About the Authors

S. Chandramouli, PMP, PMI-ACP, is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode (IIM-K), and a prolific writer of business management articles dealing with delivery management, Program Management, competitiveness, IT, organizational culture and leadership. He has experience in Software sales management, client relationship management, competency management, people management, financial management and quality management. He has strong experience in Project/Program/Account delivery and escalation resolution- providing executive oversight and monitoring the overall portfolio and program health.

He is certified “Green Belt” in six sigma methodology. He is also ITIL(F) Certified. He Conducts training programs on variety of subjects like Project Management, Program management, software engineering, quality system. He has been an invited speaker at various management conferences.

He is also the author of the book titled PMP Certification—Excel with Ease published by Pearson, which has been recognized as a reference book in various universities across the globe. Second edition of this book got released based on the latest PMBOK(R) 5th Edition.

Saikat Dutt, PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, has 19 years of IT industry experience managing large-scale multi-location and mission-critical projects. He is a project management professional (PMP) and PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), certified by the Project Management Institute (PMI) in the United States. He is also a certified Scrum master. He is involved in the coaching of large-scale Scrum implementations in a big MNC in the IT sector. His other two books—Software Engineering (ISBN: 9789332537293) and Software Project Management (ISBN: 9789332542143) are also best sellers and used as text books in reputed universities and business schools. He is also an active speaker on Agile best practices and project management methodologies in several forums.