Thats my first attempt/hands on with a Piano, with my team @ our home, Hyderabad Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Chakk de!
Another block-buster by SRK, and this time the 'theme' makes a lot of sense to me than the stereotype predecessos from Yash Raj Films!
So insteadof discussing the movie lets review the 'catch' phrase for this topic, TEAM, specially wrt to the software industry!
What makes or breaks a TEAM. I believe if we get the basics of team development right, the topic reduces down to fine tuning the team towards a specific job, which in this case happens to be that of a testing team! Nevertheless the team dynamics remain the same!
One of the most popular model of team building was developed by Tuckman, which involves 4 phases:
Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing.
All the above 4 stages contribute towards building of a successful team. Its imperative that of the many more things to be taken into consideration, the following are more important points from a testing perspective:
Allow the team members to get acquainted with each other as well as the development team, project goals as well as individual aspirations. Experience shows that more often than not, its the initial motivation and previous experience which acts as a major mind block for team members to perform at their level best, if not out-perform. Creating initial guidelines of working together (especially between development and testing teams) helps enforce common understanding and alleviate uncertainty. This does not mean that one should not allow conflicts, conflicts are healthy and should be taken in the right spirits of constructive criticism. Focusing on short term goals, group check out meetings, allowing transparency and encouraging shared leadership are virtues which immensely help in delivering a successful project. Personal experience shows that informal interaction out side the domain of official/project related talks or workspace like team lunch/outing, appreciation mail to the entire team (and not only development/testing team) from higher authorities are heavily appreciated and goes a long way in developing understanding and co-operation. Lat but not the least, Encouraging innovation within the scopes of the project is a great stimulant that helps we techies gel and develop a 'sticky factor' towards the team and the project!
So insteadof discussing the movie lets review the 'catch' phrase for this topic, TEAM, specially wrt to the software industry!
What makes or breaks a TEAM. I believe if we get the basics of team development right, the topic reduces down to fine tuning the team towards a specific job, which in this case happens to be that of a testing team! Nevertheless the team dynamics remain the same!
One of the most popular model of team building was developed by Tuckman, which involves 4 phases:
Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing.
All the above 4 stages contribute towards building of a successful team. Its imperative that of the many more things to be taken into consideration, the following are more important points from a testing perspective:
Allow the team members to get acquainted with each other as well as the development team, project goals as well as individual aspirations. Experience shows that more often than not, its the initial motivation and previous experience which acts as a major mind block for team members to perform at their level best, if not out-perform. Creating initial guidelines of working together (especially between development and testing teams) helps enforce common understanding and alleviate uncertainty. This does not mean that one should not allow conflicts, conflicts are healthy and should be taken in the right spirits of constructive criticism. Focusing on short term goals, group check out meetings, allowing transparency and encouraging shared leadership are virtues which immensely help in delivering a successful project. Personal experience shows that informal interaction out side the domain of official/project related talks or workspace like team lunch/outing, appreciation mail to the entire team (and not only development/testing team) from higher authorities are heavily appreciated and goes a long way in developing understanding and co-operation. Lat but not the least, Encouraging innovation within the scopes of the project is a great stimulant that helps we techies gel and develop a 'sticky factor' towards the team and the project!
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Main aisa kyun hoo?
Just tyring my hands out with the first blog.....would be honest to state that I didnot have anything better to do sitting at my new office.....so thought of starting up a blog...in case anyone out there...pops up and says it aloud...SAME PINCH!
This doesnot sound so interesting, isnt it?......okie.....lets try and make it a bit more relevant by discussing the only thing that is coming to my mind now.....what to discuss??? There is so much of information out there to assimilate and still we are a generation (lets accept it), pathetically slow in learning up...with all the reading habit gone...all we look at are quick and easy solutions to life's problems; and I ma no exception too.
Hence this issue.....For example, I know and believe form the core my heart that I would do better....as a manager than a technical person....even my freinds who are IIM passouts themselves say that.....so you would ask the obvious question....why donot you do a MBA then?
A millon dollar question and I have personally faced the same form near and dear ones a thousand times now (probably)......but to do so....I need to qualify CAT....and for that I need to prepare hard...(given the huge variablity associated with the ever-changing pattern of CAT)...and now to do that...not only do I need time....but productive time....the reason I am saying so is simple...as you would remember....I am almost sitting ideally in office....but that same time cannot be used to prepare for CAT....for I would not be able to concetrate single-mindedly for the same. So the whole problem of Qualifying CAT boils down to a matter of getting quality time to prepare for same.
Now thats whre I tend to loose control over it....without doing anything productive.....I am siting for 9*6=52 hours a week in bench....practically total period wasted! But I cannot help it too for obvious reasons....as you would understand.
A lot you would think that its merely a matter of strong will power and I would not counter that to....coz what you say is true too! Perhaps I donot have as much will power as it would, to take one to crack CAT....so this is all I am asking for......is there anyone out in the woods who is facing the same dilemma......(I am sure there are, in plural numbers)...in case you are going through this blog.....could you please respond back, stating a solution or de-router that they might have applied or heard other apply of......that really WORKED?
Pour in your suggestions ppl.....I really need to focus on this and help myself achieve this at least once :)
This doesnot sound so interesting, isnt it?......okie.....lets try and make it a bit more relevant by discussing the only thing that is coming to my mind now.....what to discuss??? There is so much of information out there to assimilate and still we are a generation (lets accept it), pathetically slow in learning up...with all the reading habit gone...all we look at are quick and easy solutions to life's problems; and I ma no exception too.
Hence this issue.....For example, I know and believe form the core my heart that I would do better....as a manager than a technical person....even my freinds who are IIM passouts themselves say that.....so you would ask the obvious question....why donot you do a MBA then?
A millon dollar question and I have personally faced the same form near and dear ones a thousand times now (probably)......but to do so....I need to qualify CAT....and for that I need to prepare hard...(given the huge variablity associated with the ever-changing pattern of CAT)...and now to do that...not only do I need time....but productive time....the reason I am saying so is simple...as you would remember....I am almost sitting ideally in office....but that same time cannot be used to prepare for CAT....for I would not be able to concetrate single-mindedly for the same. So the whole problem of Qualifying CAT boils down to a matter of getting quality time to prepare for same.
Now thats whre I tend to loose control over it....without doing anything productive.....I am siting for 9*6=52 hours a week in bench....practically total period wasted! But I cannot help it too for obvious reasons....as you would understand.
A lot you would think that its merely a matter of strong will power and I would not counter that to....coz what you say is true too! Perhaps I donot have as much will power as it would, to take one to crack CAT....so this is all I am asking for......is there anyone out in the woods who is facing the same dilemma......(I am sure there are, in plural numbers)...in case you are going through this blog.....could you please respond back, stating a solution or de-router that they might have applied or heard other apply of......that really WORKED?
Pour in your suggestions ppl.....I really need to focus on this and help myself achieve this at least once :)
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