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February 2012 ( 1 Entries )

02-02: Initial PlayBook Experience (0)

January 2012 ( 5 Entries )

01-19: Surprising Ease of Apps in the Cloud (0)
01-13: Initial Foray into Tablet Computing (0)
01-12: Longer the Project More the Need for Transparency (0)
01-10: Speaking at the University of Akron (0)
01-05: Statistics for 2011 (0)

November 2011 ( 3 Entries )

11-16: Senior Management Communication for the Technically Proficient Part 3 (0)
11-09: Speaking in the Zone (0)
11-01: IAM Reference Architecture for Cloud Computing (0)

October 2011 ( 2 Entries )

10-21: Speaking a InfoSecSummit 2011 (0)
10-06: Senior Management Communication for the Technically Proficient Part 2 (0)

September 2011 ( 3 Entries )

09-29: Senior Management Communication for the Technically Proficient Part 1 (0)
09-15: Project Sponsors Set the Tone for Success (0)
09-08: Secure Mobile Application Barriers (0)

August 2011 ( 1 Entries )

08-04: The Dichotomous IT Professional – SMART Goals (0)

July 2011 ( 1 Entries )

07-14: New FFIEC Guidance Gives Security a Louder Voice (1)

June 2011 ( 6 Entries )

06-24: Gartner Security Summit 2011 – Day 4 (0)
06-23: Gartner Security Summit 2011 – Day3 (0)
06-22: Gartner Security Summit 2011 – Day 2 (0)
06-21: Gartner Security Summit 2011 – Day 1 (3)
06-17: Cloud Computing is Evolutionary not Revolutionary (1)
06-08: On-line Banking Security on Trial Again (2)

May 2011 ( 1 Entries )

05-11: Conflict between Agile and Architecture (0)

April 2011 ( 3 Entries )

04-21: Single View of the Work, Summary (0)
04-14: Single View of the Work, Part 13 (0)
04-07: Single View of the Work, Part 12 (0)

March 2011 ( 5 Entries )

03-31: Single View of the Work, Part 11 (0)
03-24: Single View of the Work, Part 10 (0)
03-17: Single View of the Work, Part 9 (0)
03-10: Single View of the Work, Part 8 (1)
03-03: Single View of the Work, Part 7 (0)

February 2011 ( 2 Entries )

02-14: Articles of Interest – 02 14 2011 (0)
02-03: Aha Moment: Technical People need Project Managers (0)

January 2011 ( 6 Entries )

01-31: Articles of Interest – 01 31 2011 (0)
01-27: Instant IT Gratification (3)
01-20: Build Structure without Command and Control (0)
01-17: Articles of Interest – 01 17 2011 (0)
01-13: How did you get started in programming (0)
01-04: Statistics for 2010 (0)

December 2010 ( 1 Entries )

12-01: Project Work Estimation as Art (0)

November 2010 ( 5 Entries )

October 2010 ( 2 Entries )

10-21: Facebook Also Raising the Bar on Online Authentication (1)
10-07: Estimation in an Almost Agile Shop (2)

September 2010 ( 5 Entries )

09-23: Google Raising the Bar on Online Authentication (0)
09-16: Agile Boot Camp – Day 3 (0)
09-15: Agile Boot Camp – Day 2 (0)
09-14: Agile Boot Camp – Day 1 (2)
09-08: Need for Gating People and Process (0)

August 2010 ( 2 Entries )

08-26: Financial Transparency Key to Long Term Success (0)
08-19: Agile versus Classic IT Budgeting (1)

July 2010 ( 1 Entries )

07-13: SSO Strategy Implementation Considerations (0)

June 2010 ( 3 Entries )

06-29: Organizational Structure and Enterprise Architecture (1)
06-15: Resource Thrashing (0)
06-01: Jumping Back into the Job Market (0)

May 2010 ( 3 Entries )

05-18: In Praise of How to do Nothing (0)
05-11: Is the Gantt Chart Useless in Agile Projects? (5)
05-04: Managing Infrastructure Compared to Software Development Teams – Part 2 (2)

April 2010 ( 4 Entries )

04-27: Does Agile reduce Application Over Architecture? (5)
04-20: Managing Infrastructure Compared to Software Development Teams – Part 1 (2)
04-13: Pitfalls of IT Technical Support and How to Avoid Them – Status in an Extended Outage (2)
04-06: Pitfalls of IT Technical Support and How to Avoid Them – Providing Status (0)

March 2010 ( 5 Entries )

