Archive for the ‘Software Engineering’ Category

Power of working as a Group

Everyone wants to be part of a team / department where all feel respected, included, energized, and appreciated. When you are a team / department leader and you manage others, it’s your responsibility to set the standard for behavior for the team / department. Your lookout, and how you are comprehended, surpasses the moment. Some good behavior tips when […]

April 1, 2007 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
Posted in: Project Management, Software Engineering

Project Burnouts and Burnout rebound….

This is a common scenario while working with smaller team on bigger projects, weeks of demanding workload takes its toll and you discover the motivation isn’t quite what it used to be. Identifying and battling back from burnout is a skill every project manager must know. Some key areas which can help rebound, when in […]

March 21, 2007 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
Posted in: Project Management, Software Engineering, Talman news

Manuals for Software projects….

There are a few standard ways to create manuals for software projects, some of them are: Using Microsoft word manual template Buying readymade templates from various providers Designing your own format Most of the companies prefer to design their own format as it is not difficult to design and there are many tools available to […]

March 19, 2007 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
Posted in: Project Management, Software Engineering, Tools, Tips & Utilities

Managing and Planning for Critical tasks….

Again some common project management mistakes, which becomes critical and become root cause of the project failures. I am talking about not identifying and not pre-planning for Critical tasks. The current project I am working on has a similar critical task of integrating VFP application with AS400 applications through use of MQ-series messaging. The development […]

March 17, 2007 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
Posted in: Project Management, Software Engineering, Talman news, Visual Foxpro

FrontPage history …Now Sharepoint Designer…

I have been using FrontPage since 1997/98, and my personal website http://www.nationalcom.com has been in FrontPage since then, just recently (last month) I upgraded to Sharepoint Designer, which is a great tool. Just looking at the past and recollecting my experience with FrontPage….here is a nice history put up by SEO consultants http://www.seoconsultants.com/frontpage/history/ …enjoy reading it.

March 6, 2007 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
Posted in: Software Engineering, Tools, Tips & Utilities

Some key reasons why software projects fail…

Although the reasons mentioned below are not new at all, but worth keeping eye on during the course of the project (Pre planning, execution and post project) Some reasons for project failures can be hunted down to: Lack of involvement by senior management Lackluster commitment to the project Poorly defined specifications Team members lacking appropriate skills Poorly defined / […]

March 4, 2007 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
Posted in: Project Management, Software Engineering, Talman news

Moved from serendipity to WordPress

  Just moved my blog from Serendipity to WordPress. The location remains my own website www.nationalcom.com . The reason I changed to WordPress is: Serendipity did not have api interface to be used by another 3rd party off-line blogging tool I wanted to use Windows live writer (thanks to Andrew Coates who mentioned this during OzFox 2007), which […]

March 2, 2007 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
Posted in: Blogroll, Commercial applications, Personal, Project Management, Software Engineering, SQL Server, Talman news, Uncategorized, Visual Foxpro, Visual Studio