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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

Ozfox 2007…

I attended OzFox 2007 last week, good location, great speakers and fantastic sessions. Craig Bailey did a great job (as usual) in organizing the conference. Peter Metcalf and Talman Admin / Tech staff (Nicole, Elle, Luis, Bing ) were the back bone of the conference. Some key outputs from the conference: Reporting enhancements Sedna CTP -2 Exchanging common […]

March 3, 2007 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
Posted in: Talman news, Visual Foxpro

Right methodology for the right project….

Currently I am working on a sizable project, which is nearing completion and as usual, you always make those common mistakes project after project. Over the years,  everyone involved in managing projects have observed that projects have common characteristics that can be formalized into a structural process, which allows the projects to be managed more effectively. […]

March 3, 2007 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
Posted in: Project Management, 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
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