Mr. Narayana Murthy, chairman of Infosys Technologies India is highly regarded as a innovator. I received a powerpoint presentation from one of my friends, which carries certain excepts from a speech delivered by him regarding work life balance. He emphasizes, why IT staff should not over work themselves, and why they should also practice a good work life balance.

I think IT projects put such an enormous amount of pressure on its team that the crux of what Mr. Murthy says become impracticle and irrelevant. Mr. Murthy describes the ideal situation, but the reality is far far away from the ideal and I feel is geting worse. If organizations finds a better way to manage the people, technology, process triad, I beleive that there lies the solution.

This would help to boost the overall image of the IT practice, since satisfied staff increases the stability and the image of the industry. CMMI is an attempt to address the better management of this triad.