Posted on November 21, 2008 by krshna
As the name implies let us figure out people aspect of Agile in bringing all the stakeholders jointly to be proactive towards process implementation. Let us discuss how people can be Agile in getting the teams to act together for success in projects.
I have on various occasions experienced the need for nurturing Quality by being [...]
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Posted on November 19, 2008 by krshna
Flow Diagram for a Scrum project management
Flow Diagrams are structured sequence of activities depicted using flow symbols. The above diagram is very simplified representation of Flow. This will have input, process and output of each stages along with associated artifacts.
Normally when QMS is documented ISO 9001:2000 organizations represent their Quality procedures using the flow diagrams. [...]
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Posted on November 11, 2008 by krshna
Scrum model of Agile Project Management best addresses the excellent Kano model of Customer Satisfaction.
Types of Customer perception given by Kano model will be discussed here. There are features that will create varied perceptions on customers mind. Kano model serves as great guidance in understanding and figuring out how to delight the customer. Let [...]
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Posted on November 7, 2008 by krshna
Idhanai Idhanal Ivan Mudikkum Endraindu
Adhanai avankan vidal
Loosely translates to -
This Work, Using This tool, This man shall accomplish hence having analyzed
Delegate that work to him.
The detailed translation:
After having analyzed and considered The Right Person for the Right Job applying the Right Tool, delegate that job to that person to complete it. [...]
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Posted on November 6, 2008 by krshna
Since QA is the lynchpin of an organization, they need to be armed with detailed understanding of how project actually gets executed considering customer specifications, resource competency level, schedule and budget constraints in addition to being expert in QA models and QMS standards. We will try to figure out mapping one model viz., Agile to [...]
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Posted on November 4, 2008 by krshna
An AGILE ISO
ISO 9001:2000 addresses almost any possible situations as for Quality improvement goes. Though there is some thought in the IT industry that ISO relates less than its counterpart CMMI in terms of model adaptation for IT Quality Management System.
I would not think so.
Four significant recommendations of ISO 9001:2000 are:
Measurement of Customer Satisfaction
Continual Improvement
Independent [...]
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