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Get you projects under control...

In these trying times…or some variation of that…is the first line in every other article or post of the past 6 months, and I am getting really tired of it. What usually follows is advice to get things in order, whatever the thing of interest is, while focus is elsewhere and before it turns   read more
Posted by David Wright on Saturday May 16 | views: 17 | permalink | comment
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IT Projects Success - Principle #5: Once a project is started, finish it.

5.   Once a project is started, finish it.Even with a good process to pick the right projects to execute, there will be a strong if unrecognized tendency to initiate too many projects at once, or initiate more projects before any already underway have been completed. This goes back to the average   read more
Posted by David Wright on Friday Mar 27 | views: 28 | permalink | comment
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IT Projects Success - Principle #3: Use Architecture to describe the business, before and after projects.

3.   Use Architecture to describe the business, before and after projects. “Architecture” is becoming a more widely used term associated with Information Technology. The number of adjectives applied to the term seems endless: “Technical Architecture”, “Systems   read more
Posted by David Wright on Saturday Mar 21 | views: 14 | permalink | comment
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Twitter has exploded, so why blog?

Yes, Twitter seems to have reached the tipping point of mass adoption, sometime in the last few weeks. Probably because that’s when I started twittering? I can think so if I want. It took an article/post from CIO magazine to point out why I might want to join up. What I have found is the most   read more
Posted by David Wright on Thursday Mar 19 | views: 192 | permalink | comment
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IT Projects Success - Principle #1: There is always more work to be done than people to do it.

1.  There is always more work to be done than people to do it. Bordering on glibness, this principle summarizes the reality of virtually all organizations and activities, not just Information Systems delivery. It implies that a group within an organization charged with delivery of end results will   read more
Posted by David Wright on Thursday Mar 19 | views: 10 | permalink | comment
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IT Projects - Success with Principles

Changing projects management in your IT department: let’s start with some principles that have emerged for me from 25+ years of doing IT Projects (usually many at the same time).I am not claiming these to be infallible or to apply to every organization, but I feel comfortable in saying some sub-set   read more
Posted by David Wright on Monday Mar 16 | views: 30 | permalink | comment
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Why do I like so many different types of music?

Excluding rap, opera (except for Carmen) and kiddy-pop, there is not much music I won't listen to.(Rap & hip-hop are fine art forms, but as the guy from Metallica once said, it doesn't blow any wind up my kilt.)From Oscar Peterson jazzing up show tunes to Dimmu Borgir roaring about the end of the   read more
Posted by David Wright on Thursday Mar 12 | views: 62 | permalink | comment
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Cascade

Cascade is a set of better practices for success in Information Systems in a multi-project ennvironment. To start, see http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/view-of-ba/succeeding-in-a-multiproject-environment-1-22660   read more
Posted by David Wright on Friday Mar 06 | views: 18 | permalink | comment
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