There are many Online Project Management products available in the market. All these tools provide different set of features and target various industries.These tools range from simple task management and list management features like those provided by Trello, which can be applied across a broad range of industries but have limited features. On the other hand, there are products like Pivotal Tracker which provide project management features focused on Agile software development following a rigid process.FindNerd provides a project management platform which bridges the gap by providing a rich set of features while still allowing the end-user to have the flexibility of using them as per their need.Below is a comparison of the main features of FindNerd, Trello and Pivotal Tracker:ÂÂFindNerd TrelloPivotal TrackerProject ManagementÂÂÂÂÂTraditional Project Management√√ ÂAgile Project Management√Â√ÂUsers Stories √√√ ÂProduct Backlog and User stories prioritization ÂÂ√ÂIssue Tracking √Â√Task Management ÂÂÂÂÂScheduling√ √√ÂTime Tracking √ÂÂÂResource Assignment √√√ÂTask Alerts √√√ÂGroup Tasks –...

As part of our software development services, we are involved in maintenance and enhancement for software products for our clients. At times, these clients want to explore the option of rewriting the application on some latest technology. Quite often the technical team is also keen on rewriting the application on the latest technology, rather than digging into the existing code base for providing bug fixes or adding new features. While it may be appear to be an attractive option for the development team to sell the idea of development from scratch on the latest technology, there are a few misconceptions and high risks normally associated with the 'rewrite to fix everything' approach:- Rewriting the code will take less time than fixing the issues: Software development projects nearly always take more time than initially planned. The bigger the project, higher are the chances for it to have cost and time overruns. You may...

Number of companies globally are increasing to outsource their work. The leading countries to which work is being outsourced is India, followed by China, Malaysia and Thailand. These are currently the top nations for outsourcing work, whereas, nations like Brazil, Indonesia, Bulgaria and Philippines are also coming up strong in this sector.  A few different sectors in outsourcing are BPO's, KPO's, Data entry, IT sector, Health sector outsourcing and Financial sector outsourcing.   What we really want to talk about here is, Outsourcing with Consulting and Implementation. This refers to outsourcing of work by a company, by consulting it with an outside party. This brings in the importance of an Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO). When a third party takes the responsibility to recruit or hire resources for a business it is known as RPO.   A third party can be vested with all the hiring responsibilities for a business or only some of...

This is a true conversation I had with a client, followed by my email to him a few months after this conversation. Client: I would like to have a high quality, bug free application for my customers. Me: Our developers are excellent, but we would need a good testing strategy to make sure that the application that goes live lives up to your and industry’s quality standards.   Client: We are a startup and would like to keep the costs under control and would like to keep the testing budget down.   Client: You need to take care of the quality at the development level. Client: We will also do the testing of the application on our own. Me: Okay, that would be great. I wish, I hadn’t agreed… Dear Client, It has been a pleasure working with you from the very start when you came to us with your idea. Brainstorming with you about converting your idea to...

 Most Technology Start-ups take the following conventional approach in their endeavour to start a successful business :  - prepare an elaborate business plan - pitch it to investors - build a team - develop and introduce a product - sell the product Research shows that 3 out of 4 start-ups end up failing in their endeavour somewhere along this path. In most cases, further the stage of the failure from the point of inception, higher is the cost of failure.   The alternative Lean approach for Product Development by Start-ups is essentially based on the following philosophy : - build a 'minimum viable product' based on continuous 'customer development'  In the Lean Start-up model the founders do not begin with a business plan, instead they begin with the search for a business model. In this approach, multiple quick iterations of experimentation and feedback are conducted which result in a business model that is executable. This will typically follow the...