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Understanding Financial Entity Types in the Indian Financial Ecosystem

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Understanding Financial Entity Types in the Indian Financial Ecosystem (With Global Parallels)
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1. Introduction: Why Understanding Entity Types Matters
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In the financial world, every transaction, investment, audit, or policy decision involves a variety of institutions, each playing a distinct role. For newcomers or even a person with 3–5 years of experience, it’s often overwhelming to navigate this landscape. Even for seasoned professionals, having a structured knowledge graph of the ecosystem helps in making better decisions, building financial products, or analyzing systemic risks.

Core Entities of Alternative Investment Banking

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Core Entities of Alternative Investment Banking
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🧠 Introduction
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Alternative Investment Banking involves structured, private, and complex investments — like hedge funds, private equity, real estate funds, and private credit.

For someone entering this world, terms like GP, LP, custodian, valuation agent, and prime broker can be intimidating. But in reality, all these roles fall under eight core categories that form the backbone of any alternative investment transaction.

Leadership Framework of Big MNCs

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Leadership Framework of Big MNCs
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Microsoft
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Microsoft’s leadership framework, introduced under CEO Satya Nadella, centers on three core principles:

Create Clarity: Leaders are expected to distill complex issues into clear, understandable goals and priorities, ensuring team alignment and a shared understanding of objectives. JD Meier
Generate Energy: This principle emphasizes inspiring and motivating teams by fostering a positive, collaborative environment where individuals feel engaged and empowered to contribute their best work. JD Meier
Deliver Success: Leaders are accountable for achieving results by setting high standards, measuring performance, and continuously seeking ways to innovate and deliver value to customers and stakeholders. JD Meier

Complementing these principles is the Model, Coach, Care framework, which outlines expected behaviors for managers:

GenAI Usecases for Project Managers

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

GenAI Usecases for Project Managers
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Introduction
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GenAI is a major breakthrough in human evolution. It is definitely very powerful for businesses. You can generate any kind of content using GenAI, whether it’s reports, articles, summaries, action items, sentiment analysis, translations, voice-to-text, text-to-voice, text-to-image, text-to-video, voice-to-video, video-to-text, and many more capabilities.

Popular Business Process Frameworks

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Popular Business Process Frameworks
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What is business process framework?
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Business process frameworks are structured sets of best practices and methodologies designed to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and consistency of business processes. They often include guidelines for process design, implementation, monitoring, and improvement.

ZED Best Practices v2

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 15:50:00 +0530

ZED Best Practices Based on Version 2
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Introduction & Background
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Objective
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Adopt Best Practices Through ZED to be Competitive in Emerging Markets.

Make in India.
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What is the meaning of Make in India for you?
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Made in India.
Consumed in India and in International Market.
Employment for Indian.
Participation of Indian People in the Economy.
Big MNC invest in India and collaborate with local vendors to make International Quality Products.

To Make in India initiative successful the only way is for Indian MSMEs to contribute and become partners to Indian or International Manufacturers or Service providers.

Agility vs Scale in Business

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 08:17:40 +0000

Agility vs Scale in Business
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Recently I was watching a video about entrepreneurship. This was going viral and people were appreciating the talk. I wanted to analyze and understand what the speaker wants to say, what people are understanding, and what should be learning from the talk. I wrote a paragraph on this, but very soon I realized this deserves more contemplation and an article. In that process, I ended up writing this article. I hope you will get some more insights. Many of you may have different insights and different perspectives, so don’t forget to share your perspective.

United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals?

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Sat, 28 Aug 2021 12:14:08 +0000

Sustainable Development Goals
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What are the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)?
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No Poverty – Economic growth must be inclusive to provide sustainable jobs and promote equality.
Zero Hunger – The food and agriculture sector offers key solutions for development, and is central for hunger and poverty eradication.
Good Health and Well-Being – Ensuring healthy lives and promoting the well-being for all at all ages is essential to sustainable development.
Quality Education – Obtaining a quality education is the foundation to improving people’s lives and sustainable development.
Gender Equality – Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world.
Clean Water and Sanitation – Clean, accessible water for all is an essential part of the world we want to live in.
Affordable and Clean Energy – Energy is central to nearly every major challenge and opportunity.
Decent Work and Economic Growth – Sustainable economic growth will require societies to create the conditions that allow people to have quality jobs.
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure – Investments in infrastructure are crucial to achieving sustainable development.
Reduced Inequalities – To reduce inequalities, policies should be universal in principle, paying attention to the needs of disadvantaged and marginalized populations.
Sustainable Cities and Communities – There needs to be a future in which cities provide opportunities for all, with access to basic services, energy, housing, transportation and more.
Responsible Production and Consumption – Responsible Production and Consumption.
Climate Action – Climate change is a global challenge that affects everyone, everywhere.
Life Below Water – Careful management of this essential global resource is a key feature of a sustainable future.
Life On Land – Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss.
Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions – Access to justice for all, and building effective, accountable institutions at all levels.
Partnerships for the Goals – Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.

These goals have been adopted from the UN charter.

Agile Practices

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 06:37:00 +0000

SA – Scrum Alliance
MG – Mountain Goat
JS – James Shore
AM – Agile Modelling
CG – Cunningham
IXP – Industrial XP

Sno	Agile Practices	Reference and Detail of the Practice
1	Product Vision / Vision Statement
2	Product Backlog
3	User Stories	Wiki
4	Use Cases	Wiki
5	Usage Scenarios
6	Personas	Wiki
7	Planning Poker	Wiki
8	Requirement Prioritization	Wiki
9	Design
10	Architectural Spikes / Spike Solutions
11	Domain Driven Design	Wiki
12	Emergent Design / Evolutionary Design	Wiki
13	CRC Cards	Wiki
14	Design by Contract	Wiki
15	System Metaphor
16	Construction
17	Coding Style / Coding Guidelines / Coding Standard	Wiki
18	Test Driven Development	Wiki
19	Behavior Driven Development	Wiki
20	Pair-Programming / Pairing	Wiki
21	Refactoring	Wiki
22	Collective Code Ownership
23	Daily Builds / Automated Builds / Ten-Minute Builds	Wiki
24	Continuous Integration	Wiki
25	Code Reviews / Peer Reviews	Wiki
26	Software Metrics / Code Metrics & Analysis	Wiki
27	Source Control / Version Control	Wiki
28	Issue Tracking / Bug Tracking	Wiki
29	Configuration Management	Wiki
30	Frequent Delivery / Frequent Releases
31	Testing
32	Unit Testing	Wiki
33	Smoke Testing / Build Verification Test	Wiki
34	Integration Testing	Wiki
35	System Testing	Wiki
36	Exploratory Testing	Wiki
37	Test Automation	Wiki
38	Storytesting / Acceptance Criteria / Acceptance Testing	Wiki
39	Process
40	Timeboxing / Fixed Sprints / Fixed Iteration Length	Wiki
41	Release Planning
42	Iteration Planning / Planning Game / Sprint Planning	Wiki
43	Sprint Backlog
44	Task Board
45	Definition of Done / Done Done
46	Daily Stand-up Meeting / Daily Scrum	Wiki
47	Velocity
48	Sprint Review / Iteration Demo
49	Value Stream Mapping	Wiki
50	Root Cause Analysis / 5 Whys	Wiki
51	Burn Down Charts / Burn Up Charts	Wiki
52	Big Visible Charts / Information Radiators
53	Retrospective / Reflection Workshop	Wiki
54	Organization
55	Small Team
56	Cross-Functional Team	Wiki
57	Self-Organizing Team / Scrum Team
58	Colocated Team / Sitting Together / Common Workspace	Wiki
59	On-Site Customer / Product Owner
60	Scrum Master
61	Sustainable Pace
62	Move People Around
63	Scrum of Scrums

