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		<title>Open-Source Software for On-Line Training</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 23:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just completed a webinar for PMI about how to use open-source software to deliver on-line training. Slides available now at prezi.com. 
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		<title>Speechy: HTML Slidy with Audio or Video</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speechy is a cross-platform, cross-browser way to create a slide show with synchronized audio or video. All source code and examples are available for download from the Speechy SourceForge Project page. It is an open-source project, and I welcome contributions from anyone.
Speeches Available in Speehcy Format
I recommend watching these speeches in the newer, video-based formats, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real-Life MS Project: Dependencies and Leveling</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[second in a series on MS Project, this article describes three alternate methods to build a project schedule. Many project managers stick to a single tried-and-true method, but everyone has options; they can use dependencies and other tools to create a resource-leveled schedule.

Published in the PMI Information Systems SIG newsletter, First Quarter 2003.]]></description>
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		<title>Sample Scheduling Standards</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2006 17:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To help create consistent, high-quality schedules, organizations may create standards for schedules. These standards help all project managers follow similar principles when creating a new schedule, making them easier to integrate into a portfolio and easier to manage overall. Standards can also help ensure that newer project managers do not repeat common mistakes made by the organization in the past.

This article provides sample standards, and advice on how to customize them to an organization's practices and needs.]]></description>
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		<title>Project Manager Joke On-Line &#8212; With Audio!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Mar 2006 17:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even if you already know the one about the project manager and the genie, listen to this retelling and variation on that joke.
This new item is a first for this website in two different ways. It is the first joke on the site, and it is the first attempt to deliver slides and synchronized audio [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Schedule, Jr.: Professional Scheduling in a Small Company</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2006 17:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Describes the key decisions of one 400-person company implementing project management across the enterprise, including IT and all insurance business units. Many project management techniques were designed to help the largest organizations and the largest projects. This paper examines which of them work well in smaller organizations.

To be presented at the 2006 PMI College of Scheduling Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida between April 23 and April 26, 2006.]]></description>
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		<title>Project Schedules and Return on Investment</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2005 17:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[key financial terms, including return on investment, time value of money, payback period, and first-to-market advantage. Applies these financial concepts to sample projects, to help project managers understand the business impact of schedule changes.

Presented at the 2006 PMI College of Scheduling Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida between April 23 and April 26, 2006. Also presented at the PMI North America Congress in Atlanta, Georgia on October 8, 2007.]]></description>
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		<title>Only Full-Time Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2005 05:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Addresses the question about whether it is better to model a schedule with only full-time assignments or part-time assignments for resources. Reviews pros and cons of different solutions, and points out critical mistakes schedulers can make when assigning part-time, concurrent work.]]></description>
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		<title>Crossing Over from IT to Business-Oriented Project Management</title>
		<link>http://www.alexsbrown.com/crossing-over.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2004 05:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Presented at the PMI 2004 Global Congress -- North America on October 25, 2004 in Anaheim, CA.

Provides career advice for IT project managers, whether they wish to leave IT or stay in IT. Reviews employment trends in IT that may force IT project managers to make tough career choices. Based on industry publications and employment trends, as well as my own experience crossing over from IT to business-oriented project management. The raw employment and industry statistics used in the presentation are available for download, as well as the paper and the presentation slides.]]></description>
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		<title>Modeling Tough Scheduling Problems with Project Management Software</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2003 05:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reviews fundamentally difficult scheduling problems, including:
<ul><li>resource leveling </li>
<li>representing task dependencies - hard and soft</li>
<li>managing difficult-to-predict or quickly-changing work assignments </li>
<li>making schedules easy to maintain during project execution</li>
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Focuses on proven techniques and principles, NOT the pros and cons of specific software tools.

Presented at the PMI 2003 Global Congress -- North America on September 23, 2003 in Baltimore, MD.]]></description>
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