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		<title>The Value of Architecture</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 01:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reiling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a big a broad question:  "What is the value of architecture?"  I am working on a project regarding the value of full scale architecture supporting IT - from operational to system to technical.  But in thinking about this, I am finding connections to lots of other areas that have been around for a while.]]></description>
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		<title>Key Skill:  Leading Without Authority</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reiling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In our increasingly matrixed world, the job of the project manager does not always involve having complete control of project resources &#8211; requiring some unique skills. In much of my experience, projects have presented themselves, and needed leadership.&#160; That leadership took the form of first defining, scoping, engaging stakeholders, organizing and time, executing, and finally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learn How to Think &#8220;Outside the Box&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 02:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reiling</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Soft Skills]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to learn to THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX...you need to TRAVEL OUTSIDE THE BOX Jay Abraham is a marketing guru who is especially popular in small business and entrepreneurial circles.  Jay has made many millions for his clients...and himself - by thinking OUTSIDE THE BOX.
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		<title>Team Unity, Leadership, and 9/11</title>
		<link>http://pmcrunch.com/soft_skills/team-unity-leadership-and-911/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reiling</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Soft Skills]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I watched the 9/11 Commemoration Ceremony in New York City yesterday from my home in New Jersey, and it brought back a host of memories - big, broad, and bold...painful and heartfelt...from 10 years ago.  But there was one thing that I noitced that I need to share in this post...]]></description>
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		<title>Should you work on your strengths?&#8230;or your weaknesses?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reiling</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Soft Skills]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When considering training...or just simply places to place your own efforts...  Are you better off working on your strengths or your weaknesses?  The answer may surprise you!

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		<title>Is being a maven, being a leader?</title>
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		<comments>http://pmcrunch.com/soft_skills/is-being-a-maven-being-a-leader/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 02:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reiling</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Soft Skills]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Presumably as a Project Manager you see yourself, as a leader...or at least an aspiring, developing leader.  But are you a "maven"?]]></description>
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		<title>The Benefits of “Systems Thinking”</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reiling</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Management Process]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most profound and ubiquitous management concepts over the past 30 years is "systems thinking".  Systems thinking is all around us.  One example is that project management has in essence been "systematized" by the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) Guide!  

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		<title>Some Ideas on Six Sigma, ITIL, and Project Management</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reiling</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Management Process]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What do Six Sigma, ITIL, and Project Management have in common?  These three disciplines all have associated business certifications, living largely in the 'business' versus technical realm, and all relate in some way to processes.  But how can these disciplines relate to one another in such a way that greater value is created for the individual as well as the organization?]]></description>
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		<title>Think &#8216;End State&#8217;:  Handing Over a Project to a Service Environment</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 17:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reiling</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Management Process]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Whenever you need to introduce a new service, which typically is intended to take the form of a process, you need to create a project.   This is much like building a bridge, setting up a new bank brankch, or implementing an IT project.  There is an idea for a project end state, and the project is getting to that end state.  All of this is particularly applicable to IT projects.]]></description>
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		<title>Prioritize Using Theory of Constraints</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reiling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Often it is hard to decide to what to do first, or what to do next.  In fact, in my experience, it is often easier to make such decisions on large projects than smaller projects.  The Theory of Constraints is a neat concept that can help.]]></description>
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