Why 6sigmastudy Certification?

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 12:10:02 +0000

Why 6sigmastudy Certification?
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	6sigmastudy^™ Six Sigma Certifications	Other Six Sigma Certifications
1. Biggest accreditation body for Six Sigma certifications	6sigmastudy^™ is the biggest accreditation body for Six Sigma certifications. 6sigmastudy^™ has the largest Authorized Training Partner (A.T.P.) network of 2,100+ partners in 90+ countries.	Other Six Sigma accreditation bodies are smaller and not as well-recognized as 6sigmastudy^™.
2. Students from 25,000+ companies in 150+ countries	6sigmastudy^™ has trained/certified more than 750,000 persons in delivering successful projects.	Other Six Sigma accreditation bodies are not as popular or as widely accepted.
3. Industry-wide acceptance	The knowledge gained by getting a 6sigmastudy™ certification is universal in its application and has been applied by organizations in diverse projects spanning an eclectic mix of industries.	Other Six Sigma certifications are not accepted in all industries. Most of the time the learning from these certifications applies only to specific industries.
4. Established name in Six Sigma certifications	6sigmastudy™’s certification training is provided through its Authorized Training Partners (A.T.P.s) all across the globe. With more than 2,100+ A.T.P.s globally, 6sigmastudy™ has the widest network of accredited training companies offering its certifications. 6sigmastudy™ certifications are widely reputed and accepted by various Fortune 500 companies such as Apple, IBM, HP, Bank of America, AT&T, Dell, Verizon, Lockheed Martin, and PepsiCo.	Other Six Sigma certification companies conduct their training through a much smaller network of trainers or training companies, and do not have the same level of credibility in the market that 6sigmastudy™ has.
5. Active Discussions to share and learn	6sigmastudy^™ engages the Six Sigma/Lean and Quality Management community through active discussions on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, multiple	Usually, other certification providers do not have such high activity discussion forums to engage their community.
6. Multiple free resources for Six Sigma Community	6sigmastudy™ provides a wide range of free resources such as 5+ hours of high-quality videos, useful case studies, interactive mobile apps, blogs, and articles, thereby contributing to the increased awareness of Six Sigma in the Six Sigma communities.	No other Six Sigma Certification provides high quality content and free resources to students in multiple formats. The main focus of such certification providers is to get students to their paid classes, rather than help students succeed with best practices.
7. Free “Six Sigma Yellow Belt” – SSYB™ Course	Through its free Six Sigma Yellow Belt (SSYB™) Course, 6sigmastudy™ not only introduces Six Sigma concepts to professionals but also helps them get an introductory certification for free. This free certification includes approximately 10 hours of free online self-study through videos, case studies, and guides. The free SSYB™ certification is a great way to introduce Six Sigma to all employees in your organization. Enroll in Free SSYB™ Training	Other Six Sigma certifications usually do not provide any free resources or help for students to get a basic idea of Six Sigma concepts. In most cases, professionals are required to pay upfront before even getting their first lesson on Six Sigma.
8. Credible and standard testing environment	With an emphasis on providing candidates with a reliable and credible testing environment, we conduct our certification exams using our live online proctoring system unlike other certifying bodies. This allows you to take your certification exams from the comfort of your home. All exams will be proctored live and videos of the exams will be recorded and reviewed by our assessment team.	Other Six Sigma certifications do not have a standardized examination. Most of them only require candidates to be present for a workshop and take a test, the result of which has no bearing on whether the candidate qualifies for the certification. These kinds of certifications never have the credibility companies require to select candidates for key roles.
9. Teaching methodology	6sigmastudy™ A.T.P.s use a scientifically proven and highly interactive teaching methodology including role-plays, case studies, and simulations explaining the key Six Sigma concepts for their Six Sigma certification courses. To ensure an enriching learning experience for all our students, each trainer associated with a 6sigmastudy™ A.T.P. is required to be an accredited 6sigmastudy Certified Trainer (SSCT®).	Other Six Sigma certification “workshops” are actually lectures. They are not engaging or interactive and most of the times involve delegates (sometimes more than 50 in a class) hearing an instructor for hours without any structured role plays or case studies.
10. Experienced 6sigmastudy™ trainers	Any person who is qualified as a 6sigmastudy Certified Trainer (SSCT®) undergoes a rigorous assessment process and he or she has to exhibit proficiency in the concepts of Six Sigma. All trainers are required to successfully pass two 6sigmastudy^™ certification exams before they are eligible to teach. Moreover, all feedback from students about their respective trainers is reviewed and all 6sigmastudy™ trainers regularly participate in “Train-the-Trainer” sessions, which help them understand the nuances of our certifications and further cement their understanding of the Six Sigma methodology.	Usually, other Six Sigma Certifications do not have such strict requirements for trainer accreditation, and thus the quality of their instructors may not be very high.

What is Six Sigma?

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 04:16:44 +0000

What is Six Sigma?
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Six Sigma Introduction
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Six Sigma is a data-driven, customer-focused, and result-oriented methodology that uses statistical tools and techniques to systematically eliminate defects and inefficiencies to improve processes. It is a systematic method to measure and analyze the business processes to identify critical factors affecting business results, thereby improving the processes and establishing controls around the improved processes.

What is a Technical Spike?

