February 2013

(This article appeared in the Hindu on August 29, 2012.  The text of the entire article is reproduced below too) Continuous Improvement (CI) is the quality philosophy that processes can always be improved. It also refers to the efforts of a company or team to improve its operations, services or products or reduce its costs. […]

(This article appeared in the Hindu on July 25, 2012.  The text of the entire article is reproduced below too) In a perfect world, all your team members will have all the necessary skills and relevant experience to do their job, know how to work well independently and with others. They may be ethical, dependable

(This article appeared in the Hindu on July 18, 2012.  The text of the entire article is reproduced below too) Projects can run into trouble and frequently do. As the poet Robert Burns might have said, even the best laid project plans often go astray. While poor project management skills may be the single largest