Software People Stories

Welcome to another episode of the Software Lifecycle Stories. In this episode, Sivaguru and Anantha Natarajan (who prefers to be called Anand), colleagues from PM Power Consulting, speak about several topics including: * Is software development ‘engineering’?  * Trusting one’s feelings * Treating IT as an enabler for business * Creating functionally satisfying solutions to make a difference for th...

In this conversation, Annie Abraham - head of Financing IT and Group Wide Process for Danske IT and Support services in Bangalore - shares her thoughts and experiences with Sivaguru from PM Power on - * Transformation & Modernization projects * Applying Agile approaches in a large program * Women and agile / if agile ways of working is women friendly * Finding one’s own rhythm to balance responsib...

A Journey from Programming to Coaching In this episode, Savitha in conversation with Chitra from PM Power consulting, shares her views on - working with chaos and pressure while discovering one's strengths over coffee - Why boredom is a good thing  - Learnings from working across captive, product & services companies with freedom to explore various roles - Using coaching as a means of strength to...

Tune into tips from a techie turned transformational teacher ! Sivaguru from PM Power is very happy to share his conversation with Suresh Ramaswamy, a successful serial entrepreneur, who started with roles in IT and then pivoted to helping others discover themselves as a transformational teacher. When this conversation started, we were expecting a highly technical discussion from a VLSI architect,...

In this episode, our podcast guest, Roopa Dharmapuri shares her perspectives on the interconnectedness of life & work among other views with Chitra Gurjar from PM Power Consulting, through * Her journey from development, to testing and product management.   * Anchoring engagement at work and in life through curiosity and learning . * Stepping into customer shoes. * The importance of establishing t...

Continuing on our theme of conversations with women in IT, in this episode, Vandana Malaiya, whose career has seen roles in hardware, embedded systems, setting up team and organization level processes and setting up a venture and to a social venture and some senior leadership roles in the corporate environment,in conversation with Sivaguru,shares her perspectives on -The need to and opportunities...

In this episode, a freewheeling panel discussion among four accomplished women from Global Automation Inc., Bengaluru covers, among other things: - their own individual experiences in IT, in creating or consuming solutions  - balancing demands at work and outside  - support systems for women at work and home - empathy for customers and how that helps in evolving products - the importance of contin...

In this conversation, Chitra from PM Power & Swetha Sivaram, Sr. Manager at IBM, talk about her journey in the world of technology as Swetha shares her experiences on - * Choice of computer science engineering * Perceptions at work * Transitions from a telecom engineer to app developer to systems engineering * Humanistic insights from work experience * Sharing experiences by and for women in techn...

In this conversation with Sivaguru, Gayatri from PM Power Consulting - also known as G3 - shares her experiences and experiments on a wide range of topics including -Cultural aspects of managing large application portfolio transitions -Personal transition from maker to a coach, to help teams transform to agility -The concept of work-life balance -Her personal experiments with an appraisal system a...

In this conversation with Sivaguru, Anupama shares her experience related to:  -Efficient algorithms  -Skills an architect needs  -Differences in architecting small and large applications  -Tips for women who need to or want to take a break This episode covers 2 broad aspects of software architecture - 1\. Evolution of architecting a software system, from over 15 years ago to today, and the evolut...

In this conversation Chitra shares her experience with Sivaguru related to * What she learnt developing mission critical systems * How playing basketball helped her appreciate goal focused teamwork * Helping other women to make their voices heard

In this conversation with Sivaguru, Diwakar Menon talks about * The focus for testing effectiveness would be to address risks * Some stories of testing in projects adopting agile approaches * High functioning development organizations * What made him launch a startup And some more.. Diwakar Menon has over 30 years of work experience ranging from test consulting to delivery to pre-sales. He has bee...

Join a new host from PM Power Consulting Chitra, in conversation with Sivaguru to learn more about how he unravels his pursuit of - * Excellence in business around results through all-pervasive leadership  * Managing knowledge gained by doing, learning and adapting  * Disciplines to deliver software  * Sport and coaching for breakthrough performance  * Uncovering intuition, spontaneity, awakening...

L Ravichandran, known to most as L Ravi, is the President and COO of Tech Mahindra. In his career of over 4 decades, he has seen and been part of the growth of the IT industry in India.  In this episode, Ravi talks of his experiences, views and what customers expect from IT in conversation with Sivaguru from PM Power Connsulting.  Listen on..  * The relevance of statistics and the evolution of dat...

In this conversation, J Veeraraaghavan shares his experience and perspectives with Sivaguru on - * The mindset needed for developers and testers to play as a single team  * How use of right words can bring in significant changes  * What approaches are needed to build great products  * Leveraging personal values and beliefs for career success  * Future of software development and software factories

In this episode, we invite you to listen to Dorai Thodla, serial tech entrepreneur, in conversation with Sivaguru from PM Power. Dorai is the founder and CTO of Technology Strategies LLC, based in the United States. He is a mentor at KCG College of Technology Chennai. He is passionate about teaching students and mentors product startups. Dorai also gives talks on emerging technologies and their im...

In this conversation Paramu Kurumathur, Principal Consultant with PM Power Consulting shares his views and experiences, in conversation with Sivaguru, related to * His experiences with nimble practices to more formal waterfall approaches to agile. * The impact of technology on the way software is developed.  * How global architectures evolve.  * Contrasting character development in writing and fea...

In this episode, Sivaguru and Vishweshwar Hegde from PM Power, are in conversation to discover interesting facets of Vishu’s journey through his career. Vishu shares several interesting nuggets that range across – • How he maps his learnings from his passion for trekking, to work life and big differences one can make by being a pathfinder or a herder. • Yoga, meditation and managing outside by mas...

In this episode tune into conversations between Sivaguru from PM Power Consulting & Sandeep Dasgupta, Vice President R&D - Gaming Systems at Scientific Games.  In this conversation Sandeep talks about some of his world views that have shaped his work style as well as professional practices. Among other points, they cover * The change in mindset needed when moving from a number crunching oriented l...

In this episode, I would like to share with you two incidents that helped me refine my own understanding of user needs and experience. From two different projects at different times, how I learnt:  * That the purpose of a developer is to solve others’ problems [and not just look for the next personal challenge to solve]  * Distinguishing user needs and wants  * The power of conversations with user...

Agile transformations, like any other are challenging for most organizations. This episode engages experts from PM Power Consulting J Veeraraaghavan, Vishveshwar Hegde and Anand Natarajan in dialogue, sharing their agile leadership coaching and consulting insights. The dialogue also explores common challenges and approaches to agile transformations for leaders and geographically distributed teams...

In this episode, Shiv will be talking to Gopalan, the Managing director of Global Automation, India. Gopal, as he is also called, has been in the international IT products and services industry since 1979. Listen to Gopal sharing some personal stories that touch upon various points including: * Attitude of working for someone  * Culture aspects, when working in various cultures  * Arrogance of a f...

My name is Sivaguru. I have been in the IT industry since 1980 - and started my association initially with hardware - building a single board microcomputer - and them switched to software. Over the years, working with multiple technologies to create solutions across various domains - and working in multiple countries, I gained a lot of experience by doing myself as well as learning from others. I...