Category: Old Posts

  • Distances suck..

    There are times in life when you really hate the distance – being away from Parents, especially when they need help and you can’t be there. The chain reaction of thoughts starts, takes you back to “What am I doing here?”, “Why can’t we be together?”… While growing up, my parents helped me guide through…

  • Agile & Music: Suggestion for an experiment

    Who doesn’t love music? We all have different choices, tastes – but we all listen and have our favorites. I like listening to various music and play guitar (Disclaimer: I am not a music major or a pro). There’s been this one thing on my mind for a long time, and I could not resist this…

  • Customer engagement – The hard stuff

    Customer involvement in any project is critical. Customers are also humans, and you can rest assured that with every new project – the way it is unique, your customer experience WILL be unique, either pleasant or unpleasant. Things can get very challenging if you meet a customer who is controlling and/or unwilling to commit. Even worse: sways…

  • PK for everyday?!

    I have been on agile projects in the past but did not have a chance to explore Kanban. Earlier this year, following few discussions about kanban, lean at the Scrum Alliance’s – Orlando Scrum Gathering in Florida, USA, got my attention. While researching, reading, and learning I came across Jim Benson’s Personal Kanban (PK) blog/site. It really got me interested…

  • Hello “blogging” world!

    The first-ever blog I wrote was November 01, 2010, on bendre.wordpress.com and so I am here. Blogging. But, Why do you want to blog? as a very famous blogger (and one of my inspirations) asked me. Here’s what I have to say: As a blogger, I want to put forth my ideas, contributions, and expertise…