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		<title>The Next Big Shift In the Collaboration Paradigm</title>
		<link>http://projectalk.wordpress.com/2010/03/13/the-next-big-shift-in-the-collaboration-paradigm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred Brill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine. Imagine being able to send out a single message to a large group of people to solicit a yes or no answer, or to pick one option out of list of several options – and have that single message track all the responses for you in one quick view. Imagine being able to hold [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=projectalk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4255305&amp;post=33&amp;subd=projectalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Social Networking – Are We Really?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred Brill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have invested a lot of time and energy in the recent months in the tools that we commonly refer to as Social Networking. I have written articles and joined groups on Helium.com. I have a found a good number of old and recent friends on Facebook.com. I have a number of professional contacts that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=projectalk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4255305&amp;post=32&amp;subd=projectalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How Does Enterprise Architecture Fit In An Organization?</title>
		<link>http://projectalk.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/how-does-enterprise-architecture-fit-in-an-organization/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred Brill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enterprise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enterprise Architure]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Enterprise Architecture (EA) is a term that has been used loosely and redefined to meet specific needs of various IT organizations, movements (such as Java and Open Source), and individuals needs. Recently I saw a debate on the usefulness of EA being debated in a forum I belong and subscribe to. The business executive was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=projectalk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4255305&amp;post=31&amp;subd=projectalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Your People Up To Speed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred Brill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[knowlege transfer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SME]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stakeholders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[subject matter expert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UML]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unified Modeling Language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vision]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The most neglected aspect of any IT shop is documentation. Think about it? If a new person comes on board in your IT department, how long does it take for that person to get up to speed before they can be assigned their first task? I am not just talking about programming and coding, but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=projectalk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4255305&amp;post=27&amp;subd=projectalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Pendulum Swings</title>
		<link>http://projectalk.wordpress.com/2008/07/26/the-pendulum-swings-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred Brill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[data centric]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[desparate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pendulum]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I think there are few industries – if any – that change their minds as fast as the IT industry. I like to use the analogy of a pendulum to discuss this topic. Because at a high level, the decisions go back and forth, swinging right to left. And the one certain fact of a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=projectalk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4255305&amp;post=26&amp;subd=projectalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Incompetence Rises</title>
		<link>http://projectalk.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/incompetence-rises-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred Brill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dilbert Principle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incompetence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Principle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[succession]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last thirty years of my working life, I have been continually amazed at how many times a person who fails or does poorly on a project or large task usually gets promoted to manage the outcome of their failure. It happens time and time again. The Peter Principle states that “In a Hierarchy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=projectalk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4255305&amp;post=30&amp;subd=projectalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Main Three IT Professional Environments</title>
		<link>http://projectalk.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/the-main-three-it-professional-environments-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred Brill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Overview]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Every IT shop I have ever seen is different. The roles are different, as the purpose of IT in every environment is unique. When I discuss this topic with people, I am always quick to point out that there are three main categories of environments that every shop falls under: The software development company The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=projectalk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4255305&amp;post=29&amp;subd=projectalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to ProjecTalk</title>
		<link>http://projectalk.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/welcome-to-projectalk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred Brill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communicating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gathering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[integration testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Needs Analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[post-implementation testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[requirements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stakeholder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[user]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is more to having a successful IT team than simply knowing how to write source code. Yet as I surf the Internet, the vast majority of discussion is how to write rock solid code using various techniques, technologies, and best practices. But techniques, technologies and best practices are not constrained only to source code [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=projectalk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4255305&amp;post=28&amp;subd=projectalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Incompetence Rises</title>
		<link>http://projectalk.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/incompetence-rises/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred Brill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Project Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incompetence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Principle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[succession]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Peter Principle states that "In a Hierarchy Every Employee Tends to Rise to His Level of Incompetence". In some cases though, success occurs despite the earliest signs of incomepetence.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=projectalk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4255305&amp;post=17&amp;subd=projectalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Main Three IT Professional Environments</title>
		<link>http://projectalk.wordpress.com/2008/07/19/the-main-three-it-professional-environments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred Brill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Every IT shop I have ever seen is different. The roles are different, as the purpose of IT in every environment is unique. When I discuss this topic with people, I am always quick to point out that there are three main categories of environments that every shop falls under: The software development company The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=projectalk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4255305&amp;post=12&amp;subd=projectalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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