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 06:52:12 +0000

What is a Technical Spike?
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Estimation is the center of agile planning or sprint planning. But you cannot estimate a user story till the time you know what the work is. Sometimes to understand a user story we need to do some research or exploration. For this, the team needs to put extra effort to understand the business requirement and its technical feasibility. The time allocated for this kind of research may vary from 1-2 days. This activity, when you are trying to understand the user story so that you can estimate it, is called a technical spike. The objective of the technical spike is not to solve the problem or deliver the user story. The output of a technical spike is a through-away prototype. If work done during technical spike should be used for development purpose then this kind of technical spike is called Tracer Bullet.

User Story

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 02:33:30 +0000

What is a user story?
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When you are managing a project using agile methodology that time you do not have access to the complete requirements of users. In fact, this is one of the reasons you chose to manage a project using Agile methodology. Therefore, it does not make sense to spend time and try to understand the complete system requirement, document and baseline those to start your project execution. That is never going to happen. In this scenario, how do we understand the requirements?

Agile Project Management for HR Professionals

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Tue, 04 Sep 2018 06:44:57 +0000

Agile HR
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Background
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Being in IT Industry for around 25+ years and played all kinds of roles from a programmer, analyst, leader, manager, delivery head, trainer, coach, and consultant I have observed the relationship between a Project Delivery team and HR team very closely. I have seen a change in this relationship; a change in expectations from each other and changing role of HR within the organizations.

PMBOK 6 Processes

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 03:38:00 +0000

PMBOK 6 Processes & Process Groups
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Project Management Body of Knowledge 6th Edition has 49 processes, across 10 knowledge areas and 5 process groups. How these 49 processes are distributed across different knowledge areas and process groups can be visualized from the tabl below.

Integration Management	Initiating	[glossary slug=’Develop-Project-Charter’]Develop Project Charter[/glossary]
	Planning	[glossary slug=’Develop-Project-Management-Plan’]Develop Project Management Plan[/glossary]
	Executing	[glossary slug=’Direct-and-Manage-Project-Work’]Direct and Manage Project Work[/glossary]
		[glossary slug=’Manage-Project-Knowledge’]Manage Project Knowledge[/glossary]
	Monitoring and Controlling	[glossary slug=’Monitor-and-Control-Project-Work’]Monitor and Control Project Work[/glossary]
		[glossary slug=’Perform-Integrated-Change-Control’]Perform Integrated Change Control[/glossary]
	Closing	[glossary slug=’Close-Project-or-Phase’]Close Project or Phase[/glossary]
Scope Management	Planning	[glossary slug=’Collect-Requirements’]Collect Requirements[/glossary]
		[glossary slug=’Create-WBS’]Create WBS[/glossary]
		[glossary slug=’Define-Scope’]Define Scope[/glossary]
		[glossary slug=’Plan-Scope-Management’]Plan Scope Management[/glossary]
	Monitoring and Controlling	[glossary slug=’Control-Scope’]Control Scope[/glossary]
		[glossary slug=’Validate-Scope’]Validate Scope[/glossary]
Schedule Management	Planning	[glossary slug=’Define-Activities’]Define Activities[/glossary]
		[glossary slug=’Develop-Schedule’]Develop Schedule[/glossary]
		[glossary slug=’Estimate-Activity-Durations’]Estimate Activity Durations[/glossary]
		[glossary slug=’Plan-Schedule-Management’]Plan Schedule Management[/glossary]
		[glossary slug=’Sequence-Activities’]Sequence Activities[/glossary]
	Monitoring and Controlling	[glossary slug=’Control-Schedule’]Control Schedule[/glossary]
Cost Management	Planning	[glossary slug=’Estimate-Costs’]Estimate Costs[/glossary]
		[glossary slug=’Determine-Budget’]Determine Budget[/glossary]
		[glossary slug=’Plan-Cost-Management’]Plan Cost Management[/glossary]
	Monitoring and Controlling	[glossary slug=’Control-Costs’]Control Costs[/glossary]
Quality Management	Planning	[glossary slug=’Plan-Quality-Management’]Plan Quality Management[/glossary]
	Executing	[glossary slug=’Manage-Quality’]Manage Quality[/glossary]
	Monitoring and Controlling	[glossary slug=’Control-Quality’]Control Quality[/glossary]
Resource Management	Planning	[glossary slug=’Estimate-Activity-Resources’]Estimate Activity Resources[/glossary]
		[glossary slug=’Plan-Resource-Management’]Plan Resource Management[/glossary]
	Executing	[glossary slug=’Acquire-Resources’]Acquire Resources[/glossary]
		[glossary slug=’Develop-Team’]Develop Team[/glossary]
		[glossary slug=’Manage-Team’]Manage Team[/glossary]
	Monitoring and Controlling	[glossary slug=’Control-Resources’]Control Resources[/glossary]
Communication Management	Planning	[glossary slug=’Plan-Communications-Management’]Plan Communications Management[/glossary]
	Executing	[glossary slug=’Manage-Communications’]Manage Communications[/glossary]
	Monitoring and Controlling	[glossary slug=’Monitor-Communications’]Monitor Communications[/glossary]
Risk Management	Planning	[glossary slug=’Identify-Risks’]Identify Risks[/glossary]
		[glossary slug=’Perform-Qualitative-Risk-Analysis’]Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis[/glossary]
		[glossary slug=’Perform-Quantitative-Risk-Analysis’]Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis[/glossary]
		[glossary slug=’Plan-Risk-Management’]Plan Risk Management[/glossary]
		[glossary slug=’Plan-Risk-Responses’]Plan Risk Responses[/glossary]
	Executing	[glossary slug=’Implement-Risk-Responses’]Implement Risk Responses[/glossary]
	Monitoring and Controlling	[glossary slug=’Monitor-Risks’]Monitor Risks[/glossary]
Procurement Management	Planning	[glossary slug=’Plan-Procurement-Management’]Plan Procurement Management[/glossary]
	Executing	[glossary slug=’Conduct-Procurements’]Conduct Procurements[/glossary]
	Monitoring and Controlling	[glossary slug=’Control-Procurements’]Control Procurements[/glossary]
Stakeholder Management	Initiating	[glossary slug=’Identify-Stakeholders’]Identify Stakeholders[/glossary]
	Planning	[glossary slug=’Plan-Stakeholder-Engagement’]Plan Stakeholder Engagement[/glossary]
	Executing	[glossary slug=’Manage-Stakeholder-Engagement’]Manage Stakeholder Engagement[/glossary]
	Monitoring and Controlling	[glossary slug=’Monitor-Stakeholder-Engagement’]Monitor Stakeholder Engagement[/glossary]

This Summary Process Table is based on PMBOK 6th Edition.

