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Business Case | Management Lessons from Valluvar's Thirukkural
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Management Lessons from Valluvar’s Thirukkural. Many software projects today are funded, initiated and executed without a valid, well articulated business case. Here is what Valluvar has to say about a business case:. 8220;Expenditure, return and profit of the deed. In time to come, weigh these, then to the act proceed”. 8211; Original Tamil text and English translation (by Rev. G. U. Pope) courtesy the. In 2004, I was called upon to start a new engagement with a customer. September 19, 2009 at 4:32 am.
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Project Planning | Management Lessons from Valluvar's Thirukkural
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Management Lessons from Valluvar’s Thirukkural. 2000 years back, project managers operated in imperial courts. They assisted emperors in managing sprawling, vast, complicated empires. Some things never change. Here is the original take on project planning from the Kural:. 8220;Treasure and instrument and time and deed and place of act –. These five, till every doubt remove, think o’er with care exact”. And place of act –. These five, till every doubt remove, think o’er with care exact”. You are commentin...
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Delegation | Management Lessons from Valluvar's Thirukkural
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Management Lessons from Valluvar’s Thirukkural. Delegation is the cornerstone of good management. A project manager can, by himself, achieve only so much. The multiplier effect of delegation is what makes projects successful. Here is what Thiruvalluvar has to say about delegation:. 8220;‘This man this work shall thus work out’, let thoughtful king command. Then leave the matter wholly in his servant’s hand.”. 8211; Original Tamil text and English translation courtesy the Acharya project. Here is my take:.
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Project Velocity | Management Lessons from Valluvar's Thirukkural
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Management Lessons from Valluvar’s Thirukkural. Here is an interesting one from Thiruvalluvar which can be interpreted in many different ways. The interpretation I find most appropriate relates to the cyclical nature of most software development projects. 8220;Slumber when sleepy work’s in hand. Beware,. Thou slumber not when action calls for sleepless care”! Original Tamil text and English translation (by Rev. G. U. Pope) courtesy the Acharya project. Here’s another interpretation:. There are instances ...
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Risk Assessment | Management Lessons from Valluvar's Thirukkural
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Management Lessons from Valluvar’s Thirukkural. There are at least two verses in the Thirukkural which advocate proper assessment of risks before embarking on a new project. In both of these, Thiruvalluvar sounds rather risk averse, old school and downright anti-entrepreneurial! The first one is:. 8220;Think, and then dare the deed. Who cry,. 8216;Deed dared, we’ll think’, disgraced shall be”. Original Tamil text and English translation (by Rev. G. U Pope) courtesy the Acharya project. 4 responses to &ld...
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Commission and Omission | Management Lessons from Valluvar's Thirukkural
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Management Lessons from Valluvar’s Thirukkural. Errors of commission are well know (“I did something wrong”). Errors of omission are less well know and far less acknowledged (“I did not do this-and-this. That was a mistake”). Most beginner project managers will be at their defensive best when faced with errors of omission. Here is a clear elucidation of the concept of errors of commission and omission:. 8220;Its ruin if man do an unbefitting thing. Not re-estimating at the end of the requirements phase.
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Commanding Respect | Management Lessons from Valluvar's Thirukkural
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Management Lessons from Valluvar’s Thirukkural. Working as I am in the software industry, I often find myself in situations where my teams present technical architecture / technical solutions to our customers’ architects. Many times our solutions are well thought out but poorly presented. Moreover these presentations happen over a telephone call and that makes matters worse. Here is what Thiruvalluvar has to say on this subject:. Before the learned, among the learned most learned are they”. One reason wh...
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Training | Management Lessons from Valluvar's Thirukkural
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Management Lessons from Valluvar’s Thirukkural. If you have to command the respect of your peers, you have to be knowledgeable. No one is born knowledgeable. Knowledge is acquired by learning and training. Here is one couplet that is familiar to each and every kid that ever studied in a Tamil school:. 8220;So learn that you may full and faultless learning gain. Then, in obedience meet to lessons learnt, remain”. Now, take a look at the highly successful software industry. Come on, be honest now! Now, do ...
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Management Lessons from Valluvar’s Thirukkural | Management Lessons from Valluvar's Thirukkural
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Management Lessons from Valluvar’s Thirukkural. Management Lessons from Valluvar’s Thirukkural. September 14, 2008. Six years back, I revisited an ancient Tamil literary work (circa 500 BC – 200 BC) with a view to seeing if it retained any relevance today. How many of our works will be relevant 2000 years hence – Insurance policy admin systems? Retail banking systems, may be? Then again, this just goes to show that, at a fundamental level, some things never change. This entry was posted in Management.