Project Management Mind Map - 101

#PM Mind Map: 

Process Group = 5 IPEMC
(Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Closing Process Groups)
Knowledge Area = 9
Processes = 42
PKP5942

#Project Charter created by Project Sponsor.
Its Not PM plan. 

#Project Charter Contents: 
Statement of work by sponsor or customer.
RFP(Statement of work)
EEF(Enterprise Environmental Factors)
Constraints/Assumption Factors.
Best Practices.

#PM Plan: 
Project actions.
Time,Cost,HR plans.
Contains all sub plans and values.
Project Charter
O/P from Planning Process Group.

#SOW(Statement Of Work):
High-level narrative description of the work to be done.

#My YouTube Channel Link: 
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe0rLJmSQXNoK2Mo2eMVuvg/videos

Project Management Url's - Kapil Sharma

Project Management Url's:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZKsk17a6oA&list=PLBB840DC740D9A813

http://www.tomsitpro.com/articles/project-management-certifications,2-670-2.html

Scrum Team Members - Kapil Sharma

SCRUM TEAM: 

A breif overview of scrum team members: 
1.) Product Owner (PO)
2.) Developement Team (DT)
3.) Scrum Master (SM)

Software Development Models( Scrum Vs Waterfall) - Kapil Sharma

Software Development Models: Scrum Vs Waterfall

As the software industry growing, it also leads many new technologies and software design architectures to evolving along with that.

As software designer you may came cross software development models. Mainly Waterfall model is the first choice of the software designers. But these days many software designers prefer Scrum based software development life cycle.

Waterfall Model:

The software development work goes in phase manner.

1.) Requirements

2.) Design

3.) Development

4.) Testing

5.) Maintenance

Suppose a client wants software to do stock trading and the time of building this software takes 12 months. The client shares his requirements in Jan. (first month) and by Dec. (last month) he/she able to see how the software works out.

There was no chance / choice of software requirements to change or any preview of the software product. So there was a complete blackout of more than 10 months for client side.

Whereas Scrum the new kid in the town believes that software development is a creative art where a big software product cut into small shippable product and client can change the requirements and view the shippable software in weeks based time frame rather than waiting to get a full finished software product.

Now, in scrum all this depends upon the PBI (Product Backlog Items) these are user stories or you can small chunks of bigger software requirements. These can be written by a scrum team consists of a ‘Product owner’ a ‘Scrum Master’ and ‘Development team’. All can write these user stories on client software requirements where as the P.O (product owner) he/she has the final authority to put these PBI in the sprints or iterations (these are time-bound week based software development cycle), in scrum a sprint can be 1-4 week maximum.

Scrum Sprint:

1.) Sprint 1, X items

2.) Sprint 2, X + Y items

3.) Sprint 3, X + Y + Z items

So, after ending of each sprint the scrum team show the client a workable software item. And this help client to check the software is building in the way he/she wants. If client thinks new or changes required, he suggest and these new C.R (change request) can be added in the next sprint.

So, in nutshell the scrum software design model basically cut short the margin of error of wrong software development and its leaps ahead of older development models.

What is Scrum Framework - Kapil Sharma

What is Scrum Framework?

Scrum is a methodology developed under Agile framework. The main people behind this methodology are 'Ken and Jeff'. They are the seasoned software developers. 

For example, think like 'Agile' is an umbrella and 'Scrum' is one edge of that framework.

Generally scrum methodology used in software development through out the globe.
The name scrum from a sport known as rugby : )

A scrum team having these following player or members:

1.) P.O: Product Owner
2.) SM: Scrum Master
3.) Team: Developers + QA 

SOW: Scope of work (Class 1003)

Scope of Work: 

The first thing in 'Project Management' any project manager face is the term 'SOW-Scope of Work'.

So, what exactly is the scope or scope of work?

Scope Of Work: Is expected level of work. As a team what we are delivering to the client and also what we are not committed for tasks. 

So, the 'Scope Of Work' document consists of these points: 
1) Project Title / Name.
2) Contact Information. 
3) Version Number and Dates.
4) Overview Of Project.
5) Clear Scope Of Work.
6) ETA-Time Frame Details.
7) Project Budget.
8) Client Approvals / Sign Off details. 

WBS: Work Breakdown Structure. (Class 1002)

WBS: Work Breakdown Structure:

First comes the 'SOW' project scope of work.

Than there is more in-depth tasks and further more in more in details tasks, so that every minute details capture, so that all gaps of tasks are covered. 

Each person or department knows what there are assigned off rather than keep on guessing the ongoing tasks.  

Project Management: Class 1001

Project Management: Class 1001 

Project management is the upper crest of managing team tasking and align team resources.
So, that team leaders or team managers can define goals and time lines for ETA of on going projects or design / plan new projects. A successful execution of a project or tasks are major goal of right project management implementation.