PMBOK 6th Edition Process Groups

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 10:34:00 +0000

Process Groups and Processes in PMBOK 6
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PMBOK 6th Edition Process Groups and related processes. PMBOK6 has 49 processes in 5 process groups.

The Initiating Processes
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[glossary slug=’develop-project-charter’]Develop Project Charter[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’identify-stakeholders’]Identify Stakeholders[/glossary]

The Planning Processes
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[glossary slug=’develop-project-management-plan’]Develop Project Management Plan[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’plan-scope-management’]Plan Scope Management[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’collect-requirements’]Collect Requirements[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’define-scope’]Define Scope[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’create-wbs’]Create WBS[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’plan-schedule-management’]Plan Schedule Management[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’define-activities’]Define Activities[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’sequence-activities’]Sequence Activities[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’estimate-activity-durations’]Estimate Activity Durations[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’develop-schedule’]Develop Schedule[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’plan-cost-management’]Plan Cost Management[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’estimate-costs’]Estimate Costs[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’determine-budget’]Determine Budget[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’plan-quality-management’]Plan Quality Management[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’plan-resource-management’]Plan Resource Management[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’estimate-activity-resources’]Estimate Activity Resources[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’plan-communications-management’]Plan Communications Management[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’plan-risk-management’]Plan Risk Management[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’identify-risks’]Identify Risks[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’perform-qualitative-risk-analysis’]Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’perform-quantitative-risk-analysis’]Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’plan-risk-responses’]Plan Risk Responses[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’plan-procurement-management’]Plan Procurement Management[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’plan-stakeholder-engagement’]Plan Stakeholder Engagement[/glossary]

The Executing Processes
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[glossary slug=’direct-and-manage-project-work’]Direct and Manage Project Work[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’manage-project-knowledge’]Manage Project Knowledge[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’manage-quality’]Manage Quality[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’acquire-resources’]Acquire Resources[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’develop-team’]Develop Team[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’manage-team’]Manage Team[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’manage-communications’]Manage Communications[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’implement-risk-responses’]Implement Risk Responses[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’conduct-procurements’]Conduct Procurements[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’manage-stakeholder-engagement’]Manage Stakeholder Engagement[/glossary]

The Monitoring & Controlling Processes
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[glossary slug=’monitor-and-control-project-work’]Monitor and Control Project Work[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’perform-integrated-change-control’]Perform Integrated Change Control[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’validate-scope’]Validate Scope[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’control-scope’]Control Scope[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’control-schedule’]Control Schedule[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’control-costs’]Control Costs[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’control-quality’]Control Quality[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’control-resources’]Control Resources[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’monitor-communications’]Monitor Communications[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’monitor-risks’]Monitor Risks[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’control-procurements’]Control Procurements[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’monitor-stakeholder-engagement’]Monitor Stakeholder Engagement[/glossary]

The Closing Process
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[glossary slug=’close-project-or-phase’]Close Project or Phase[/glossary]

Project Professional 2016 Reporting

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 17:03:25 +0000

Microsoft Project Online also known as Project Online is an excellent planning tool. It has very powerful inbuilt reporting and analytics templates. These templates can be customized by users based on their needs.

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Power BI Reporting for Project Online

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 13:42:39 +0000

PowerBI is a powerful tool for data analytics. This Business Intelligence tool is developed by Microsoft. This application was originally conceived by Thierry D’Hers and Amir Netz of the SQL Server Reporting Services Team at Microsoft. It was originally designed by Ron George in the summer of 2010 and named Project Crescent. Project Crescent was initially available for public download on July 11, 2011, bundled with SQL Server Codename Denali. Later renamed to Power BI it was then unveiled by Microsoft in September 2013 as Power BI for Office 365. The first release of Power BI was based on the Microsoft Excel based add-ins: Power Query, Power Pivot and Power View. With time, Microsoft also added many additional features like Question and Answers, enterprise-level data connectivity, and security options via Power BI Gateways. Power BI was first released to the public on July 24, 2015.

PMI ACP Exam

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 07:54:47 +0000

Workshop Topics of PMI-ACP Exam
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Introduction
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PMI ACP exam expects from a candidate who is appearing for the exam that he must understand the following topics. It is an exhaustive check of the knowledge, skills, and attitude. This is the reason I love and value this certificate most over other methodology specific certification of the Agile world. This is best for the both coach level and the introduction level. At the introduction level, it helps a team in understanding what is agile in nutshell. At the coach level, it helps the coach to select the best-suited practices for any organization’s need.

Structure of Business Dialogues

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Sat, 08 Apr 2017 16:23:16 +0000

Introduction
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What is speaking? How to be an efficient and effective speaker? Everybody who can open his mouth has a tongue and a healthy vocal cord can speak. But, is everybody able to communicate effectively and achieve the objective of speaking? In this world where we have around 7000 languages, we had millions of wars in the last 5000 years of human civilization. Why? Because there are very few effective communicators and none is effective communicator all the time in his personal, social, and business life. Simply opening a mouth and uttering something is not an effective talking or speaking. When one opens mouth and utters unrecognizable words then it is called noise. When one opens mouth and utters sensible words with meaningful sentences it is called speech. The word “speech” is a noun. The process through which we deliver a speech is called “speak”. The word “speak” is a verb. There are many names for this “speech” and “speak”. It depends upon various parameters like below.

Understanding Balanced Score Card

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Sat, 08 Apr 2017 11:14:08 +0000

Balanced Score Card
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What is the difference between Dimension and Measures?
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In business intelligence (BI) there are two terms, Dimension, and Measures. Dimension is something which can be used for filtering, grouping purpose like department name, employee name, location, severity, priority, etc. The measure is something on which you can perform mathematical and statistical operations like average, sum, minimum, max, etc. Like salary, delay, time to solve a problem, number of tickets, travel expenses, fees, revenue, etc.

Interpersonal Skills for a project manager

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 13:12:10 +0000

Nontechnical skills every project manager needs
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Interpersonal Skills
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To succeed in any profession you need to strike a balance between the art and science of that profession. Science is about processes, practices, techniques, tools, logic, etc. But art is about knowing what else is required to complete the work. It works as a glue between isolated steps, techniques, stages, processes, or practices. To play a melodious guitar we need to ensure strings are not too tight neither too loose. Knowing this balance is art. It is not about measuring the tension of string using some tool but listening to the sound after striking the cord. What combination of color, what stroke, and in what direction will improve the painting is about art. The project management profession is no exception to this art. This is what generally referred to as the Nontechnical skills of the project manager.

