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MGMT VISIONS - What Young People Want & Need - May 19, 2008
MANAGEMENT VISIONS By Tim Bryce on 5/16/2008 6:44 AM

In this week's "Management Visions" broadcast, my essay is entitled "WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE WANT & NEED" - Discusses the need for "Parenting Management."

My "Pet Peeve of the Week" is "Having it Your Way," and we also have our "Letters to the Editor."

"Management Visions" is a weekly broadcast on subjects pertaining to Information Resource Management (IRM). It is availab ...

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Cascade - Day 4 - Principle # 1: There is always more work to be done than people to do it.
Cascade - Success in a Multi-Project Environment By David Wright on 5/15/2008 10:25 AM
Let’s look briefly at what each principle means or implies; which will serve as introductions to subsequent posts that will cover the principles in more detail. #1. There is always more work to be done than people to do it.
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Cascade - Day 3 - Principles
Cascade - Success in a Multi-Project Environment By David Wright on 5/14/2008 1:54 PM
...like most inventors of new principles or practices, I have come up with an overall name to encompass them, for now and as they evolve. It is: Cascade – Better practices for effective delivery of information systems in a multi-project environment. ©
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Cacscade - Day 2 - what can you do to be successful?
Cascade - Success in a Multi-Project Environment By David Wright on 5/9/2008 9:52 AM
The premise of these blog entries is that the situation described in the previous post can change....
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MGMT VISIONS - Why we resist Planning - May 12, 2008
MANAGEMENT VISIONS By Tim Bryce on 5/9/2008 6:54 AM

In this week's "Management Visions" broadcast, my essay is entitled "WHY WE RESIST PLANNING" - Discusses the reasons why people do not like to plan.

My "Pet Peeve of the Week" is "Signatures," and we also have our "Letters to the Editor."

"Management Visions" is a weekly broadcast on subjects pertaining to Information Resource Management (IRM). It is available in the following file formats: RealMedia (RM) a ...

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Cacscade - Day 1 - does this sound like where you work?
Cascade - Success in a Multi-Project Environment By David Wright on 5/8/2008 9:04 AM
The book was written for people who work at companies that have an IT department to support their non-IT business....
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Cascade - The Book
Cascade - Success in a Multi-Project Environment By David Wright on 5/7/2008 6:49 PM
This blog has been started because, like anyone who writes a bit for a living, I thought I had a book to write...
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Welcome
Business Transformation Specialists By cjmemphis on 5/7/2008 9:37 AM

Hi:

I am cjmemphis, the author of this blog, and I seek to network with Business Analysts, Project Mangers, Developers, Data Analysts, and hopefully Business Users of the products we deliver. 

Its my intention to work with willing participants of the above parties, to improve the process of delivering highly effective work products to our employers, clients and customers. 

Currently, we are looking at the requirements gathering process and are asking the following question:  What 2 or 3 circumstances have you experienced in a project or organization that constrains or hinders you from producing less than optimum business requirements?  When I say 'less than optimum', I am referring to your personal perspective of the requirements, not necessarily the organization's views of them.

Please let me know your thoughts and lets engage in some dialogue.  Together, each of us c ...

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MGMT VISIONS - Why I.T. Standards Fail - May 5, 2008
MANAGEMENT VISIONS By Tim Bryce on 5/2/2008 6:25 AM

In this week's "Management Visions" broadcast, my essay is entitled "WHY I.T. STANDARDS FAIL" - Discusses the reasons why standardization fails in the Information Technology industry.

My "Pet Peeve of the Week" is "Personal Introductions," and we also have our "Letters to the Editor."

"Management Visions" is a weekly broadcast on subjects pertaining to Information Resource Management (IRM). It is available in ...

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MGMT VISIONS - Change: What lies ahead? - Apr 28, 2008
MANAGEMENT VISIONS By Tim Bryce on 4/25/2008 5:44 AM

In this week's "Management Visions" broadcast, my essay is entitled "CHANGE: WHAT LIES AHEAD?" - Describes the three agents of change for the years ahead.

My "Pet Peeve of the Week" is "Financial Talking Heads," and we also have our "Letters to the Editor."

"Management Visions" is a weekly broadcast on subjects pertaining to Information Resource Management (IRM). It is available in ...

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Bryce's Pet Peeve - Job Titles - 4/21/2008
MANAGEMENT VISIONS By Tim Bryce on 4/21/2008 1:56 PM

My "Pet Peeve of the Week" is "JOB TITLES" - do we need them?

