Sunday, October 16, 2011

Events Which Might Trigger Doomsday!!


Astronomically predicted events which might trigger the Doomsday. With one-in-a-million chance of happening
 
1. TOI starts reporting more serious news than B-grade 
    gossip

2. Advani becomes PM

3. News of Mig-21's safe landing

4. When Digvijay Singh's statements make some sense

5. Chetan Bhagat gets million followers on twitter and 
    starts inspiring people through his editorials, speeches  
    or stories. 

6. Mayawati starts spending money on development.

7. IIPM becomes number one B-school in India

Saturday, September 17, 2011

D/L Method For Performance Appraisal Rating

Here is the result of applying Duckworth Lewis method to arrive performance rating....

EmpID - xxx

No of Projects worked - 1                                              

Duration of the Project:  Jan - June

Working days - 100 (5 days a week, excluding - possible sick leaves, PL, holidays etc)

Estimated man hours  - 8hr * 100 working days = 800 hrs

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After 6months, appraisal feedback form with D/L method applied-
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Avg time spent in office - 7hr per day. Time lost - 1hr

Number coffee/tea/smoking break taken - 6 times per day

Number of team mates accompanied for coffee break - 5

Time spent on each break - 15min

Total time wasted in coffee/smoke break - 15min * 6 Breaks = 90 min  (Note- 
  same amount of time i.e. 90min will be deducted from other 5 resources too...)

Extra time spent on lunch break - 30min per day

Time spent on messengers, cricket sites, news sites, etc etc - 30min per  day

Time spent on gossip(or non work related discussions) with other employees - 30min per day

Total time wasted per day - 4hrs

Project completed on time - Yes.... (After 6months i.e. after 800hrs)
 
But, according to D/L method, revised target for project is -
    
       Estimated time - Time wasted = 800 - 400 = 400 hrs

Rating..... 2/5

Note - D/L doesn't consider time spent in meetings, working from home (after office hours..) , working on Saturdays/Holidays etc