Team Challenge

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Thu, 29 Dec 2016 13:08:54 +0000

Challenging Your Team
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Background
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Karthik is working with the current company for the last 12 years. By virtue of his hard work and initiative, the company has done good progress in the last few years. In reward of this Karthik was also progressing in his career and now he is in a leadership position within the organization. Karthik is a master of his subject and a detail-oriented person. Once he takes work in hand he gets it done by putting in all his efforts and resources at his disposal. The biggest challenge before Karthik is his own time management. He always wants to remain in the driving seat. Because of this attitude, too many people depend upon him and waiting for his time. He has his team of good people but they depend upon Karthik for every small and big decision. Recently Karthik started crashing because of the time required to make all decisions. The team is very happy with Karthik. They appreciate Karthik’s work style, knowledge, attitude, but Karthik wants to delegate some work to his team members and he is not happy with the current attitude of team members.

What is Project Management?

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Thu, 29 Dec 2016 12:38:04 +0000

Project Management with PMBOK
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What is Project?
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Without going into the PMBOK definition of a Project let us understand with an extremely simple example. “Go to Chennai and meet a family friend in the city and come back to Delhi by evening flight”. This idea you are discussing with your spouse one month before you need to execute this project. Before this idea convert into a project you need to have support and funding for this. After support, funding, and approval this will turn into a project.

When to Kill a Project?

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Thu, 29 Dec 2016 11:29:55 +0000

When to Kill a Project?
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Introduction
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Any project is a temporary endeavor that must end on a given day. A project is an investment in a business objective or in some change initiative that is valuable from the sponsor’s perspective. The project’s output needs to justify the money spent by the sponsor and time and energy spent by other stakeholders. Projects should not be done just to keep an organization or person happy or busy.

Best Practices of Project Management

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Wed, 28 Dec 2016 14:35:03 +0000

40 Commandments of Project Management
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In this article, I am trying to put Best Practices of Project Management in the form of 40 Commandments of Project Management. Project management is a complete subject like marketing, finance, or operation. It is not possible to bind do and don’t of this profession in certain commandments. But to begin with or in the absence of any formal project management system in place if a project manager pays attention to following practices s/he will be able to manage with the least pain to him, his team, and customer. My delivery experience on the business side has been in IT projects but being a project management trainer I meet people across the industry and they share their own good or bad stories. Based on all the inputs I received and my experience I and trying to put these practices in the shortest possible way. I understand there are many things that are not mentioned or elaborated enough therefore if you need any clarification or help you can write in the comment box or connect with me.

What are PMI Certifications?

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Wed, 28 Dec 2016 08:17:13 +0000

All PMI Certifications at a glance
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Download This Table

PMP

Education & Experience

Secondary degree (high school diploma, associate’s degree or the global equivalent)
7,500 hours leading and directing projects
35 hours of project management education

Four-year degree
4,500 hours leading and directing projects
35 hours of project management education

Fees:
Member: US$405.00 / Non-member: US$555.00

Confusing Terminologies in Software Testing

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 06:12:24 +0000

Software Testing Confusing Terms
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I am sure that like me if you have been in the industry for quite some time then you must have argued with different stakeholders around the gaps in a software system and different people give it a different name. The choice of name is very important from the perspective of fixing responsibility, fixing and identifying the place from where defect started leaking and then detected at a certain stage of product development or in the production environment. Let us understand these Confusing Terminologies in Software Testing.

Customer is King

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 12:29:54 +0000

Rethinking Superiority in Customer-Vendor Relationships
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The Customer-Vendor Dynamic
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As project managers, we often find ourselves in dual roles: both as customers and vendors. On one hand, we provide services, and on the other, we procure them. Common wisdom tells us that a “customer is god” or a “customer is king.” These phrases imply a sense of superiority of the customer over the vendor, creating an inherent imbalance in the customer-vendor relationship.

PMI ACP vs Scrum Master

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Mon, 19 Sep 2016 14:15:39 +0000

PMI-ACP Vs. Scrum Master Certification
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If you are looking for agile certification then a question may come to your mind which agile certification? There are many certification bodies and every certification body has 3-5 certifications based on the agile team role.

Knowledge of agile methods, collaboration skills, and flexibility to adapt the complexity are the high demand skills for managing projects. Now, you must be wondering which certification will help you in developing these skills. The most well-recognized and popular agile certifications are those developed by the PMI, Scrum Alliance, Scrum.org, and ScrumStudy. It is not necessary to earn all the certifications of all these organizations. Here, we are going to discuss only project management certifications of PMI, Scrum Alliance, Scrum.org, and ScrumStudy, so that based on your need you can make an informed decision to earn a valuable certificate for yourself.

Why Agile is popular in project management?

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 14:09:27 +0000

Agile Project Management
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Why Agile is popular in project management? We know that Agile practices are not new but the relevance of these practices in the 21st century is more. There are 200+ agile practices and all practices cannot be applied to all projects. Due to this reason experts have grouped agile practices and named those groups as different methodology. However the origin of agile project management is in the software industry, but in today’s business environment agile project management is suitable for every industry. Agile is a popular choice of organizations because of the perceived value of agile practices.

Project Manager Responsibilities

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 09:14:38 +0000

Project Manager Responsibilities & Skills Required
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Who are Project Managers?
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A project manager is a person accountable for accomplishing the project objectives. The project objectives are defined by project stakeholders and they are negotiated and agreed upon with the project manager. Project objectives are related to either of these 6 aspects namely cost, quality, time, benefits, risk, and scope. PMI sees the term “Project Manager” as a “Professional” like Engineer, Doctor, Lawyer, etc. But the industry looks at this term as role or designation. In the eyes of PMI, you may be a project manager within your organization but if you are not rendering project management services to the organization then you are not a project manager. Other times you may not be a designated project manager within the organization but you are rendering project management services for the organization then you are a project manager.

How to Measure Project Success Criteria

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 07:13:56 +0000

Project Success Criteria
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Introduction
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You ask yourself how many years you have been in project management? How many times you were waiting for a long to get the start of an exciting new project? How many times did you want to close an existing stressful project and want to start a new project on the new team? Many times due to the excitement of the new project we just focus on the project team, deliverables, technology, project duration, and cost. We create our project plan and our team starts working on the new project and again the same problem starts surfacing which was happening in our previous project! One of the main cause of that is we do not spend enough time to understand who are the different stakeholders and what is the meaning of project success from the point of view.

Waterfall Methodology vs Agile

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Mon, 29 Aug 2016 08:51:34 +0000

Agile and Waterfall
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The debate of Waterfall Methodology vs Agile is one of the longest running debate in the project management world. In 20th millennia people supporting waterfall were winning and in 21st millennia people supporting agile are winning.

