Distributed Pomodoro

Pomodoro is a simple technique for time management. Here is a link if you would like to know more about Pomodoro.http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/ . Here at Xebia we have a Open work area.This blog talk about one of the problems that we faced while working in Open work area and how we solved it.Our team was following Scrum [...]

Life in a Corporate -5, Importance of Professional Character

In my opinion, the following characteristics of professional behavior (positive traits) are very important in corporate life. Positive Traits: Honesty and truthfulness, polite and courteous, down to earth, ownership and accountability, self-organized and self-dependent I give a lot of emphasis to the above mentioned traits. I believe the above mentioned traits define your professional character. [...]

Thinking Sideways

“I just had an idea…and its crap…” How many times have you just had a bulb light up over your head? Or, how many sleepless nights have you spent turning over & over, hoping to see a tiny glimpse of the spark that signals the arrival of a new idea? Your idea may have the [...]

Life in a Corporate -4 Quality, a Way of Life

In IT industry, every company talks about Quality. I think there is widespread misperception among IT professionals that quality means quality of the software only. This is not true completely. In my opinion, quality is a way of life. Anything that you do in office should be of the top quality. Quality should be practiced [...]

Life in a Corporate -3 By Products of Success

I have realized over the period of time that in general, most of the employees when they join a new company are very humble, obedient, polite, and team player. It appears that they want to learn from everyone. Relationships with colleagues are at its best till then. As they start becoming successful which is obviously [...]