Archives for "July, 2010"

Posted by Mukund Toro on 26th July 2010

Licensed to Drive

Is Project Management a commodity or a craft?
Some days back I visited the Regional Transport Office of Bangalore North district, more commonly called RTO office. For those unfamiliar about my part of the world, RTO issues driving license if you pass their written test and driving test.
Bangalore, and I guess many of the cities in [...]

Posted by Mukund Toro on 15th July 2010

I designed the gear box for this vehicle

Knowing your customer’s business.
I drive around in a Mahindra Scorpio shown here. It gives me unfair advantage on the roads in Bangalore where the right of way is based on the size of the vehicle! Lest you think so, this blog is not about the comforts of Scorpio or the horror called Bangalore traffic.
It so [...]

Posted by Mukund Toro on 6th July 2010

How long should it take?

Observations on the practice of estimation
I had heard this story long time back. There was this gentleman visiting a historical fort situated in a small village. He was walking his way to the fort but unaware of how far the place was. On the way, he saw an old man sitting on the steps of [...]