tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188260732529797297.post3246412043253725543..comments2023-09-16T09:39:26.857-04:00Comments on Work, Play and Politics: India as an Innovation HubGlenn Gruberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07380673887315354933noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188260732529797297.post-6348384203484749752008-06-04T03:35:00.000-04:002008-06-04T03:35:00.000-04:00Good Post Glenn. I see a few other issues that rea...Good Post Glenn. I see a few other issues that really can set India back in terms of Innovation:<BR/><BR/>1. Quality : If you see the quality intake of the IT industry you would not be surprised that India generates 100's and thousand's of engineers every single day not to mention that there is a big list of aspiring candidates waiting out there to join the force... Good and Bad news? secondly if you see the dripping quality you can make out that the talent is always a pyramid... Best talent is at the peak and ofcourse les... I am not sure if the foundation of the pyramid is supporting innovation...<BR/><BR/>2. Market Dynamics and Role: While I agree that somewhere down the line the India Inc will play key role in product R&D but due to market dynamics and core involvement of the engineering divisions into product startegies being negligible I dont see concrete happenings or outputs in terms of product R&D very soon. Ask how many Product Managers sit in India managing a product that runs in Europe or States? Or in fact ask how many domain experts (Count them as Alpha domain knowledge holders) stick to the same domain for long? <BR/><BR/>3. Outsourcing do you really think that work? It may for a lots of them but it simply doesnt for everyone... you may also be interested in reading <A HREF="http://pm-better-than-sex.blogspot.com/2007/06/software-outsourcing-and-diminishing.html" REL="nofollow"> Diminishing Software Quality</A>... to addd to this do Service providers really understand the business model before they promise customers to deliver? Above all in my past when I was working for a big Brand I was expected to work for a Media customer based in US... eventually the only reason things did not go well was Engineering Team in India lacked the understanding of the business model and product and domain.... The Ideal thing to ask here is really are we spending enough of our Investments on Trainings on business side of product development? than just technologies and trainings?<BR/><BR/>ahh... the comment is getting lenghtier.. guess I should be writing be writing a post on this soon...<BR/><BR/>Regards<BR/>Sameer Shaikh<BR/>http://pm-better-than-sex.blogspot.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com