What is the Waterfall Method?
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The waterfall model is a sequential uni-directional step approach, in which progress of each phase of the project life cycle is seen as flowing steadily downwards like a waterfall, from top to down, through the phases of conception, initiation, analysis, design, construction, testing, production deployment, and maintenance. As this waterfall methodology is sequential, once a step has been completed, a development team can not go back to a previous step or earlier steps, because the cost of making correction/improvement in the output of the previous stage is very high. There’s no room for change or error, so a project outcome and an extensive plan must be set in the beginning and then followed carefully.

Enterprise Project Server 2016

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 13:42:13 +0000

Enterprise Project Server 2016
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This post I am using to share useful links and videos about Enterprise Project Server 2016

Links for Security Settings
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These 4 videos are very good and important to understand the overall security permissions system in Project Server.

Difference between PMP and PRINCE2

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 11:02:47 +0000

Difference between PMP and PRINCE2
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Before taking up a project management certification, professionals do a lot of research and often get confused with the issue of choosing between the PMP and PRINCE2 certification. Both of these are reputed credentials in the field of project management. I have tried to give you an overview of the two certifications in this article. I hope, this will help you in making the right decision.

CMMI Version 1.3

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Sat, 30 Jan 2016 12:31:50 +0000

CMMI Version 1.3 (Summary)
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CMMI stands for Capability Maturity Model Integrated. CMMI Version 1.3 came into the market in November 2010. This version has three constellations and they apply to the acquisition, services, and software development industry. CMMI has 4 maturity stages starting from Level 2 to Level 5. Level 1 is considered a natural stage of any organization. In level 2 there are 14 process areas, level 3 there are 21 process areas, level 4 there are 3 process areas, and level 5 there are 2 process areas. But these are the totals of process areas for all constellations. If you are applying for software development then you need not work upon acquisition and services related process areas. In the table below “Y” means for a particular constellation that process area is applicable and “N” means it is not applicable. For example “AM” at maturity level 2 is not applicable for Software Development and Services.

PMBOK 5 Process Groups & Processes (Acronyms)

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Sun, 09 Feb 2014 08:11:00 +0000

PMBOK 5 Process Summary Table (Acronyms)
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These acronyms are constructed by me and I use them in my workshop to help participants to practice faster by writing. If you draw a complete table 5 times while speaking louder it will register in your mind. Process names are long therefore I recommend people to use these acronyms if it helps them practicing fast. It is recommended you practice 5 times in different sitting and not in one go.

PMBOK 5 Processes

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Sun, 09 Feb 2014 08:07:00 +0000

PMBOK 5 Processes & Process Groups
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Project Management Body of Knowledge 5th Edition has 47 processes, across 10 knowledge areas and 5 process groups. How these 47 processes are distributed across different knowledge areas and process groups can be visualized from the table below.

	[glossary slug=’initiating’]Initiating[/glossary]	[glossary slug=’planning’]Planning[/glossary]	[glossary slug=’executing’]Executing[/glossary]	[glossary slug=’monitoring-and-controlling’]Monitoring & Controlling[/glossary]	[glossary slug=’closing’]Closing[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’project-integration-management’]Project Integration Management[/glossary]	[glossary slug=’develop-project-charter’]Develop Project Chater [/glossary]	[glossary slug=’develop-project-management-plan’]Development Project Management Plan[/glossary]	[glossary slug=’direct-and-manage-project-work’]Direct and Manage Project Execution [/glossary]	[glossary slug=’monitor-and-control-project-work’]Monitor & Control Project Work [/glossary]	[glossary slug=’close-project-or-phase’]Close Project or Phase [/glossary]
				[glossary slug=’perform-integrated-change-control’]Perform Integrated Change Control[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’project-scope-management’]Project Scope Management[/glossary]		[glossary slug=’plan-scope-management’]Plan Scope Management[/glossary]		[glossary slug=’validate-scope’]Validate Scope[/glossary]
		[glossary slug=’collect-requirements’]Collect Requirements[/glossary]		[glossary slug=’control-scope’]Control Scope[/glossary]
		[glossary slug=’define-scope’]Define Scope[/glossary]
		[glossary slug=’create-wbs’]Create WBS[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’project-time-management’]Project Time Management[/glossary]		[glossary slug=’plan-schedule-management’]Plan Schedule Management[/glossary]		[glossary slug=’control-schedule’]Control Schedule[/glossary]
		[glossary slug=’define-activities’]Define Activities[/glossary]
		[glossary slug=’sequence-activities’]Sequence Activities[/glossary]
		[glossary slug=’estimate-activity-resources’]Estimate Activity Resources[/glossary]
		[glossary slug=’estimate-activity-durations’]Estimate Activity Durations [/glossary]
		[glossary slug=’develop-schedule’]Develop Schedule[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’project-cost-management’]Project Cost Management[/glossary]		[glossary slug=’plan-cost-management’]Plan Cost Management[/glossary]		[glossary slug=’control-cost’]Control Cost[/glossary]
		[glossary slug=’estimate-cost’]Estimate Cost[/glossary]
		[glossary slug=’determine-budget’]Determine Budget[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’project-quality-management’]Project Quality Management[/glossary]		[glossary slug=’plan-quality-management’]Plan Quality Management[/glossary]	[glossary slug=’perform-quality-assurance’]Perform Quality Assurance[/glossary]	[glossary slug=’control-quality’]Control Quality[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’project-human-resource-management’]Project Human Resource Management[/glossary]		[glossary slug=’plan-human-resource-management’]Plan Human Resource Management[/glossary]	[glossary slug=’acquire-project-team’]Acquire Project Team[/glossary]
			[glossary slug=’develop-project-team’]Develop Project Team[/glossary]
			[glossary slug=’manage-project-team’]Manage Project Team[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’project-communication-management’]Project Communication Management[/glossary]		[glossary slug=’plan-communications-management’]Plan Communication Management[/glossary]	[glossary slug=’manage-communications’]Manage Communications[/glossary]	[glossary slug=’control-communications’]Control Communications[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’project-risk-management’]Project risk Management[/glossary]		[glossary slug=’plan-risk-management’]Plan Risk Management[/glossary]		[glossary slug=’control-risks’]Control Risk[/glossary]
		[glossary slug=’identify-risks’]Identify Risks[/glossary]
		[glossary slug=’perform-qualitative-risk-analysis’]Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis[/glossary]
		[glossary slug=’perform-quantitative-risk-analysis’]Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis[/glossary]
		[glossary slug=’plan-risk-response’]Plan Risk Response[/glossary]
[glossary slug=’project-procurement-management’]Project Procurement Management[/glossary]		[glossary slug=’plan-procurement-management’]Plan Procurement Management[/glossary]	[glossary slug=’conduct-procurements’]Conduct Procurements[/glossary]	[glossary slug=’control-procurements’]Control Procurements[/glossary]	[glossary slug=’close-procurements’]Close Procurements [/glossary]
[glossary slug=’project-stakeholders-management’]Project Stakeholders Management[/glossary]	[glossary slug=’identify-stakeholders’] Identify Stakeholders[/glossary]	[glossary slug=’plan-stakeholder-management’]Plan Stakeholder Management[/glossary]	[glossary slug=’manage-stakeholder-engagement’]Manage Stakeholder Engagement[/glossary]	[glossary slug=’control-stakeholder-engagement’]Control Stakeholder Engagement[/glossary]
	2	24	8	11	2

