Forming a Dirty-Work Group
A Step by Step Guide 1. Beating Down the Idea Step 1: With utmost pessimism, identify the knowledge/experience you as an initiator lack that would doom the project into a failure.…
Dirty-Work Group Based Organizational Structure
Introduction A team does not and can not exist as an island. In an organizational setup, it has to indulge in intra-organizational and external communications. How does the concept of…
Dirty-Work Group
A Team Management, Dynamics and Structure Model (Originally published in 1998) 1. Management - Sense in Multitude 1.1 In the beginning there was... With the industrial revolution, came a problem,…
Current Weather at Your Location Using Wunderground and Google Static Map APIs
I was more concerned with 'Feel Like' temperature and wind speeds for my neighborhood. Also, I live much close to neighboring town which is next to river, the weather app…
Solving “Could not determine Java version from ‘9.0.1’” with Gradle and IntelliJ on MacOSX
Solution To Gradle Error As I was importing Gradle project to try out Java Spring, I encountered this error: Gradle complete project refresh failed Error:Could not determine java version from…
Setting Up Web Server in Mac OS X (macOS Sierra 10.12)
Was setting up a web server in my Mac OS X after a long time. Apple has removed 'Web Server' from Sharing in Settings. So, thought will share the steps…
7 Reasons Why Your Product Will Fail
Seven things your users think that will cause your product to fail “I don’t like it” “I don’t even want it” “I don’t even know how to use it” “I…
Product Management Canvas – Product in a Snapshot
The Product Management Canvas (PMC), is a strategic management and entrepreneurial articulation tool. It allows one to describe a product having the highest return on investment versus risk. This is different…
Building Products – It Takes A Village
XConf ThoughtWorks' XConf is a one-day conference that showcases the latest thinking from ThoughtWorks and friends on a broad range of topics. It provides a platform for passionate software professionals…
The Edge of Product Management: Talk at Institute of Product Leadership
I gave a talk to the students of Executive MBA at Institute of Product Leadership, Bangalore on 19th Nov 2016. It was a conversation around Product Management, industry practitioners approach…