03-30: Pitfalls of IT Technical Support and How to Avoid Them – Responsiveness (2)
03-22: Self Organizing Teams (1)
03-16: Decision Latitude, How Much Do You Have? Part 2 of 2 (0)
03-09: Decision Latitude, How Much Do You Have? Part 1 of 2 (1)
03-02: Vendor Management – Part 14 – Tech Support – Part 2 of 2 (1)

February 2010 ( 5 Entries )

02-25: Vendor Management – Part 14 – Tech Support – Part 1 of 2 (0)
02-23: Vendor Management – Part 13 – Sales Cycle and Pricing Cont. (1)
02-16: Vendor Management – Part 12 – Sales Cycle and Pricing Cont. (0)
02-09: Vendor Management – Part 11 – Sales Cycle and Pricing (0)
02-02: Vendor Management – Part 10 – Role of the Sales Rep – Part 3 (0)

January 2010 ( 6 Entries )

01-26: Strong Team – Part 2 of 2 (0)
01-19: Vendor Management – Part 9 – Role of the Sales Rep – Part 2 (1)
01-14: Strong Team – Part 1 of 2 (1)
01-12: Vendor Management – Part 8 – Role of the Sales Rep – Part 1 (1)
01-06: Not Wanted (0)
01-05: Vendor Management – Part 7 – Vendor Service Integration Challenges Continued (0)

December 2009 ( 6 Entries )

12-22: Vendor Management – Part 6 – Vendor Service Integration Challenges (1)
12-17: Vendor Management – Part 5 – More on Who Owns the Relationship (1)
12-14: Vendor Management – Part 4 – More on Who Owns the Relationship (0)
12-10: Vendor Management – Part 3 – More on Who Owns the Relationship (2)
12-07: Vendor Management – Part 2 – Who Owns the Relationship (0)
12-03: Vendor Management – Part 1 – The Intro (3)

November 2009 ( 7 Entries )

11-30: Single View of the Work, Part 6 (1)
11-24: Single View of the Work, Part 5 (1)
11-20: Single View of the Work, Part 4 (0)
11-16: Single View of the Work, Part 3 (0)
11-12: The Dreaded Root Cause Meeting for the Manager, Part 6 (0)
11-09: The Dreaded Root Cause Meeting for the Manager, Part 5 (0)
11-04: The Dreaded Root Cause Meeting for the Manager, Part 4 (2)

October 2009 ( 9 Entries )

10-30: The Dreaded Root Cause Meeting for the Manager, Part 3 (0)
10-26: The Dreaded Root Cause Meeting for the Manager, Part 2 (0)
10-22: The Dreaded Root Cause Meeting for the Manager, Part 1 (4)
10-19: Reserving an Opinion Boundary (1)
10-15: Single View of the Work, Part 2 (1)
10-12: Do not Let Venting Turn into Groupthink (1)
10-08: The Dreaded Root Cause Meeting for the Engineer, Part 4 (0)
10-05: The Dreaded Root Cause Meeting for the Engineer, Part 3 (2)
10-01: The Dreaded Root Cause Meeting for the Engineer, Part 2 (1)

September 2009 ( 10 Entries )

09-30: Managing Up (2)
09-28: The Dreaded Root Cause Meeting for the Engineer, Part 1 (0)
09-25: Single View of the Work, Part 1 (11)
09-24: How to Survive Your Role on a Project as an Engineer, Part 5 (1)
09-20: Implementing Those Difficult to Prioritize IT Centric Efforts, Part 2 (1)
09-18: Implementing Those Difficult to Prioritize IT Centric Efforts, Part 1 (0)
09-14: How to Survive Your Role on a Project as an Engineer, Part 4 (2)
09-10: How to Survive Your Role on a Project as a Manager, Part 4 (0)
09-07: How to Survive Your Role on a Project as an Engineer, Part 3 (0)
09-03: How to Survive Your Role on a Project as a Manager, Part 3 (0)

August 2009 ( 9 Entries )

08-31: How to Survive Your Role on a Project as an Engineer, Part 2 (0)
08-27: How to Survive Your Role on a Project as a Manager, Part 2 (0)
08-24: How to Survive Your Role on a Project as an Engineer, Part 1 (0)
08-20: How to Survive Your Role on a Project as a Manager, Part 1 (0)
08-17: More Pitfalls of Work Estimation – Part 1 (1)
08-13: If It Wasn’t Written Down, It Was Never Said (0)
08-10: The Art of IT Work Estimation (1)
08-06: To Test or Not to Test, That is the Question (0)
08-03: IT Engineering and Management in the MidWest versus Silicon Valley (7)

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