This Summary Process Table is based on PMBOK 5th Edition. PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge) is PMI’s one of the International project management standard.

Summary of Chaos Report 1995

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 03:31:57 +0000

The data points below are related to Software Development State of Art in America. You can imagine what may be happening in other part of the world.

United States spends more than $250 billion each year on IT application development of approximately 175,000 projects
31.1% of projects will be canceled before they ever get completed.
52.7% of projects will cost 189% of their original estimates.
The lost opportunity costs are not measurable, but could easily be in the trillions of dollars.
The failure to produce reliable software to handle baggage at the new Denver airport is costing the city $1.1 million per day.
On average only 16.2% for software projects that are completed on time and on-budget
In the larger companies, the news is even worse: only 9% of their projects come in on-time and on-budget
Projects completed by the largest American companies have only approximately 42% of the originally-proposed features and functions.
Projects completed by the smaller American companies A total of 78.4% of their software projects will get deployed with at least 74.2% of their original features and functions.
48% of the IT executives in the research sample feel that there are more failures currently than just five years ago
Time overrun: The average overrun is 222% of the original time estimate. For large companies, the average is 230%; for medium companies, the average is 202%; and for small companies, the average is 239%.
Cost overrun: The average across all companies is 189% of the original cost estimate. The average cost overrun is 178% for large companies, 182% for medium companies, and 214% for small companies.
Features and functions: On average, only 61% of originally specified features and functions were available on these projects. Large companies have the worst record with only 42% of the features and functions in the end product. For medium companies, the percentage is 65%. And for small companies, the percentage is 74%.

Chaos-2012-Project-Challenges-Factors

Change Request in Project Management

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 11:25:58 +0000

Change Request Management
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Introduction
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Project is an instrument of change. Hence during the project lifecycle changes are inevitable. Therefore Change Request in Project Management is an extremely important process in any project. Uncertainties in a project can be managed by using the concept of “Progressive Elaboration” and “Rolling Wave Planning” techniques. As a project manager, you must understand that how much agility is affordable and acceptable. For example in a one-year-long project, if you decide that you will make only a monthly plan and not anything beyond this period (because many things can change in one year period), then what is the guarantee that this one-month plan will not change during execution? Absolutely no guarantee!

PMBOK Knowledge Areas

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 09:19:48 +0000

Who uses PMBOK?
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PMBOK® (Project Management Body of Knowledge) guide book is an ANSI standard and used as a project management guiding standard in most parts of the world. There are 1,036,367 active PMP certified individuals and 314 chartered chapters across 214 countries and territories worldwide. PMBOK is the bible of these project managers spread across the globe. This is an industry-agnostic, tool-agnostic project management guide. An individual project manager may face challenges in implementing practices described in this book because of his experience or environment but there is no doubt that the standard is the best and it meets the need of the industry as of today. For every 3-4 years, PMI does RDS (role delineation study) and based on the study initiate changes to revise PMOBOK and PMP exam.

PMI Exam Change Schedule 2013

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 05:55:39 +0000

PMI Exam Change Schedule 2013
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Exam	Planned Date to sit for Examination	Study recommendation	Examination Updated
PMP®	Prior to 31 July 2013	PMBOK® Guide—Fourth Edition	31/07/13
PMP®	After 31 July 2013	PMBOK® Guide—Fifth Edition
CAPM®	Prior to 1 July 2013	PMBOK® Guide—Fourth Edition	01/07/13
CAPM®	After 1 July 2013	PMBOK® Guide—Fifth Edition
PMI-SP®	Prior to 31 August 2013	PMBOK® Guide—Fourth Edition	31/08/13
PMI-SP®	After 31 August 2013	PMBOK® Guide—Fifth Edition
PMI-RMP®	Prior to 31 August 2013	PMBOK® Guide—Fourth Edition	31/08/13
PMI-RMP®	After 31 August 2013	PMBOK® Guide—Fifth Edition
PgMP®	Prior to 31 July 2013	The Standard for Program Management—Second Edition;PMBOK® Guide—Fourth Edition	31/07/13
PgMP®	After 31 July 2013	The Standard for Program Management—Third Edition;PMBOK® Guide—Fifth Edition

PMI-ACP Exam Preparation Books

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 05:53:35 +0000

PMI-ACP Exam Preparation Books
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Like PMBOK PMI does not have any guide book or standard for the PMI-ACP exam. PMI has published an exam content outline on their website and as per that you are recommended to study the following 11 books thoroughly before you go for the PMI-ACP exam.

List of Recommended Books
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Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great, Author: Esther Derby, Diana Larsen, Ken Schwaber, ISBN #0977616649
Agile Software Development: The Cooperative Game – 2nd Edition, Author: Alistair Cockburn, ISBN #0321482751
The Software Project Manager’s Bridge to Agility, Author: Michele Sliger, Stacia Broderick, ISBN #0321502752
Coaching Agile Teams, Author: Lyssa Adkins, ISBN #0321637704
Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products – 2nd Edition, Author: Jim Highsmith, ISBN #0321658396
Becoming Agile in an imperfect world, Author: Greg Smith, Ahmed Sidky, ISBN #1933988258
Agile Estimating and Planning, Author: MikeCohn, ISBN #0131479415
The Art of Agile Development, Author: James Shore, ISBN #0596527675
User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development, Author: MikeCohn, ISBN #0321205685
Agile Project Managementwith Scrum, Author: Ken Schwaber, ISBN #073561993X
Lean-Agile Software Development: Achieving EnterpriseAgility, Author: Alan Shalloway, Guy Beaver, James R.Trott, ISBN #0321532899

Other Good Agile books
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Agile modeling
Managing Agile projects
Agile Product Management with Scrum: Creating products that customer love- Author: Roman Pichler
Lean Agile sofware development: Achieving Enterprise Agility, Author: Alan Shaloway
Lean agile software Development, Author: Alan Shalloway

PMI Standards and Credentials

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 05:42:09 +0000

PMI has three types of standards 1- Foundational Standards, 2- Practice Standards, and 3- Extensions. PMI conducts exam for 8 credentials PMP, CAPM, PgMP, PfMP, PMI-SP, PMI-RMP, PMI-ACP, PMI-PBA. How these 14 standards of PMI are used for different PMI credential exams are mentioned in the table below.

