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		<title>How do you define problems your projects are designed to resolve?</title>
		<link>http://itprojectmechanic.com/itpmlog/index.php/2008/06/10/how-do-you-define-problems-your-projects-are-designed-to-resolve/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CrisRogers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conceptual]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When most projects start out they have an identified problem that is driving the effort.  Every project I&#8217;ve been a part of, or can think of for that matter, has at it&#8217;s core a problem, perceived problem or need that is moving people to action.  I believe that a large number of these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blog posting on ITtoolbox</title>
		<link>http://itprojectmechanic.com/itpmlog/index.php/2008/03/20/blog-posting-on-ittoolbox/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CrisRogers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Documentation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT Projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Requirements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Results]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m blogging at www.ittoolbox.com/pm/itprojectmechanic and thought you might want to review the article that I posted there called &#8220;Why am I doing this?&#8221;
You can visit the blog here: http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/pm/itprojectmechanic/archives/why-am-i-doing-this-23212
 A question that I sometimes ask myself (in frustration I might add) is something that ought to be written on the top of my monitor &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why is this happening?!?!?</title>
		<link>http://itprojectmechanic.com/itpmlog/index.php/2008/03/12/why-is-this-happening/</link>
		<comments>http://itprojectmechanic.com/itpmlog/index.php/2008/03/12/why-is-this-happening/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CrisRogers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IT Projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stakeholders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tune-Ups]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every PM I have met along my journey has had at least one, if not a few, projects that could be modestly described as troubled.  In fact, I think this is a pretty standard occurrence in the Project Manager ranks &#8211; there are projects that despite our best efforts, quality training and experience, spend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simple ways to find the problem (whatever it is)</title>
		<link>http://itprojectmechanic.com/itpmlog/index.php/2008/03/06/simple-ways-to-find-the-problem-whatever-it-is/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CrisRogers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Maintenance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PM]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would say that my job, as a project manager, constitutes a mix of the following: project chaperone, creative solution-maker and thorough problem surveyor.  There are other bits, but I was left on an island with a mega-bank as my client and only three things would be left out of my bag of tricks, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Here&#8217;s a quick way to get your stakeholders to reveal their requirements</title>
		<link>http://itprojectmechanic.com/itpmlog/index.php/2007/07/24/heres-a-quick-way-to-get-your-stakeholders-to-reveal-their-requirements/</link>
		<comments>http://itprojectmechanic.com/itpmlog/index.php/2007/07/24/heres-a-quick-way-to-get-your-stakeholders-to-reveal-their-requirements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CrisRogers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dependencies]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itprojectmechanic.com/itpmlog/?p=19</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So you&#8217;re managing a project &#8211; you&#8217;ve got stakeholders, and they&#8217;ve got requirements.  Rrrright&#8230;
This whole notion of getting your stakeholders to give up their requirements ought to be straight forward.  You schedule a meeting with the players, setup the stage and they give you their requirements.  Then you wake up, stop dreaming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to know what project success looks like</title>
		<link>http://itprojectmechanic.com/itpmlog/index.php/2007/07/22/how-to-know-what-project-success-looks-like/</link>
		<comments>http://itprojectmechanic.com/itpmlog/index.php/2007/07/22/how-to-know-what-project-success-looks-like/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CrisRogers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deployment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT Projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Measurement]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itprojectmechanic.com/itpmlog/?p=17</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the early phases of a project, the team members, stakeholders and sponsors are all focused on the work ahead &#8211; they are gathering requirements, setting up a business case or getting familiar with the product that will be central to the project.  One of the items that doesn&#8217;t get much attention during this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using Six Sigma in IT Projects</title>
		<link>http://itprojectmechanic.com/itpmlog/index.php/2007/07/15/using-six-sigma-in-it-projects/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2007 23:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CrisRogers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conceptual]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT Projects]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itprojectmechanic.com/itpmlog/?p=13</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Six Sigma isn’t necessarily built for manufacturing environments.  That was the original intended purpose, to be sure.  The methodology, however, can accommodate all systems based improvement efforts that may be pursued.  The other facet of the question, “How can Six Sigma work for IT projects?” rests on whether the technology based processes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IT PM Blog &#8211; Just getting started</title>
		<link>http://itprojectmechanic.com/itpmlog/index.php/2007/07/08/just-getting-started/</link>
		<comments>http://itprojectmechanic.com/itpmlog/index.php/2007/07/08/just-getting-started/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2007 07:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CrisRogers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT Projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PM]]></category>
<category>about</category><category>PM</category><category>project</category><category>success</category><category>tool</category><category>truths</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the IT Project Mechanic blog &#8211; a place where far ranging topics are discussed, analyzed and introduced that related to IT Project Management and the business of managing projects.  The first question I can imagine your asking (and it&#8217;s one that I have asked myself) is &#8220;Why another IT Project Management source [...]]]></description>
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