When asked what type of management education India needs, I often say, "Most importantly, we need to teach people how to run projects - how to break the work into significant tasks, how to assign responsibilities and set timelines, and how to report consistently on those timelines, mitigate risks etc. I don't want MBAs with bookish knowledge, I want someone who can really get stuff done. And much of it boils down to planning and executing projects."
And I have blogged about it here and here and elsewhere.
Well, this week I am in Europe, mortified as the news of the CommonWealth Games dominates newspapers and television channels here. It even comes up in business meetings.
All because of very shoddy planning. I really think that corruption is a somewhat separate issue.
Yet I also want to add this (if only to calm myself) - yes, China can put up taller buildings than India can, better buildings than India can, and can put them up in a planned way. But when it comes to software, Indian project planning is as good as you can get anywhere in the world. There are two Indias, and software is part of the new India...
And I have blogged about it here and here and elsewhere.
Well, this week I am in Europe, mortified as the news of the CommonWealth Games dominates newspapers and television channels here. It even comes up in business meetings.
All because of very shoddy planning. I really think that corruption is a somewhat separate issue.
Yet I also want to add this (if only to calm myself) - yes, China can put up taller buildings than India can, better buildings than India can, and can put them up in a planned way. But when it comes to software, Indian project planning is as good as you can get anywhere in the world. There are two Indias, and software is part of the new India...
3 comments:
Sir, with the recent launch of the UID project & the systematic way in which it has been executing, I think UID must also be kept in the same bracket as the new India containing the Indian software industry.
Regards,
Proton Shoaib Qureshi
Dear Sir,
It is very true that Software Industry has given a new dimension to India, and I am glad to be a part of it.
Regards,
Proton Robin
Sir,
It is true that bookish knowledge doesn't help, and probably that's why we are learning the very practical things carried out in the Software Industry - PMP, Quality Control & Assurance and the list goes on.
Ritesh sir often tells how you have boiled down the entire practice to our IT course.
Thank You Sir,
Proton Robin
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