Sno	Standard	Certificate/Credentials
	Foundational Standards
1	A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide)—Fifth Edition	PMP, CAPM
2	The Standard for Program Management—Third Edition	PgMP
3	Organizational Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3®)—Second Edition	OPM3
4	The Standard for Portfolio Management—Third Edition	PfMP
	Practice Standard and Frameworks
	Practice standards describe the use of a tool, technique or process identified in the PMBOK® Guide or other foundational standards.
5	Practice Standard for Project Risk Management	PMI-RMP
6	Practice Standard for Earned Value Management—Second Edition
7	Practice Standard for Project Configuration Management
8	Practice Standard for Work Breakdown Structures—Second Edition
9	Practice Standard for Scheduling—Second Edition	PMI-SP
10	Practice Standard for Project Estimating
11	Project Manager Competency Development Framework—Second Edition
	PMI Standard Extension
12	Construction Extension to the PMBOK® Guide—Third Edition
13	Government Extension to the PMBOK® Guide—Third Edition
14	Software Extension To The PMBOK® Guide (2013)
	Misc
15	11 Books Recommended by PMI for PMI-ACP Exam	PMI-ACP

Behaviors that lead to Exceptional Performance

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 14:40:58 +0000

Behaviors that lead to Exceptional Performance
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Introdunction
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Achieving exceptional performance involves adopting key behaviors that can make one a go-getter while maintaining a happy personal life. This article draws inspiration from various sources, including books, articles, and personal experiences. What matters most is not how others perceive you, but how you see yourself and how consistently you exhibit these behaviors. You might not be a widely recognized personality, but knowing that you are peaceful, proactive, accommodating, and compassionate can lead to personal and professional fulfillment. I hope this summary will inspire you to live like an exceptional leader.

Bad Meetings

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 14:35:28 +0000

30 Ways of Conducting a Bad Business Meeting
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After analyzing the patterns of hundreds of meeting as a consultant, as a manager, as a normal participant, and as a boss I found these are the important points which one should take care of for a meeting.

Invite everyone. You wouldn’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings by not including them. However, be careful about inviting people who might try to accomplish something during the meeting. On the other hand, make sure you invite people who tell good jokes, like to goof around, and are generally entertaining.
Don’t start the meeting until everyone has arrived. Starting a meeting on time would be rude to those who are late. Plus starting a meeting late helps everyone feel more comfortable about being late next time, which almost assures you will start the meeting late every time.
Boss attend the meeting for any 5 min randomly. If you are a boss or a moderator or key decision-maker or tie-breaker then make sure that you attend a meeting just for 5 min randomly, inform the organizer to start the meeting, and carry on without me, I will join later.
Never, never, never have an agenda. Agendas create structures that can stifle tangents.
Leaders Should Talk More. Leaders should do most if not all of the talking. Since the leader knows best, it makes the most sense that he or she talks the most.
Stupid ideas should be submitted for laughing. Ensure people can classify ideas as stupid and good. “Good” ideas can be taken seriously and anybody who submits a “stupid” idea should be laughed at, mocked, and generally spit upon. After all entertainment at the cost of humiliating others is the right of powerful people.
Allow Multitasking. Give people the freedom to “multitask” during meetings. Let everyone know at the start of the meeting that if they need to do other things such as texting, reading email, or answering calls to go right ahead. It will make the meeting all the more productive for everyone.
Never make assignments. Assignments mean work must be done.
Don’t recap any past meetings, that way you can keep talking about the same things from meeting to meeting
Never end a meeting on time.
Identify a way to shut up all people. Ask people for their opinions and then tell them what you were going to do anyway, that’s a really great way to shut everybody up.
Never commit to anything, that way no one can be held accountable
Analyze the crap out of everything, that way you can avoid attempting implementation
Have the meeting between 8 AM and 5 PM
Provide comfortable seating, so that people do not feel uneasy even after one hour.
Provide drinks, snacks, or a catered meal, so that people can feel they are sitting at the dining table.
Hand out potato chips in small sealed bags.
Include consultants or coaches.
No RSVP required. Even after not confirming the join for meeting let them join.
Make it Routine. Make it daily or weekly or otherwise make it an institution.
Do not put a deadline on task. Avoid assignments and anything specific with the date requirements attached.
Ensure people feel that they have enough time to talk. So that they need NOT prepare in advance and can speak more than their allocated time.
MoM is waste of time. For god’s sake never keep a record or minutes.
Make sure attendance is mandatory.
Encourage the circular argument.
Confuse and discourage people. Stand up and say you have one question for the group. The question is why are we making products or providing services that nobody wants at a price no one is willing to pay. You will never be asked back. Guaranteed.
Important people can keep their phones on. Be sure that everyone has their Cellphone/blackberry on so the team knows who is important.
Encourage phone ring tone is melodious. Don’t ask anyone to silence their PDAs or cell phones, so when they ring or alert that there is a message or call they can answer it while in the meeting.
Ensure everyone has access to the charging point. Scatter extension cords around so people can plug in laptops
Do not summarise but read the whole text in the meeting. If you are leading the meeting, read your mail to the group, good chance half the information won’t apply and people love having you read your mail in front of them

If you know some other techniques then feel free to add in the comment box.

Managing Virtual Teams

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 14:33:35 +0000

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Managing [glossary]virtual team[/glossary] is one of the biggest challenges for today’s project manager. Keeping the entire team on the same page, motivated for the project work and vision is a very difficult task when you are dealing with a virtual team. In this article, I am limiting myself to the communication aspect of virtual team management.

Understanding Project Management like a Kid

hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal) — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 14:32:49 +0000

Disclosure: This is a fictional case study with made-up numbers, designed to help readers (especially those who are non-technical, non-project professionals, or beginners) grasp key concepts of project management. Please note that this is a simplified view of project management; do not assume that real-world projects are this straightforward. I am not from the construction industry, but I chose it as an example because it is relatable for most people. This article aims to clarify some of the basic project management concepts for its readers.

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