Kumaran, Deepak, Venkat, Raja and Nishanth discuss the issues of hiring in large and small organisations. There is a need to have a business continuity and disaster recovery planning for skills. The vision of business growth needs to inform this planning. There is a possible use of 'gig workers' to fill in the gap. Hiring part time should be considered. It should be pro-active and reactive. Raja describes the difference in hiring for service , product and start-up organisations. The changes in technology are making the skills issue critical. Predicting the skills requirement has become the new 'holy grail' - we are not able to do it! Freelancing with specialised skills is the future. The hiring challenges of small start-ups versus the unicorns. Nishanth shares his experience from a product company perspective and recommends hiring someone smarter that you. Start-ups have a unique advantage that they can offer - an opportunity to change the world! Recruit for potential.

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Kumaran, Deepak, Venkat and Nishanth discuss the value of 'waterfall' model of project execution. A large number of enterprises still follow the model. In a number of situations we are just naming the things  It still makes sense to  execute linear and predictable projects where the outcomes are fixed as 'waterfall' projects. In the software world where the requirements are dynamic in nature and huge number of solution options, Agile should be applied. As a bonus, enjoy a good joke on 'opportunities' :-)  #waterfallprojectmanagement #aglie #informationtechnology #enterprise #podcast #podcastepisode #audio #etiunplugged Follow us on:https://etiunplugged.in   https://fb.com/etiunpluggedhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/etiunplugged

Kumaran, Deepak, Sudar and Nishanth discuss the problem of governance of citizen developed applications. How to establish control between IT and citizen developers. Governance should be inbuilt into the product/platform. An interesting option of using a git like distributed control came up in the discussion. Who has access to data is an important problem to solve. A role based access framework is required. The control should be on data rather than applications. IT needs to understand that they cannot possibly solve all business scenarios, they need to empower the business. IT needs put a framework in place so that business can solve it's problems while not abusing the system. Using the experience of solving the 'master data management' (MDM) problem can be helpful to design the controls. A well designed information architecture can enhance the adoption of citizen developer initiatives. #lowcode #citizendeveloper #informationtechnology #enterprise #podcast #podcastepisode #audio #etiunplugged Follow us on:https://etiunplugged.in   https://fb.com/etiunpluggedhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/etiunplugged

Kumaran, Venkat and Deepak discuss personal productivity tips and practices they do. How to handle the factors in your control and those not in your control? Blocking your calendar for doing specific tasks is one way to remain productive. Better instant message responses - don't waste time with hello - just ask your question or make your request. Not organising personal and professional work can hurt productivity. Train your employees to organise their work. Disabling notifications is a better for focus. Taking external help to organise is an option that should work. Focus on what you need to do this week or the very near future. Read only e-mail which are sent to you or CC to you. Declutter your work as well as your life to be more productive. Tagging your emails can help you organise work. Set retention policies on distribution list emails to clear them at regular intervals. Move to "pull notifications" rather than "push". Have designated timekeeper in a meeting to ensure finishing on time. Allow for bio-breaks between back to back meetings.

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Kumaran, Deepak and Gowtham discuss why do we need IT Architecture frameworks. Are they the cause of unceremonious death of software? How do TOGAF, Zachman and IASA compare? IASA enables even smaller projects - even as small as 3 member team running a small projects. Using the framework as a checklist or guidance. Frameworks can function as great diagnostic tools. Kumaran talks about how the IASA framework works with its 5 pillars from a small project to complete enterprise.

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Kumaran, Venkat and Deepak discuss how document, system of record or system of engagement. How Gsuite helped change from just information sharing to a collaboration tool - born in the cloud. Using Microsoft Teams channels for managing and sharing of documents. Recording are documents too! Venkat talks about how his organisation uses Zoho's collaboration platform. How do we organise documents as we generate them. We continue to be disorganised ….but we really need to organised? Gmail vs. Outlook folders. Query based organisation of documents. The AI based assistants that help you organise. Wiki's may not solve the document organisation requirements. GitHub is evolving as document management platform for most software engineering.

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Kumaran, Deepak, Nishanth, Gowtham & Venkat, discuss what is happening to IT security in the Enterprise. Who is winning this "robber / police" game? In the hyper connected world, now nation states are using hackers to cause mayhem in other countries and stealing trade secrets from strategic industries. What happened in the SolarWinds hack? Getting malicious code into sensitive systems through social engineering the developers, is increasingly worrisome. What can application architects and developers do to ensure data security. You can benefit from security provided by PaaS and SaaS providers. Do not store credentials in the code. Using the 'red team' & 'blue team' concept during development. What is the cost of not paying attention to security?

Kumaran and Deepak interview Balaji on his journey to the new venture, Syncortex, a startup aimed at helping enterprises benefit from Artificial Intelligence technologies. Balaji describes how Syncortex is making AI accessible to an average enterprise through their innovative products. Helping organisations selecting the right data, models and algorithms to achieve an outcome. Doing exploratory data analysis. Deterministic vs probabilistic outcomes. The challenges of working with customers with gaps in data.

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Kumaran and Deepak discuss how privacy impacts the employees in an enterprise. What happens to the data when you stop working for a company? What is the expectation for privacy for the employees vs. customers? When working from home can you be expected to keep your camera on? What is the boundary between caring and being nosey? It is about how safe you can make your employees feel. It is the values of the company.

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Kumaran, Deepak, Nishanth and Venkat discuss how learning happens in the enterprise. What is the difference between a learning organization and a delivering organization? Is the organization being selfish when it encourages its employees to learn? Learning is a mindset thing. Is there anything like "learning overload" ? Using the "T" model of learning. "Just in Time" learning, is it possible?

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