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        <title><![CDATA[If only everyone were so conscientious...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I think the way you are thinking really separates your attitude from the often-heard approach of &quot;I certainly won't be around in X years when this stops working&quot;.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[kfaigin]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:40:55 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[That's great... simple and concise]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-388959-3648134]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA['Show me the evidence'... great mantra for getting to the truth behind the curtain.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[kfaigin]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:33:07 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[QA=Quality Assurance]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[QED]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:59:48 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Aaargh! x 2]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A QA person doing testing????? Sorry that's a QC function.QC = Quality Control = TestingQA = Quality Design of Processes = Business Process Management = Identify where you need to test &amp; what you need to do to ensure quality is built in.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[PMPsicle]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 09:44:50 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Also worth planning and preparing ahead, while you have the resources...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It???s also worth considering, and also prudent, though not always popular, to ask the current team(s) to help plan the demigration of this ???new thing.???  In five to ten years, someone else is going to have to handle that task, and the understanding of this ???new thing??? may be thin or hard to find at that time.  If you can engage the current skillset to help plan the ???sun setting??? of this ???new thing???, it helps the next team and encourages a business success.  You can also help this ???new thing??? have a good reputation at sun setting time, because it will be more favorably acknowledged by the next team.  Think about what resources your current team would have appreciated from the team prior to them.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[bimhau]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 07:24:49 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[11.  Can I see your documentation?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Mwahahaha]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[markjstanley]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:31:51 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Where is the evidence]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Nice article.  I agree.  I always ask IT developers the question &quot;show me the evidence that ....&quot;, it works, people want this, data is well managed etc, etc.Such a simple question always exposes the issues.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[csudholz]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:06:54 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Relationships]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[These are questions that naturally occur when a healthy relationship has developed between IT and the business community. And like all relationships it takes the right people in an open environment willing to build trust and maintain an honest dialogue.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[zrojasr@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:29:50 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Technical resources are, indeed, people, too]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Lehnerus2000 has it right --- I am using the language of business, or at least trying to.  I've been a technical resource for most of my life and don't have any problem with that terminology.  Still, it may make sense to start drafting &quot;Ten Things that Technical Resources Have in Common with People&quot; for use by business managers.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[kfaigin]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 09:10:56 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Great Article]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Even for non-technical managers, #10 is important.  Your best ideas will always come from the people closest to the source of the problem because they have to deal with it every day.  Your business will improve much faster if you listen to them and it is a great way to build rapport.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[blarman]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 09:05:20 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[&quot;Business-ese&quot;]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[He's writing in &quot;business-ese&quot;, so that business managers can understand him. ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[lehnerus2000]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 07:32:42 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Aaargh!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Come on - &quot;technical resources&quot; - how about calling us &quot;people&quot; ?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tocsin]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 01:03:03 -0800</pubDate>
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