Chat.
Yahoo had this laid back attitude and it had always growth inorganically. Here is a Infographics by Scores on “The Brutal Decline of Yahoo”
I like to Start the Year with Something new, so that you get the mode to engage yourself with your passion.
Last New Year, I created and submitted a Presentation for Startups.
And this time its for Presenters and People who wanted to make a mark in the field of Presentations with Power Point or Key Note.
Write to me for a better clarity on the Post : hairaman@gmail.com
Wishing you all a Happy New Year
Title: How to Present Like a Pro