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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day I had an interesting conversation with a colleague relating to his career goals in our state government.  The general conversation revolved around what he wanted from his public service career &#8211; basically a &#8220;what do you want to be when you grow up&#8221; sort of discussion. His response declared the same goal I&#8217;ve heard a few [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=patrickgreene.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9343512&amp;post=88&amp;subd=patrickgreene&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How Scrum Adoption Can Curb Government IT Waste</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Greene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First let&#8217;s qualify&#8230; the government IT waste I am referring to is the waste which occurs in the waterfall development methodologies used by so many government application development shops. Government applications teams don&#8217;t always purposefully choose a waterfall model, sometimes it is all they know and other times it is prescribed in various organizational procedures and policies. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=patrickgreene.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9343512&amp;post=56&amp;subd=patrickgreene&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Three Low-Cost &#8220;Rainmakers&#8221; for State IT Shops</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Greene</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Florida State IT Basics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[IT &#8220;rainmakers&#8221; are those technologies that are relatively easy to implement, have enough of that shiny surface to attract the executives, and will continue to produce manageable work for IT over the long run. &#8220;Rain&#8221; can be a good or bad thing depending on your current circumstances (work load), so deploy these at your own risk. #1 &#8211; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=patrickgreene.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9343512&amp;post=27&amp;subd=patrickgreene&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Something Wicked This Way Comes&#8230; It&#8217;s BI season in Florida</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Greene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Usually it is around this time of year in Tallahassee when Business Intelligence (BI) vendors descend on government CIOs and executives to show the latest tools for slicing-and-dicing government data into something that may bring transparency to government or save taxpayer money. The latest news of shortfall in the state budget will prompt many state agencies to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=patrickgreene.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9343512&amp;post=48&amp;subd=patrickgreene&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>5 Steps to Turn Around A Weak IT Service Delivery Reputation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Greene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, you&#8217;ve taken the reigns of a State Government IT shop and are beginning to find that not all is well with your service delivery functions. Maybe your IT managers are repeating the same status report each week on the same system updates or projects. Maybe you&#8217;ve noticed your IT technicians appear to be very busy but nothing seems to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=patrickgreene.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9343512&amp;post=15&amp;subd=patrickgreene&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The State of Florida Official ISDM and Project Methodology</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Greene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know the State of Florida has adopted an official Information Systems Development Methodology (ISDM)? How about an official Project Management Methodology? Yep, both an ISDM and project management methodology are outlined in Chapter 60DD-7 of the Florida Administrative Code. This rule, also known as the &#8220;Information Technology Life Cycle Policies and Standards&#8221; was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=patrickgreene.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9343512&amp;post=26&amp;subd=patrickgreene&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Can&#8217;t I Fill My Open IT Positions?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 18:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Greene</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Resources]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are an IT manager within a state agency in Tallahassee you have probably experienced the following scenario at least once. You find yourself on your third position advertisement, your third round of candidates, and while you&#8217;ve met some very competent people you just can&#8217;t seem to close the deal. All the while the section manager (or CIO) keeps [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=patrickgreene.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9343512&amp;post=1&amp;subd=patrickgreene&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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