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Mind mapping – 1 Guest post by O.S.Balaji

Ganapathy Subramanian — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:02:45 +0000

O.S.Balaji is the Engagement Manager – ANZ region for Wipro Technologies. He is a management consultant with wide knowledge in CMMi, PMBoK, Prince 2, Six Sigma et al. He is an active blogger and the editor of “Resonance” an e-magazine that strikes a chord with thousands of IT professionals in India....

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Practical tips for PM – 16

Ganapathy Subramanian — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:48:58 +0000

I like this quote from Francis Bacon “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.” Currently...

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What would be your message to management students?

Ganapathy Subramanian — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 04:07:27 +0000

I have been invited to address the MBA, BBA and B.Com students at Sri Sankara Arts and Science College at Kanchipuram on 3rd Sep as part of “Margadarshan 2010″ their two day National Symposium. I feel honored to be part of the program and putting together the message I want to give them. If you got...

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Rupee symbol in ms academy website using rupakara font

Ganapathy Subramanian — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 05:16:00 +0000

I have used the Indian Rupee symbol in Management Scholars Academy website to quote the course fee for our PMP boot camp here http://msacademy.in/pmp-rupakara.htm using rupakara font. Rupakara is a new font created by Michael Everson to give support to the newly invented Indian Rupee Sign, which has been assigned to...

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Project Management in Valmiki Ramayana – 10

Ganapathy Subramanian — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 05:21:42 +0000

Project Integration Management PMBoK definition of Close Project or Phase Finalizing all activities across all of the project management process groups to formally close the project or a project phase The scene from Ramayana: After Ravana was killed SriRama asks Vibhishana, Ravana’s brother to perform the final rites...

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August month PMP boot camp photos and updates

Ganapathy Subramanian — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 06:07:51 +0000

The August month PMP boot camp concluded well with 14 Project Managers joining the program this time. They were from CSC, TCS, Aricent, HCL, Ford, iNautix, Laserbeam Software, Focus Infotech and Keane Consulting. The average experience of this team was high (12+ years) and it showed in their focus and performance in...

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Creative Problem Solving – 3 by Manikandan V

Ganapathy Subramanian — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 07:23:53 +0000

I wrote about TRIZ Principle -1 - Segmentation in the earlier blog. Here I am writing about two more TRIZ principles. Principle – 2. Taking Out (Separate an interfering part or property from an object, or single out the only necessary part (or property) of an object. By segmentation principle we have segmented our...

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Project Management in Valmiki Ramayana – 9

Ganapathy Subramanian — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:13:43 +0000

Scope Management PMBoK definition of “Defining Scope” : Developing a detailed project scope statement which is critical for project success The scene from Ramayana: In the cosmic stage show, sometimes a villain grows into a powerful force, so powerful that he even overthrows deities or devas, who stand for...

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Use open DNS to fix BSNL broadband access problem

Ganapathy Subramanian — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:28:25 +0000

Some of you who are using BSNL broadband at home told me that you are not able to access my blog. I also had the problem and found that it was something to do with BSNL DNS cache. I was not able to access my website and mail from time to time (Sometimes even Google.com) [...] No related posts.

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My daughter’s school project – vegetable face

Ganapathy Subramanian — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:05:51 +0000

When there is a PMP trainer in the house, everyone does projects! Here is my daughter Mathangi’s (5th std) school project – A face made out of veggies / fruits. If you guess all the veggies correctly you will win 1 kilo of vegetables! No related posts. No related posts.

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Behance your creative projects

Ganapathy Subramanian — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 06:25:44 +0000

The artists among you will like this one. If you want to publish and promote your work, in whatever form (music, videos, artwork, websites etc) as a catalog, You can do it at behance.net and share it over web, facebook, linkedIN, twitter and so on. I created a project for the “MS Academy PMP boot [...] Related...

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Maintaining PMP credential – Video help on PDUs from PMI

Ganapathy Subramanian — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:21:07 +0000

I see that many of my friends let the PMP credential expire because they find accruing PDUs difficult. Actually it is very easy. You can get 15 PDU for just being in project management profession; Another 15 for self directed learning; You can get 10 PDUs for speaking or writing on project management; More PDUs...

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