The advantage of greater customer involvement
One of the main strengths of agile software development methodologies such as Extreme Programming (XP) is that they work well with changing requirements. More formal development methodologies work well only if the requirements are very clearly defined in the beginning.

Project Management: The balancing act
Most user managers who describe system requirements sitting in their cabins end up giving you a mere perception of what the system really is. What the project manager observes at the Gemba or workplace is the reality.

'Cisco will keep investing in technology for educational institutions'
India is a big business hub for Cisco. Equally important are the initiatives that the company is taking in the education sector. Cisco believes that education is a potential sector for adoption and implementation of networking technology. Marcus Lim, manager, education programmes, Asia Pacific, Cisco Systems explains to Rahul Neel Mani why his company is bullish about the Indian education sector