You can access it at:

http://www.phmainstreet.com/timbryce.htm

Hope you enjoy it.

LAST TIME:  
"REPAIRING BARBECUE GRILLS"
(another fun task to perform).
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/pm/irm/archives/bryces-pet-peeve-repairing-bbq-grills-4152008-23793

NEXT TIME:
"PACKAGING"
- Have we gone overboard?
< ...

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Blogger wanted to take over stewardship of The Carnival of Business Analysts
Better Projects - Modern Analyst Edition By craigwbrown on 4/20/2008 4:20 PM
I am looking fomr someone to take over the Carnival of Business Analysts which I have been running at Better Projects. If you have a blog arnd are intersted in this feature, get in touch.
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MGMT VISIONS - Covering for Incompetence - Apr 14, 2008
MANAGEMENT VISIONS By Tim Bryce on 4/11/2008 6:32 AM

In this week's "Management Visions" broadcast, my essay is entitled "COVERING FOR INCOMPETENCE" - Describes what to do when you have a boob for a manager.

My "Pet Peeve of the Week" is "Airline Magazines," and we also have our "Letters to the Editor."

"Management Visions" is a weekly broadcast on subjects pertaining to Information Resource Management (IRM). It i ...

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Bryce's Pet Peeve - Tunnel Vision - 4/8/2008
MANAGEMENT VISIONS By Tim Bryce on 4/8/2008 9:13 AM

My "Pet Peeve of the Week" is "TUNNEL VISION" - can anyone still see the big picture?

You can access it at:

http://www.phmainstreet.com/timbryce.htm

Hope you enjoy it.

LAST TIME:  
"HOW WE DRESS"

http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/pm/irm/archives/bryces-pet-peeve-how-we-dress-472008-23533

NEXT TIME:
"AIRLINE MAGAZINES"



And don't forget my

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MGMT VISIONS - Understanding Effectiveness - Apr 7, 2008
MANAGEMENT VISIONS By Tim Bryce on 4/4/2008 6:18 AM

In this week's "Management Visions" broadcast, my essay is entitled "UNDERSTANDING EFFECTIVENESS" - Describes a concept which analyzes the use of time.

My "Pet Peeve of the Week" is "How we dress," and we also have our "Letters to the Editor."

"Management Visions" is a weekly broadcast on subjects pertaining to Information Resource Management (IRM). It i ...

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Top 10 crazy question to ask a BA in an Interview
Shoelutions for Business Analysis By James Shoemaker on 4/3/2008 6:56 AM
Believe it or not I have been asked the question below in an interview for a SR BA position
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The Dirty Harry Approach to Requirements, or “Are you Feeling Lucky, Punk?” Solve Problems First, Ask Questions Later - Part 2
Shoelutions for Business Analysis By James Shoemaker on 4/2/2008 7:55 AM
In Part 1, we learned that the less precise things are, the easier it is to understand them. Thus the paradox: how do you get precise requirements and easy to understand requirements?

According to the requirements gods and goddesses, there are fundamentally three levels of requirements ( you can break these down into more but that is another blog):

1. Business Requirements- Why the project is being undertaken;
2. User Requirements- What users will be able to do with the product;
3. Software Requirements – What the developers need to build.


Take a look at the statements below:

  • Business Requirements are the easiest to understand, but the least precise;
  • User Requirements are more difficult to un ...
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Carnival of Business Analysts #7: Solution Assessment and Validation
Better Projects - Modern Analyst Edition By craigwbrown on 3/31/2008 6:08 PM
Another edition of the Carnoval of Business analysts has been published.
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MGMT VISIONS - Who makes the best Analysts? - Mar 31, 2008
MANAGEMENT VISIONS By Tim Bryce on 3/28/2008 5:53 AM

In this week's "Management Visions" broadcast, my essay is entitled "WHO MAKES THE BEST SYSTEMS ANALYSTS?" - Describes the attributes of good analysts as well as the duds.

My "Pet Peeve of the Week" is "Office Politics," and we also have our "Letters to the Editor."

"Management Visions" is a weekly broadcast on subjects pertaining to Information Resource Management (IRM). It is available in the following file ...

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26 reasons why projects succeed or fail
Better Projects - Modern Analyst Edition By craigwbrown on 3/25/2008 5:32 AM
Below is a list of 26 reasons why projects succeed or fail. THe challenge for you is to work out what you can do about them.
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