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Episode 53: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 53: How teams communicate - Conway's Law from 2023-04-19T07:10:59
Kumaran and Deepak discuss the content from the book "Team Topologies". How communication structures within a teams impact the quality of solutions and software. Can teams really function like a 'm...
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Episode 52: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 52: Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and Fear of Failure from 2022-10-28T11:17:06
Kumaran and Deepak discuss how the MVP concept, which has been around for a while, is being adopted by businesses. The executive leadership/board has a challenge understanding the MVP concept. Ther...
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Episode 51: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 51: Update Yourself - Keep Learning from 2022-07-30T04:12:29
Kumaran, Deepak and Venkat share how they learn and keep themselves updated. No prizes for guessing youtube is a key source, followed by linkedin where you can follow thought leaders. Facebook is a...
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Episode 50: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 50: How to do - high visibility application launch? from 2022-05-10T02:48:13
Kumaran and Deepak discuss how to do a high visibility application launch. What should the technology teams focus on? Kumaran suggest a 'zoom in' approach to find out what is important. For a large...
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Episode 49: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 49: Decoding the mindset buzzwords from 2022-04-03T03:59:03
Kumaran, Venkat and Deepak discuss the prevalent industry buzzwords and veer towards discussing how engineering mindset can possibly interfere with seeing the whole picture. Being intentional while...
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Episode 48: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 48: Open Source RPA tools - to use or not to use? from 2022-02-08T04:56:09
Kumaran, Gowtham and Deepak discuss why should or should not use an open source tool. Open source is not free in the enterprise context. Cost of supporting, updating and troubleshooting the tool n...
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Episode 47: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 47: It's a Service…no it's a Product! from 2022-01-23T17:30:26
Jiffin, Kumarn and Deepak are challenged to find the differences between a software product and a software service. Jiffin shares his perspective as a Product Manager. How he transitioned from bein...
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Episode 46: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 46: Are you thinking about"Ops"while you"Dev"? from 2021-12-27T08:03:07
Kumaran, Deepak, Venkat and Nishanth discuss why operations should be considered while developing software. IASA cover operations under "IT Environment". If DevOps is done right then IT Ops should ...
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Episode 45: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 45: Solving the IT outsourcing puzzle from 2021-11-29T08:31:13
Kumaran, Deepak, Venkat, Raja and Nishanth What does IT outsourcing really mean? What the different aspects of outsourcing? How is "Body shopping" different from outsourcing? Impact of outsourcing ...
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Episode 44: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 44: Cloud-PC is it the future of enterprise desktop? from 2021-11-01T03:23:07
Kumaran, Deepak, Venkat and Nishanth discuss the value of cloud PC in the enterprise. The typical scenarios where cloud PC makes sense. Kumaran shares his perspective for developers in his team us...
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Episode 43: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 43: Hiring - a good problem to have! from 2021-09-27T03:56:42
Kumaran, Deepak, Venkat, Raja and Nishanth discuss the issues of hiring in large and small organisations. There is a need to have a business continuity and disaster recovery planning for skills. Th...
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Episode 42: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 42: Hey don't abuse 'waterfall'! from 2021-08-07T03:24:19
Kumaran, Deepak, Venkat and Nishanth discuss the value of 'waterfall' model of project execution. A large number of enterprises still follow the model. In a number of situations we are just naming ...
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Episode 41: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 41: Managing Citizen Development from 2021-07-04T08:25:22
Kumaran, Deepak, Sudar and Nishanth discuss the problem of governance of citizen developed applications. How to establish control between IT and citizen developers. Governance should be inbuilt int...
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Episode 40: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 40: Personal productivity - declutter it! from 2021-06-14T06:00:20
Kumaran, Venkat and Deepak discuss personal productivity tips and practices they do. How to handle the factors in your control and those not in your control? Blocking your calendar for doing specif...
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Episode 39: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 39: Unceremonious death of software - can IT Architecture save it? from 2021-05-24T10:09:44
Kumaran, Deepak and Gowtham discuss why do we need IT Architecture frameworks. Are they the cause of unceremonious death of software? How do TOGAF, Zachman and IASA compare? IASA enables even small...
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Episode 38: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 38: Document management to Collaboration from 2021-04-23T01:54
Kumaran, Venkat and Deepak discuss how document, system of record or system of e...
Episode 37: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 37: Enterprise IT Security - are guns involved? from 2021-04-12T04:31:38
Kumaran, Deepak, Nishanth, Gowtham & Venkat, discuss what is happening to IT security in the Enterprise. Who is winning this "robber / police" game? In the hyper connected world, now nation sta...
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Episode 36: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 36: Syncortex - making AI reachable for enterprises from 2021-03-28T13:22:35
Kumaran and Deepak interview Balaji on his journey to the new venture, Syncortex...
Episode 35: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 35: What about privacy for employees? from 2021-03-07T06:45:28
Kumaran and Deepak discuss how privacy impacts the employees in an enterprise. W...
Episode 34: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 34: What is this learning organization? from 2021-02-14T05:31:40
Kumaran, Deepak, Nishanth and Venkat discuss how learning happens in the enterpr...
Episode 33: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 33: Digital Transformation for Hospitals from 2021-02-07T05:00:19
Sampoorna Hegde talks to Kumaran and Deepak about her journey to the new venture - Bloom Value (https://bloomvalue.com). Her #startup is helping hospitals digitally transform patient care. From pat...
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ETI-Unplugged: Episode 25: No code means no bugs! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kumaran, Deepak, Venkat, Nishanth, Siddamma and Gowtham discuss the speed and efficiency generated by low-code-no-code solutions . Does it create more work for IT teams in the enterprise? Can busi...
