I always like reading motivational quotes as it helps you to balance your thoughts and in turn having a healthy mindset…After all, MINDSET is EVERYTHING right 🙂 Below is collection of my recent favorites counting down to Year 2021! Keep scrolling and enjoy reading!
Author Archives: Lashmi Bai Ravindrapandian
Improving Your Listening Skills
It is very easy to say than to follow. We all want to be good listeners but it can be hard to break the habit of paying only half attention to others. Isn’t it? But Dorie Clark from Lynda.com has shared the strategy for creating an impactful mindset of listening. Summarising the learnings from theContinue reading “Improving Your Listening Skills”
Project Management Steps
Documented a checklist of common mistakes that may happen while managing a project. This is really a reference while managing the project. Project management is most commonly managing the challenges around the triple constraints like scope, cost, and schedule while managing the priorities. Though there are additional constraints like subcontractors, quality, and resources, they areContinue reading “Project Management Steps”
Learn, Relearn and Unlearn
This is one of the hard-core lessons which I learned in my late career and glad I did it. Sharing the concept of Learn, Relearn & Unlearn. This is one of the important skills to conquer in the PMO world because we live in a world where a combination of skills is valued most. TheContinue reading “Learn, Relearn and Unlearn”
Tribute to My Dad – Ravindrapandian T
No story is ever truly complete without acknowledging the people who shaped it. As I continue sharing my thoughts and experiences on this blog, it feels incomplete without dedicating a space to the one person who influenced my journey the most, my father – Ravindrapandian T This tribute is not just a remembrance but aContinue reading “Tribute to My Dad – Ravindrapandian T”
Corporate Idioms – General
Being in PMO, you tend to work with the length and breadth of the organization. It’s very important to handle stakeholders effectively. In my experience, I have noticed senior leadership using corporate jargon/idioms while communicating their suggestion or while opposing viewpoints in a sarcastic manner without any harm. That leads the discussion to humour wayContinue reading “Corporate Idioms – General”
Guidelines for achieving Zero Inbox
15 Outlook Tips for Increased Productivity Have you heard about Inbox Zero? It is a productivity philosophy about dealing with a constant, life-long stream of email. It was first expressed by Merlin Mann on his 43Folders site, which is currently (and hopefully temporarily) unavailable but is mirrored by the Internet Archive (Source: Google). In thisContinue reading “Guidelines for achieving Zero Inbox”
Are you following these Detail-Oriented Traits?
Nobody is born with the talent of being 100% right all the time BUT to what detail are you able to do it right and the frequency is all matters. Detail-oriented is a character trait that means being able to pay close attention and notice minor details. Being in a PMO dealing with lots of information/data,Continue reading “Are you following these Detail-Oriented Traits?”
Fixed vs Time & Material
Understanding the Contract type is the very first step in the Project Management. As the contract documents are binding and legally enforcing, it is important to understand the type of contract it has been signed. As a Client, consequences of choosing the wrong type of contract in terms of not having way of changing orContinue reading “Fixed vs Time & Material”
Integrated Product Development Life Cycle
Integrated Product Development Lifecycle defines the end-end process involved in delivering a new product or improving an existing product to the customer. Below elaborated the product development lifecycle in a nutshell based on my experience in Product Organizations. The activities that you perform in each phase is enormous and it also depends on the industry as well. ForContinue reading “Integrated Product Development Life Cycle”
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