Have advanced tools and agile methods made us more accepting of mediocre performance? I have recently been re-reading The Mythical Man-Month by Fred Brooks. Written in the mid-1970s, with an extended edition published in 1995, the book covers the experiences and insights of Fred Brooks who managed the development of the IBM System/360 mainframe computer [...]

Who says people at top positions do not get fired? There is a long and interesting history of CEOs, founders and co-founders of companies who have got canned. Firing higher officials is not a new phenomenon but quite an old practice. Some are fired for all the right reasons, while some are fired for the [...]

Next week,on January 12,Infosys starts off the quarterly results parade for IT.This is a crucial year for the five IT majors.Pecking orders may get further disrupted.Medium-term fortunes may get decided.Pankaj Mishra does a SWOT on Infosys,TCS,HCL,Wipro & Cognizant Infosys Quarterly Result on January 12 Strength Early positioning as high end differentiated player thanks to Nandan [...]