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		<title>How to Help Management Make a Better IT Decision</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce McGraw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Decisions that directly affect Information Technology (IT) projects or IT services within an organization are not always made in the IT (or Engineering) department. That is not bad thing; it is just the way things are and how business runs. Like what? Management decides it is in the company&#8217;s strategic interest to form a partnership [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fearnoproject.com&amp;blog=6363160&amp;post=1092&amp;subd=fearnoproject&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Project Manager Travel Guidance</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce McGraw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am sure there are people who enjoy traveling as part of their job, although I have not met any of them recently! Travel to current or potential customer sites, subcontractors, giving a conference presentation or receiving training is sometimes necessary for the project and the organization. Who knows, sometime you might even get a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fearnoproject.com&amp;blog=6363160&amp;post=1084&amp;subd=fearnoproject&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cognitive Science Insights into Decision Making</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce McGraw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those of you who know me understand how my company relies on cognition principles and experts to make our projects successful.  Dr. Karen McGraw, the founder of Cognitive Technologies, has said on many occasions that “Cognitive is the first word in our company name because if you don’t focus first on the way people think, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fearnoproject.com&amp;blog=6363160&amp;post=1066&amp;subd=fearnoproject&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Asking for Help</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce McGraw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you ever ask for help or assistance?  I don’t know why so many people (And organizations!) feel like they cannot go get help when they need to.  Perhaps because people see asking for help as a sign of personal failure, they are reluctant to do it. Instead, they continue to struggle and hope for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fearnoproject.com&amp;blog=6363160&amp;post=1056&amp;subd=fearnoproject&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections on Fear No Project PM Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 07:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce McGraw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been writing the Fear No Project blog for three years now — over 150 posts. When I began, I was not sure that I had all that much to say or that I would have the time to create the kind of blog I could be proud of and others would find useful. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fearnoproject.com&amp;blog=6363160&amp;post=1052&amp;subd=fearnoproject&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Defending the Project Management Profession</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce McGraw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Project management is not just something you do when you cannot get a real job. Project management is a profession and project managers are professionals. I am probably preaching to the choir here, but having recently seen ads for fast, cheap and simple project management training and tools, I felt the need to state firmly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fearnoproject.com&amp;blog=6363160&amp;post=1027&amp;subd=fearnoproject&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Improving Productivity – Suggestions from PMI</title>
		<link>http://fearnoproject.com/2011/12/09/improving-productivity-suggestions-from-pmi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce McGraw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have not wandered through the Project Management Institute&#8217;s (PMI) knowledge center, you have missed an excellent source of best-practice thinking on a variety of issues relevant to project and corporate management. Recently I reviewed an article by Pradeep Patra, PMP and Sunitha Bartaki, PMP of Tata Consultancy Services Limited that I thought was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fearnoproject.com&amp;blog=6363160&amp;post=1023&amp;subd=fearnoproject&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Finding a Content Management System Solution – Part 3</title>
		<link>http://fearnoproject.com/2011/12/02/finding-a-content-management-system-solution-part-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce McGraw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In part 2 of this series, I talked about selecting a content management system (CMS) and including the needs of people (stakeholders and users). I shared several great questions to ask when choosing a solution. So after you have done all the work of finding, selecting and implementing a CMS you can relax and take [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fearnoproject.com&amp;blog=6363160&amp;post=1015&amp;subd=fearnoproject&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Project Manager’s Thanksgiving Thoughts</title>
		<link>http://fearnoproject.com/2011/11/22/a-project-managers-thanksgiving-thoughts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce McGraw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you like me?  I go to the store, watch TV, and read the paper – but all I am seeing is “Christmas themes.”  So, What happened to Thanksgiving? I like the Thanksgiving holiday. It provides a chance to get together with people you care about without some of the stress that characterizes other holidays. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fearnoproject.com&amp;blog=6363160&amp;post=1005&amp;subd=fearnoproject&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Finding a Content Management System Solution – Part 2</title>
		<link>http://fearnoproject.com/2011/11/17/finding-a-content-management-system-solution-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce McGraw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week in part 1, I talked about selecting a content management system (CMS) (which has many names like records management or knowledge management) from a technical perspective. However, just as with any productivity-enhancing tool, the process does not end with getting the tool. Rather, the process begins by understanding the value of content management [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fearnoproject.com&amp;blog=6363160&amp;post=1000&amp;subd=fearnoproject&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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