In PM classes which I planned to conduct on this class manner, will share PM information with PM peers or any one who is interested in PM career path.

Basic PM reading can be gain from this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_management

Here is my Youtube channel link for reference:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe0rLJmSQXNoK2Mo2eMVuvg

H.P-LoadRunner Ver. 11.50 Installation on Win-7:

Glass Up, a Google Glass Alternative from Europe :)

Google Glass New Alternative --> GlassUp

The GlassUp eyeglasse: http://www.glassup.net/

It report the users for incoming e-mails, text messages, tweets, Facebook updates, maps,  Augmented Reality (AR) . 

The GlassUp eyeglasses report the incoming e-mails, text messages, tweets, Facebook updates, and other messages, so that the user can keep abreast on what is going on in this big world. The message is shown for only a few instants, on the side of the field of view, in an unobtrusive manner.

Glass-Up Specifications: 

• Weight around 65 grams (tested on our first prototype)
• On board OS: Android
• Sensors: accelerometer, compass, ambient light sensor, precision altimeter, perhaps more (the GPS is already on your smartphone, so we don’t need it)
• Connectivity: Bluetooth LE
• Optical system, made of a display and a set of lenses and mirrors. The resolution of the display is 320×240. If you ask more details on the optics, you’re a competitor.
• One day of battery life recharge via mini-usb
• Lenses: Lenses will be slightly tinted
• Controls: A touch-pad, with the usual controls (tap, double tap, long press, swipe vertically and horizontally), we are deciding now which ones to keep for us to on/off the projector (probably the long press), the others will be left to the developers to manage the apps.
• Color combinations: The frame you see in the video is red on white, it’s one of the two versions we plan to sell – the other is green on black
• Prescription glasses – we get asked all the time, and a hard one: can our GlassUp be used with your prescription lenses? The lens of our GlassUp is very special, so you can not replace it with yours. We are working on a solution. We’ll likely be able to accommodate simple vision defects at a small cost.

http://www.glassup.net/developer/

There enthusiastic team looking for new ideas and applications for ourGlass-Up smart glasses.

For Demo Glass-Up Video: www.youtube.com/embed/os6bqbTo4Qs

Best Budget Android Smart Phones 2013

Android Smart Phones 2013: 

Google Game Console:

Google Games: https://play.google.com/store/apps/category/GAME

Google these days working on Game Console, same like PS3 / PS4, XBOX 360 / 720.

Analysts guess that Google Gaming Console may be part of Android Eco-system. 

Or may have the Android core in-side the main console software. 

It's expected that Android Key Lime Pie will be main component of this console firmware. 

Android based small console already in market named as OUYA. (http://www.ouya.tv/)

So, next upcoming Q3 and Q4 are interesting to watch.  

XBox 320 / 720 and PS3 / 4 a big competition is coming your way...............

Canvas 4 Smart Phone Specifications

Canvas 4 Smart Phone Specs details:

This smartphone going to launch on 8th July 2013 in India.

Expected Canvas 4 phone hardware details:  

RAM:  2 GB

Battery: 2500 ~ 3000 mAH

Screen-Size: 5 Inch plus

Processor: 1.5  ~ 1.7 GHz

Color: White and Black

Screen PPI: 300+

IGZO displays:

IGZO displays: 

Indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO) displays.

Is a semiconducting material, jointly developed by Sharp Corporation and Semiconductor Energy Laboratories.

It allows either smaller pixels (for screen resolutions higher than HDTV) or much higher reaction speed for a screen. 

32-inch 3840×2160, 10-inch 2560×1600 and 7-inch 1280x800 IGZO panels are now available by SHARP.

Apple iPhone 6 planned to use this kind of smartphone display in near future. 

May be all Apple products like, iPhone, iPad, iPod like hardware may going to use the IGZO displays in upcoming years :) 

These display provides great resolution and consume very less energy 80 to 90 % than normal LCD display. 

This display is going to be the game changers in the field of energy saving for hand held devices.

Smart Watch.

Smart Watch:

After much hype of smart phones now the wave to gadgets monster now shifting towards the human touch :P, yep you got the idea correct, the tech giants now switching there geek minds from phone to smart watches. 

You name it they have it :D

Apple, LG, Samsung, Google and many other to follow this smart stuff for more in person touch of your time, so keep on counting the seconds here come the smart watch peek view :) 

Who know in few months micromax or lava also going to to provide the affordable smart m or l watches :P

What Color Is Your Parachute?

http://youtu.be/Sxrhyo2MlWo

Seth Godin on Failing Until You Succeed.

Seth Godin on Failing Until You Succeed.

http://youtu.be/fDtkBsWgzWE

Intel chip from 4 to 64 bits in 30 years.

From 4-bit to 64-bits Intel chip journey..............

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DIY: Bohemian Guitars - Oil Can Guitar

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Website: bohemianguitars.com