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		<title>So Agile/Scrum Really IS Like Rugby</title>
		<link>http://robertlambert.net/2012/05/so-agilescrum-really-is-like-rugby/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 15:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, I&#8217;ve lost a five-metre scrum, my pack has been overrun, and the ref has raised his arm between the sticks for a penalty try.  My colleague Margy Thomas, with support of fellow rugger Billy Tilson, has convincingly argued that agile development in fact is very like rugby union. Margy cleverly fended my meager one-point case with <a href='http://robertlambert.net/2012/05/so-agilescrum-really-is-like-rugby/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Big Data opportunities and NoSQL challenges</title>
		<link>http://robertlambert.net/2012/04/big-data-opportunities-and-nosql-challenges/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a relational database professional I couldn’t help but feel like something would be lost with the emergence of the new Big Data/NoSQL database management systems (DBMS). After about two years of buzz around the topic, I’m really excited about the emerging possibilities. However, I’m pretty sure we’ll miss the relational model’s strengths in requirements <a href='http://robertlambert.net/2012/04/big-data-opportunities-and-nosql-challenges/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The data quality challenge, in pictures</title>
		<link>http://robertlambert.net/2012/03/the-data-quality-challenge-in-pictures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Data quality in most large organizations is commonly known to be rather lacking.  Most would argue that things haven&#8217;t gotten much better since this 2007 Accenture study found that &#8220;Managers Say the Majority of Information Obtained for Their Work Is Useless&#8221;. To some, quotes like that are shocking, but if you think about how information <a href='http://robertlambert.net/2012/03/the-data-quality-challenge-in-pictures/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A QlikView QuickStart: first steps for learning QlikView desktop</title>
		<link>http://robertlambert.net/2012/01/a-qlikview-quickstart-first-steps-for-learning-qlikview-desktop/</link>
		<comments>http://robertlambert.net/2012/01/a-qlikview-quickstart-first-steps-for-learning-qlikview-desktop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[QlikTech&#8217;s QlikView reporting and analysis tool is among a new class of Business Intelligence (BI) software tools. As Ben Harden reported in a recent blog post, BI vendors like SAP, Microsoft, and IBM have traditionally sold “to the IT enterprise, but companies like QlikTech and Tableau are targeting the business and bypassing IT. Their tools <a href='http://robertlambert.net/2012/01/a-qlikview-quickstart-first-steps-for-learning-qlikview-desktop/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Double test efficiency and build app dev culture at no charge</title>
		<link>http://robertlambert.net/2011/12/double-test-efficiency/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 14:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What if you could double the efficiency of your software testing process, and substantially reduce errors found during the test, deployment, and maintenance phases, without purchasing any tool or method? The November 28 InformationWeek offers just that in a reprint of a recent Dr. Dobbs article on formal inspections by Capers Jones and Olivier Bonsignour.  <a href='http://robertlambert.net/2011/12/double-test-efficiency/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Project managers: is yellow the new green?</title>
		<link>http://robertlambert.net/2011/10/project-managers-is-yellow-the-new-green/</link>
		<comments>http://robertlambert.net/2011/10/project-managers-is-yellow-the-new-green/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:24:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve never understood the obsession with “green” status among IT application development project managers, and the intense pressure put on them to “stay green” by the program management offices (PMOs) they report to. We would benefit from a cultural shift away from avoiding yellow status. For those not in the field, it is in vogue <a href='http://robertlambert.net/2011/10/project-managers-is-yellow-the-new-green/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Get an early start for on-time data modeling</title>
		<link>http://robertlambert.net/2011/07/get-an-early-start-for-on-time-data-modeling/</link>
		<comments>http://robertlambert.net/2011/07/get-an-early-start-for-on-time-data-modeling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a data modeler, so I enjoyed Jonathon Geiger&#8217;s recent article entitled &#8220;Why Does Data Modeling Take So Long&#8221;.  But why does he say it like it&#8217;s a bad thing? Mr. Geiger&#8217;s bottom line is exactly right: &#8220;Most of the time spent developing data models is consumed developing or clarifying the requirements and business rules <a href='http://robertlambert.net/2011/07/get-an-early-start-for-on-time-data-modeling/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts after agile training: strengthening values, reducing the cost of honesty, and growing apps</title>
		<link>http://robertlambert.net/2011/05/thoughts-after-agile-training/</link>
		<comments>http://robertlambert.net/2011/05/thoughts-after-agile-training/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 13:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently completed ScrumMaster training ably presented by Lyssa Adkins. Throughout the two-day class we appreciated Lyssa’s Zen-like, enabling, style. If her name is familiar, it’s because Ms. Adkins is the author of the book Coaching Agile Teams, one of the leading texts on the subject. I’ve participated on agile projects, but so far only <a href='http://robertlambert.net/2011/05/thoughts-after-agile-training/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Health care data security: how bad is it?</title>
		<link>http://robertlambert.net/2011/05/health-care-data-security-how-bad-is-it/</link>
		<comments>http://robertlambert.net/2011/05/health-care-data-security-how-bad-is-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 11:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is really bad, according to a recent survey by the Ponemon Institute (available here with registration). The white paper, entitled Health Data at Risk in Development: A Call for Data Masking, presents the results of a survey of 492 health care IT professionals on their companies’ practices regarding use of live personal health care <a href='http://robertlambert.net/2011/05/health-care-data-security-how-bad-is-it/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>But is it art? Skills of the next generation BI professional</title>
		<link>http://robertlambert.net/2011/02/but-is-it-art-skills-of-the-next-generation-bi-professional/</link>
		<comments>http://robertlambert.net/2011/02/but-is-it-art-skills-of-the-next-generation-bi-professional/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s a data explosion going on and perhaps the strangest result is that business intelligence analysts need to become more artistic. Recently my friend Ben Harden directed my attention to a post from Steve Bennett of Oz Analytics on the future of BI. One challenge to analysts that Mr. Bennett cited was the unprecedented explosion in data <a href='http://robertlambert.net/2011/02/but-is-it-art-skills-of-the-next-generation-bi-professional/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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