In this episode, Usha from PM Power Consulting is in conversation with Chitra and shares her 3 plus decades of experience in software and technology around –
- Working at Raman institute for 10 years, her first exposure to computing
- A research institute expects you to do your own learning, but of course
- Writing programs for ‘astronomical’ data analysis and structures of crystals in pascal & Fortran,
- Finding logic was easy, testing with missing data and reconstructing it was challenging
- Becoming self-reliant, so finding solutions is now natural
- Building test harnesses from scratch,
- Joining i2 tech in supply chain planning
- Setup the first performance testing lab, getting things started
- Working with resource constraints while setting up the performance lab
- Learned how software products were sold, understanding product ROI
- Learning from Eliyahu Goldratt’s book and seeing those principles applied in product development
- Customer experiences & product delivery
- A stint in Australia via Siemens in the telecom domain – testing & system integration
- The evolution towards collective responsiblity from specialized roles & functions
- Concept of quality and embracing culture around it, getting people aligned around quality goals
- Views on establishing test procedures, measuring effectiveness & ROI
- Customer experiences right under their noses
- Importance of building the right teams
- Important to follow your heart & passion
Usha is a Consultant with PM Power. She has worked for companies like Tech Mahindra, Siemens and Mindtree before founding LastMile Consulting Technology Solutions.
She has been a practitioner of Agile for 15+ years. She trains and helps large teams adopt agile methods
