Bandh New Process

The concept of Bandh has lost its value and meaning. Like every other thing this also has become a ritualistic effort. The proponents of the recent bandh, the Leftists are so backward as their ideals. Only those who adapt with the changing times could lead and prosper. Even though the communist principles have died all over the world the Leftists in our country keep repeating the same "against privatisation". So why do they lure private investors & industrialists in communists ruled states?

Here is an idea for Communists. Like Deepawali, we should have a day for Bandh. Whoever wants to conduct a bandh should assign their reasons to that day. In the management jargon, this methodlogy is called the "Product Train" principle. The software product companies follow this technique for product releases. Here is what they do. The company defines release dates, say first day of every quarter and assigns features that should be released on that day. Whether all those features are ready or not, the release will happen with whatever features that are ready. Irrespective of whether a particular feature is ready or not the Product train would leave the company as scheduled. The features that are left will join the next train(release). This is the new way of managing releases. In this fast paced world one expects change on an ongoing basis. In order to satisfy the urge and necessity to satisfy customers, companies have devised this methodology and running it pretty much successfull. One of the companies that I personally know that follows this is Juniper Networks. I'm trying to implement this in my company.

The predecessor to this methodology is called "The Stage Gate Process". This is mainly followed in new product development with five phases or gates. First being the identification and the last being release. Folks interested to know more about this could contact me for further reading or information.

Happy Bandhing for Communists. Happy working for the rest.