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One Year In A IT Project - Day 25

Don't know why, but I got the idea for this cartoon during reading "Telltale signs of SOA governance deficit" by Joe McKendrick.

One Year In A IT Project - Day 24

See Joe McKendrick about "Explaining SOA failure to the boss".

One Year In A IT Project - Day 23

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One Year In A IT Project - Day 22

Btw.: Sorry, I forgot blog day. The blog I recommend is a German blog: Kolumnist des Jahres.
If you can read German, read this blog!!! It's really funny.
(Disclaimer: It's my brother)

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One Year In A IT Project - Day 22

See Joe McKendrick and low expectations (thank you Joe for pointing to my cartoon!).

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One Year In A IT Project - Day 21

See Slashdot about The Principles of Project Management.

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One Year In A IT Project - Day 20

See Michael Krigsmans podcast about the human side of change.

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One Year In A IT Project - Day 19

Michael Krigsman blogs about 12 characteristics of doomed projects.
Here's one characteristic of a project in good shape.

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One Year In A IT Project - Day 18

One Year In A IT Project - Day 17

See Michael Krigsman about 5 ways tp prevent IT failure.

The 5th way:

"Scope creep. Lack of preparation typically begets the kitchen-sink syndrome, where project leaders add in every kind of feature and the kitchen sink to boot."

Maybe sometimes you want some scope creep:

Working in a IT project is exciting.
But who likes roll-outs? Annoying customer calls and the boring maintenance phase starts.
Why don't postpone this to the infinity?