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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/'>[...]</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>
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		<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/'>[...]</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/'>[...]</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/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Building a writing culture in application development</title>
		<link>http://robertlambert.net/2011/01/building-a-writing-culture-in-application-development/</link>
		<comments>http://robertlambert.net/2011/01/building-a-writing-culture-in-application-development/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 02:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the key skills needed in today&#8217;s IT shop is communication, and one of the best ways to improve ability to communicate is to write blog posts and articles. In spite of &#8220;IT guy&#8221; stereotypes, communication and analytical thinking about business are among the most important skills in application development. Developers, analysts, and managers <a href='http://robertlambert.net/2011/01/building-a-writing-culture-in-application-development/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Followership III: Real projects for real people</title>
		<link>http://robertlambert.net/2010/08/followershipiii_realprojectsforrealpeople/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently read a fascinating article in the New York times but I zoned out in the middle of it several times, as the article predicted. The article was Discovering the Virtues of a Wandering Mind by John Tierney.  To sum it up, our minds wander about 30 percent of the time, and that&#8217;s not <a href='http://robertlambert.net/2010/08/followershipiii_realprojectsforrealpeople/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Grateful Dead as strategic managers</title>
		<link>http://robertlambert.net/2010/02/the-grateful-dead-as-strategic-managers/</link>
		<comments>http://robertlambert.net/2010/02/the-grateful-dead-as-strategic-managers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The March 2010 issue of The Atlantic features an article called &#8220;Management Secrets of the Grateful Dead.&#8221; It&#8217;s a great read, especially the second half, which tells of the band&#8217;s innovations in organization, fan loyalty, and, perhaps counterintuitively, creating value by freely giving away their product. The success of these measures seems self evident: the <a href='http://robertlambert.net/2010/02/the-grateful-dead-as-strategic-managers/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Groupthink and the Agile Architect</title>
		<link>http://robertlambert.net/2010/02/groupthink-and-the-agile-architect/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Need uber-guru types who are willing to challenge the existing groupthink on design and architecture, especially on TDD and emergent design and pair programming anti-pattern&#8221; &#8211; job post at Monster.com 2/9/2010 I stumbled upon that quote following links on the role of the architect on an agile project. Maybe one important role of the architect <a href='http://robertlambert.net/2010/02/groupthink-and-the-agile-architect/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Followership II &#8211; Individualists, Enablers, &amp; Subversives</title>
		<link>http://robertlambert.net/2009/11/followership-ii-individualists-enablers-subversives/</link>
		<comments>http://robertlambert.net/2009/11/followership-ii-individualists-enablers-subversives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a previous post I posed this question: &#8220;more people are followers than leaders, so isn’t it more important to cultivate effective followership than effective leadership?&#8221;  In reality the distinction between leading and following isn&#8217;t very interesting.  The goal of each member of a group should be to contribute to individual and shared goals in <a href='http://robertlambert.net/2009/11/followership-ii-individualists-enablers-subversives/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Followership</title>
		<link>http://robertlambert.net/2009/02/followership/</link>
		<comments>http://robertlambert.net/2009/02/followership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not everyone gets to be a leader, and most leaders are also followers in their own right.  The project manager follows instructions from the project sponsor, the CEO from the board, the politicians from the polls, and so on. Followership is the yang to leadership&#8217;s yin, and according to many interesting sources following can be <a href='http://robertlambert.net/2009/02/followership/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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