EB
Jan 10, 2008
The 90/10 rule for Projects?

90% of the work is completed in 10% of the time....the remaining 10% of the effort is completed in 90% of the scheduled time. I've heard of the 80/20

EB
Jan 6, 2008
Currently Reading: Does IT Matter?

I found this book last weekend at the local Half-Price Books and thought I'd give it a read. This well known book, and its author Nicholas Carr, has been

EB
Jan 3, 2008
Saturn Aura Problem – Update #5

For background, see here, here, here, here and here. Car has been in the shop for a week now with no response from the dealership. Saturn National

EB
Dec 27, 2007
Innovation needs Execution

Scot Herrick over at CubeRules had a very interesting post today titled "Innovating Like Crazy; Executing Like Crap". Great title and great thoughts in

EB
Dec 27, 2007
Saturn Aura Problem – Update #4

For background, see here, here, here and here. The car is back in the shop....waiting to hear from the dealership on the prognosis. FYI - I'm filing the

EB
Dec 18, 2007
IT and Business Alignment – Survey Results

Diamond Consultants released the results of their Digital IQ Survey recently (download the full survey here) that provides some very interesting (and

EB
Dec 16, 2007
First semester is complete

I've just completed my first semester of my doctoral program and I'm ready for a break. I took 2 courses this semester worth 6 hours. The courses are:

EB
Dec 16, 2007
Cube Rules – A journey

Check out Scot Herrick's Cube Rules blog, especially the new series that started with "Laid Of -- A new journey begins." Scot and his wife were both laid

EB
Dec 11, 2007
Verizon FIOS goodness

I finally got my new 30MB/15MB FIOS service installed (see here for more info) Wow...here's the result of my speed test:   Verizon FIOS, Broadband

EB
Dec 11, 2007
Saturn Aura Problem – Update #3

For background, see here, here and here. I picked up my Saturn Aura today from Saturn of Plano...so far, so good. I received a call today at ~3:30 telling

EB
Dec 11, 2007
Saturn Aura Problem – Update #2

For background, see here and here. Received a call Monday afternoon (December 10) and was told that the tool that the dealership was waiting on had

EB
Dec 10, 2007
Google & Resource Diversity & Immobility

Read an interesting article on GigaOm yesterday titled "Google’s Infrastructure is its Strategic Advantage" (go read it if you haven't). This post, and

EB
Dec 8, 2007
Saturn Aura Problem – Update

Background info is here. I *think* the shop has it narrowed down to one computer and they are now waiting for a tool to check connectors for that

EB
Dec 6, 2007
The perils of buying a Saturn

On August 31 2007 my wife and I bought new cars. She bought a Saturn Vue and I got a Saturn Aura XR. The day was great and we were both excited.... Until

EB
Dec 3, 2007
Reinventing Project Management

I just finished reading "Reinventing Project Management" by Aaron J. Shenhar and Dov Dvir and I have to say that I really enjoyed this book. The full

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