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		<title>Put the Remote Down and Step Away from the TV !!</title>
		<link>http://beyondcenter.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/put-the-remote-down-and-step-away-from-the-tv/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 18:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Finch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I could have done that but I just didn&#8217;t have time&#8230;&#8221; One of my earlier postings this year was focused on Time Management. Personally, I thought it was a fairly easy-to-understand read and included one very simple recommendation: Turn Off &#8230; <a href="http://beyondcenter.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/put-the-remote-down-and-step-away-from-the-tv/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beyondcenter.wordpress.com&#038;blog=33852579&#038;post=987&#038;subd=beyondcenter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bringing a Project Possessed into Conformity&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://beyondcenter.wordpress.com/2012/05/06/bringing-a-project-possessed-into-conformity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 17:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Finch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Joining Critical Path and Risk Analysis] On large projects, it&#8217;s often common to have 8 or more parallel, relatively independent work streams active at the same time. While this may seem like a lot to track, it&#8217;s really not &#8230; &#8230; <a href="http://beyondcenter.wordpress.com/2012/05/06/bringing-a-project-possessed-into-conformity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beyondcenter.wordpress.com&#038;blog=33852579&#038;post=538&#038;subd=beyondcenter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Should the Technical FTE Role be Dead?</title>
		<link>http://beyondcenter.wordpress.com/2012/05/02/should-the-technical-fte-role-be-dead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 19:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Finch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Thoughts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At one point in our history, it was commonplace for a worker to join a company upon leaving school and stay with them until retirement. There was a perceived loyalty between employer and employee. Life was good &#8230; or was &#8230; <a href="http://beyondcenter.wordpress.com/2012/05/02/should-the-technical-fte-role-be-dead/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beyondcenter.wordpress.com&#038;blog=33852579&#038;post=918&#038;subd=beyondcenter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://beyondcenter.wordpress.com/2012/04/30/we-herd-sheep-we-drive-cattle-we-lead-people/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 05:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Finch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Focused, but uncharacteristically tame words from old &#8220;Blood and Guts&#8220;, as he was often called, General George S. Patton. Many have reviled Patton for his often inappropriate remarks and tough leadership style, but few fault his battlefield successes. Patton believed in &#8230; <a href="http://beyondcenter.wordpress.com/2012/04/30/we-herd-sheep-we-drive-cattle-we-lead-people/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beyondcenter.wordpress.com&#038;blog=33852579&#038;post=535&#038;subd=beyondcenter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When a Project Manager should Question the Authority</title>
		<link>http://beyondcenter.wordpress.com/2012/04/22/when-a-project-manager-should-question-the-authority/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Finch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Thoughts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;You want to do what??   Really?&#8220; Project managers are skilled in coordinating resources to deliver a specific product or process. Usually we&#8217;re provided the basics of a business case and often, a subject matter expert (SME) to fill in &#8230; <a href="http://beyondcenter.wordpress.com/2012/04/22/when-a-project-manager-should-question-the-authority/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beyondcenter.wordpress.com&#038;blog=33852579&#038;post=817&#038;subd=beyondcenter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sorbanes Oxley &#8230; Needless Overhead?</title>
		<link>http://beyondcenter.wordpress.com/2012/04/20/sorbanes-oxley-needless-overhead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 05:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Finch</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CATO Institute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enron]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Enron and WorldCom &#8230; two members of the Evil Empire who triggered the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act of 2002. Ancient history, right? In the past few sessions of Congress, exemptions from SOX regulations have been considered for greater and greater numbers &#8230; <a href="http://beyondcenter.wordpress.com/2012/04/20/sorbanes-oxley-needless-overhead/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beyondcenter.wordpress.com&#038;blog=33852579&#038;post=782&#038;subd=beyondcenter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What makes a Project Manager, Professional?</title>
		<link>http://beyondcenter.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/what-makes-a-project-manager-professional/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 05:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Finch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Professional Certification vs Experience Bias Like many Project Managers, who had &#8220;earned their stripes&#8221; in the delivery of projects prior to the popularity of certifying organizations, I have often looked at the PMI certification &#8220;tags&#8221; after a signature with a &#8230; <a href="http://beyondcenter.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/what-makes-a-project-manager-professional/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beyondcenter.wordpress.com&#038;blog=33852579&#038;post=680&#038;subd=beyondcenter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to handle Project Risks that become Realities</title>
		<link>http://beyondcenter.wordpress.com/2012/04/10/how-to-handle-project-risks-that-become-realities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 06:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Finch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you see yourself as a realist? It&#8217;s impossible to foresee the future, so why waste time trying&#8230; Or do you see yourself as a compulsive planner, constantly considering a range of possible events that could impact your project? Apollo &#8230; <a href="http://beyondcenter.wordpress.com/2012/04/10/how-to-handle-project-risks-that-become-realities/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beyondcenter.wordpress.com&#038;blog=33852579&#038;post=629&#038;subd=beyondcenter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Methodologies and Project Madness</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 18:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Finch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are times when technology projects seem to be something more of William Shakespeare&#8217;s Hamlet or Macbeth than they are manifestations of today&#8217;s business world. The relative obscurity of Shakespeare&#8217;s prose is certainly challenged by the confusing technical jargon often &#8230; <a href="http://beyondcenter.wordpress.com/2012/04/08/methods-to-the-project-madness/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beyondcenter.wordpress.com&#038;blog=33852579&#038;post=579&#038;subd=beyondcenter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Failing the Fairness Test</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 08:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Finch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We were raised in a generation of sexual prejudice, where it was common to hear that &#8220;a woman&#8217;s place is in the home&#8221;. Business was for men; the home and PTA were for women. But in the United States today, &#8230; <a href="http://beyondcenter.wordpress.com/2012/04/06/failing-to-be-fair/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beyondcenter.wordpress.com&#038;blog=33852579&#038;post=544&#038;subd=beyondcenter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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