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ETI-Unplugged: Episode 19: Data Analytics in Supply Change Management - Tying the Camel! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Srinivas G R, discusses how data analytics works in the Supply Change Management area with Kumaran and Deepak. Srinivas answers: What are the different roles that are needed? Is the cloud is enabli...
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ETI-Unplugged: Episode 17: Not Uncle Bob's Agile from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kumaran and Deepak discuss how Agile is seen in the enterprise today. What is the real meaning of Agile? Is it really about speed? What are the means to agility? Is having a daily stand-up/scrum g...
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ETI-Unplugged: Episode 16: Open source in the enterprise - cheap or expensive? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kumaran, Nitho and Deepak discuss the how open source software in the enterprise. Is it really cheap to develop or use open source software? Is it really more secure? What about vendor lock-in? Ho...
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ETI-Unplugged: Episode 15: Working from home - are we just rats on sugar solution? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kumaran and Deepak discuss the how working from home affects you. Conducting a remote session can be stressful. Is there a better way for you to be more productive. Don't miss out on the book rec...
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ETI-Unplugged: Episode 14: Aarogya Setu - useful on not? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kumaran and Deepak discuss the how the Aarogya Setu application is trying to solve the contact tracing problem. Who does it benefit - the citizen or the government? Are there better ways to manage...
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ETI-Unplugged: Episode 13: I trust you until you make a mistake! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kumaran and Deepak discuss the how Indian IT industry needs to change their trust model. How this enforced work from home has caused a need for employers to trust their employees. Can the Indian I...
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ETI-Unplugged: Episode 12: Why are Indian IT companies not succeeding in India at scale? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kumaran and Deepak discuss the differences between Indian and Chinese IT companies. Find out why Indian IT companies haven't succeeded where Chinese companies have, even while having the backend o...
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Episode 32: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 32: From a YouTuber to an employee at Microsoft from 2021-01-24T10:50:45
Kumaran and Deepak talk to Rohan, who got hired as an Microsoft "Aspire" fresh from college. As a YouTuber he runs a channel focused on mentoring college hires and even advising them on how to be a...
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Episode 31: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 31: Is the Cloud really removing all the hardware from the enterprise? from 2021-01-10T06:24:06
Kumaran, Deepak and Nishanth discuss, what is happening to the on-prem data centre? Servers are definitely slowly losing to the cloud. In the Covid scenario, developers are missing the desktop setu...
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Episode 30: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 30: Functional Business Analyst - what the heck is that ? A conversation with Suvi V. from 2020-12-29T08:11:49
Suvi shares her personal journey from being a tester in a big IT services company to being in a leader in a business function role - though closely connected with IT. Her biggest disappointment wit...
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Episode 29: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 29: Project Management is dead - long live Project Management! from 2020-12-17T02:53:15
Kumaran, Deepak, Ram, Venkat and Nishanth discuss, is Agile really replacing project management? With never ending cycles, do we even have anything called a traditional project which starts and end...
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Episode 28: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 28: OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) in Enterprise IT - illusion of progress? from 2020-11-29T09:55:30
Kumaran explains to Deepak how to get the objective right before deciding the key results. It is about defining the correct problem to solve. Business and IT can use the same OKRs. How are KPIs and...
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Episode 27: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 27: Enterprise IT Culture - full-stack to no-stack! from 2020-11-20T07:31:22
Kumaran and Deepak discuss if there is something real about "IT Culture". Has there been a change in the "belief system". Is there a focus on outcomes that has forced this change. Writing a lot of ...
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ETI-Unplugged: Episode 26: COVID-19 - Quickening of Digital Transformation - Joke to Reality from 2020-10-26T12:29:13
Kumaran, Gaurav, Gowtham and Deepak discuss, how enterprises are challenging themselves. More offshore than onshore is more acceptable now. Is 90-10 the new norm? The need for secure bays, separate...
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ETI-Unplugged: Episode 24: Should enterprises care about learning? from 2020-09-29T16:05:11
Kumaran and Deepak discuss whose job is it to teach in the enterprise. Is it the L&D (Learning & Development) department or HR? How can you make learning more effective? Is training considered to b...
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ETI-Unplugged: Episode 23: Is AI going to help kidnap your children? from 2020-09-15T05:12:42
Kumaran, Deepak, Venkat and Nishanth discuss the impact of Artificial Intelligence on the society. Inability to frame responsible questions for AI to resolve. Does inclusive approach help better A...
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ETI-Unplugged: Episode 22: High Performance Happily Achieved (HiPoHA) - journey of a concept from 2020-09-02T07:34:11
Kumaran shares with Deepak his 20 years journey of finally reaching his startup idea of HiPoHA. The concept which has been used by over 245,000 individuals. His experience and learnings at Microso...
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ETI-Unplugged: Episode 21: Can fashion industry benefit from ‘Monkey in the Box’ ? from 2020-08-17T15:09:22
Kumaran and Deepak interview Latashree, a Hyderabad based entrepreneur, who has an early stage startup focused on the fashion industry. Understanding her challenges and advising her on areas of foc...
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ETI-Unplugged: Episode 20: Enterprise Architecture - Horribly immature in India! from 2020-08-02T18:31:11
Kumaran and Deepak discuss what is Enterprise Architecture and how it is different from Application Architecture. What questions should you ask to find out, are you really doing it? Do EA framewor...
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ETI-Unplugged: Episode 18: The Opportunity of a Ban! from 2020-07-06T11:18:30
Kumaran and Deepak discuss the opportunities created by the ban on Chinese applications. Can enterprise IT learn something out of it. The Mitron application as an example of frugal digital transfo...
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