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		<title>Software Estimation Series on IBMadison.com</title>
		<link>http://www.ufunctional.com/2011/10/19/software-estimation-series-starts-on-ibmadison-com/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Merrill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks, In Business Madison, for running my blog series on the software estimation problem and how to work around it, for both the customer/sponsor and delivery side. Software Estimation—The Brutal Facts (18 October 2011). Why software estimates are inaccurate, why they’re not likely to get better, and why it’s a business problem, not just an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guidance on Agile Project Set-Up from the Agile Expert for PMI&#8217;s LEAD CoP</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Merrill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those who wonder how to mesh Agile with a portfolio management or gating process will find some help in Agile Idea Qualification and Project Initiation, an engaging, 50-minute webinar by Sally Elatta. Sally highlights the similarities between Agile and Lean. I wholeheartedly agree with her that the jelled, multi-functional team (BA, DBA, UI/UX, programmer, QA), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thank you, WI BADD</title>
		<link>http://www.ufunctional.com/2010/10/06/thank-you-wi-badd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Merrill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank You to the three Wisconsin IIBA chapters who hosted the fourth annual WI BADD™ on Tuesday, 10/5/2010, and the firms that sponsored it. I met some new people and learned some new things, and I know that was a lot of work to put on. Thanks also to the enthusiastic audience for my talk, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Estimation Talk at WI BADD, October 5, Madison WI</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Merrill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert spoke on “Room to Breathe: The Vital Role of the BA in Shaping Early Project Effort Expectations” at WI BADD™, the Wisconsin Business Analysis Development Day, on Tuesday 10/5/2010 in Madison, WI.]]></description>
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		<title>If you’re always late, a faster car won’t help</title>
		<link>http://www.ufunctional.com/2010/03/02/if-youre-always-late-a-faster-car-wont-help/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Merrill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q: Why were they late for the meeting? A: They didn&#8217;t leave soon enough. But&#8230;they got stopped by a train, and they remembered that they needed to pick up a loaf of bread, and&#8230;they have a slow car! Details like speed limits and the police aside, what do the car, and the bread, and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UW-Milwaukee CIO on Project Success</title>
		<link>http://www.ufunctional.com/2009/01/27/bruce-maas-interview/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Merrill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a podcast interview with ZDNet “IT Project Failures” columnist Michael Krigsman,  Bruce Maas, CIO of the University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee sees the roots of success or failure early in project initiation. In his experience, successful project set-up establishes: Relationships Shared vocabulary Shared definition of success For going on ten years, I&#8217;ve specialized in project set-up. [...]]]></description>
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