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Summary

Experience of more than eleven years in Information Technology.

Jan 2008 - Present,         Infosys Technologies Limited, Bangalore

Lead Consultant - Process Consulting, Enterprise Quality Solutions 

Mar 2001 - Jan 2008,         Philips Electronics India Limited, Bangalore

Project Leader, Philips Healthcare 

Aug 1998 - Feb 2001,       Tata Consultancy Services,     Delhi

Assistant Systems Engineer,  Consulting

Take on Agile

I am quite convinced that Scrum makes common sense. It gives teams the ownership and clarity, promotes collaboration, builds overall team competence by breaking silos, and makes those issues visible that could otherwise remain hidden with traditional project management models. It is one of the most practical approaches to deliver projects efficiently. Once addicted to Scrum, teams find it difficult to throw away.

Recent Articles by Rahul

How to Sustain Adaptive Planning 19 Feb 10
How to Sustain Adaptive Planning By Rahul Sawhney, CSM, CSP Scrum and other agile methods recognize that responsiveness to change is an important aspect of delivering projects. They also recognize that software development is evolutionary and cr...
Challenging inertia through Scrum 12 Oct 09
Inertia is defined as a state of being lazy, sluggish or indifferent. Challenging inertia is about challenging status quo in an organization. It is about how things should be done differently compared to how they are done now. Organizations someti...
The Impact of Scrum Mechanisms on People and Task Orientation 27 Aug 08

Scrum mechanisms exist to keep teams functioning at a high level. Learn ways to prioritize the backlog and implement Scrum ceremonies so that teams are happy in their work and customers are satisfied with the resulting product.

Recent Comments by Rahul

On Missing Pigs
I thought of adding a couple of lines on this. In my experience, starting off with the daily scrums is the most difficult part. Once the teams have tasted blood, they get addicted. To keep teams motivated, consider this: 1. Lead from the backgroun...
On Leader of the Band
Need for human qualities can not be understressed for the role of ScrumMaster. But is this really true: "While a ScrumMaster does not assume responsibility for the success of the project—that remains with the team—a ScrumMaster does assume res...
On Agile: It’s the business stupid!
Interesting article. Management of business stakeholders is indeed important for successful deployment of Scrum. While adaptive planning is easier in smaller companies, it's more difficult in larger companies since money spent is often tied to org...
On Scrum’s Neat, But I Have a Schedule to Meet
Completely agree that both situations are difficult to handle. In both situations, the problem is similar: People do not really understand scrum. While it's upto the scrum master to ensure that scrum practices are followed, it is difficult to impl...

 

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