Subramanian (Subbu) Narasimhan has over 15 years of experience in the field of Software Engineering and Database Management. He has lead and managed various IT and software engineering projects in the ERP, Internet and Interactive marketing areas. His experience of managing operations and engineering groups has given him a unique perspective on project priorities and organizational focus. He believes that what is urgent is not always important and that important things need to be provided the right resources and time in an organization.
Subbu holds an engineering degree in Computer Science and has also completed project management courses at the American Management Association. He hosts a group for Data warehouse and Business Intelligence professionals on Linkedin (http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=63931). Subramanian (Subbu) Narasimhan - UCSC Extension in Silicon Valley
Subramanian (Subbu) Narasimhan has over 15 years of experience in the field of Software Engineering and Database Management. He has lead and managed various IT and software engineering projects in the ERP, Internet and Interactive marketing areas. His experience of managing operations and engineering groups has given him a unique perspective on project priorities and organizational focus. He believes that what is urgent is not always important and that important things need to be provided the right resources and time in an organization.
Subbu holds an engineering degree in Computer Science and has also completed project management courses at the American Management Association. He hosts a group for Data warehouse and Business Intelligence professionals on Linkedin (http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=63931). The extra mile…
Project managers are adept at managing a project – track status, escalate issues and manage risks. Then why do some projects seem to go well all along while some are always at risk and filled with issues? In addition to good communication, it is the focus and the ability of the project manager (and the [...]
Cost vs. Benefit – Sometimes the right thing may not be the BEST thing to do!
So your project team member – working on a critical path task – comes up to you and says, “I don’t think the original design is the right way to do this. This is not scalable. I will have to redo a part of my work and will need more time.” What do you do!? [...]
Communication – What matters and when!
It is a clichéd topic – communication. However, in spite of countless books and training sessions people often miss the mark when it comes to communication FOR a project. I have seen many projects that were derailed because of how status and risks were (or were not) communicated. Over the years I have established a [...]
