PM4K NEWS 035: UNIQUE ID WILL CONFIRM WHO YOU ARE
Continuing with the PM4K NEWS Series on the Unique ID Project here’s another update.
Nandan Nilekani quit a highly successful career at the Indian software company Infosys, which he helped set up in 1981, to join the government in July. He is working on an ambitious project which aims to give every Indian a unique identification number. Excerpts from an interview with Jyoti Malhotra and Amol Sharma for the Wall Street Journal.
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PM4K NEWS 034: 1ST UNIQUE ID TO BE ISSUED WITHIN A YEAR
Continuing with the PM4K NEWS Series on the Unique ID Project here’s another update.
SHIMLA: Unique Identity Authority of India chairman Nandan Nilekani Friday said it would take about a year to issue the first unique identity (UID) number in the country. ‘According to the present status of the project, the first UID issuance will take 12 to 18 months from the date of sanction of the project in August (2009). It is likely to cover about 600 million people within five years,’ Nilekani told reporters here. He was here to attend a two-day workshop organised by the Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS), a premier advanced research institution in the field of humanities and social sciences.
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PM4K NEWS 033: COMMONWEALTH GAMES REVENUE TARGET TOO OPTIMISTIC
Continuing with the PM4K NEWS Series on the Commonwealth Games Project here’s another update.
NEW DELHI: If there is too much pessimism outside the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC), there may also be too much optimism within it. Far from being profitable, as its treasurer A.K. Mattoo suggested last week, or even “revenue neutral”, the OC could fall short of its expected revenues of Rs1,780 crore by as much as Rs450 crore, according to an audit report prepared by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG).
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT CODE LANGUAGE
((POSTING ON A LIGHTER NOTE))
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Average blended, fully-loaded rate |
I don’t have any idea what the average rate is, so I’m making up a number and declaring it to be correct. Since no one else has any idea either, it is unlikely that I’ll get caught. |
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How much will the project cost? I need an estimate. |
I need a number that I can nail you with later when the project fails. |
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How much will the project cost? I need a good estimate |
…and make it cheap. |
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The project is green |
The project is red but we’ll have that fixed in no time. Besides, if I report red that would make the VP look bad. |
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The project is yellow |
The project is red and I can’t hide it entirely, so I’ll say yellow. If the real status ever gets out it will cost me my job. |
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The project is red |
It’s a good thing I have that job interview tomorrow. |
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Critical Path |
Quickest route to the outhouse |
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Privity |
See Critical Path |
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PROBLEMS IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATIONS
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Why the military services have trouble communicating.
General Joe Whigham is ordered by the Secretary of Defense to gather together a Navy Lieutenant and Captains from the Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force to discover why the services have trouble communicating with each other. He begins by saying that their first project task is to "secure" a certain building, and asks each of them to go home and prepare a list of steps for the project management plan and bring them to the meeting the next morning.
The Navy Lieutenant calls his Master Chief and says "Tell those swabs to:
– Unplug the coffeepots
– Turn off the computers
– Turn out the lights
– Lock the doors and leave the building unoccupied"
The Army Captain has his list in his notepad:
– Assemble the company
– Appoint guard mount and Sergeant of the Guard
– Take control of all exits
– Make sure no one gets into the building without a pass
The Marine Corps Captain writes down her steps on palm of her hand:
– Assemble the platoon and supplies
– Approach the building along three axes
– Bring the building under mortar and SAW fire
– Assault the building under covering fire
– Sequester surviving prisoners
– Establish lanes of fire
– Prepare artillery calls
– Repel counterattacks
The Air Force Captain types his list into his laptop:
– Contact real estate agent
– Negotiate 1-year lease
– Be sure to get option to buy
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