Comments for VimStreet http://vimstreet.com Improving businesses through lean business analysis, agile requirements, agile software development and process improvement. Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:37:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Learning from Washington, the Inauguration, and the Constitution by Laura Brandau http://vimstreet.com/learning-from-washington-the-inauguration-and-the-constitution/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Laura Brandau Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:37:50 +0000 http://vimstreet.com/blog/?p=34#comment-22 Hi Jake, Nice post. You bring to bear the point that although so much has changed since the Constitution was ratified, so little has changed on a fundamental level. We can learn a lot from how our Founders approached change itself as well as the process they went through to deliver a work product. On a somewhat related note, I'm in the middle of reading Ben Franklin's autobiography. He focuses the better part of a chapter talking about how he learned to write, the lengths he went to improve his prosaic writing, and the benefits writing created for him throughout his professional and political career. I think if Franklin were alive today he might just be a blogger! Our tools change radically; fundamental aspects of being human and engaging other humans don't change quite so much. Keep on writing. Laura www.bridging-the-gap.com Hi Jake,

Nice post. You bring to bear the point that although so much has changed since the Constitution was ratified, so little has changed on a fundamental level. We can learn a lot from how our Founders approached change itself as well as the process they went through to deliver a work product.

On a somewhat related note, I’m in the middle of reading Ben Franklin’s autobiography. He focuses the better part of a chapter talking about how he learned to write, the lengths he went to improve his prosaic writing, and the benefits writing created for him throughout his professional and political career. I think if Franklin were alive today he might just be a blogger! Our tools change radically; fundamental aspects of being human and engaging other humans don’t change quite so much.

Keep on writing.
Laura
http://www.bridging-the-gap.com

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]]> Comment on Stopping the Fake Subject Matter Expert (SME) from Derailing Your Project by Lisa Breytspraak http://vimstreet.com/stopping-the-fake-subject-matter-expert-sme-from-derailing-your-project/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Lisa Breytspraak Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:23:25 +0000 http://vimstreet.com/blog/?p=33#comment-5 Thanks, Jake, this really resonates with what I’ve seen in a lot of organizations. In some projects, SME has turned into a label for anyone who wants an opportunity to provide an opinion without doing any work. One of the things we do is really minimize the number of people required in workshops, meetings or interviews to those who really need to provide input or approve findings. I like your point of emphasizing the “expert” part of the acronym to ensure the right people are involved from the beginning. That helps, but you may still be challenged if there is no expert or if the true expert’s time is so valuable he/she cannot be involved in the project. Thanks, Jake, this really resonates with what I’ve seen in a lot of organizations. In some projects, SME has turned into a label for anyone who wants an opportunity to provide an opinion without doing any work. One of the things we do is really minimize the number of people required in workshops, meetings or interviews to those who really need to provide input or approve findings. I like your point of emphasizing the “expert” part of the acronym to ensure the right people are involved from the beginning. That helps, but you may still be challenged if there is no expert or if the true expert’s time is so valuable he/she cannot be involved in the project.

]]> Comment on Online Networking: Linked In– What Type of Networker are YOU? by Jake Calabrese, CBAP, CSM http://vimstreet.com/online-networking-linked-in%e2%80%93-what-type-of-networker-are-you/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Jake Calabrese, CBAP, CSM Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:29:52 +0000 http://vimstreet.com/blog/?p=25#comment-4 Wow, quite a few comments about this post! Not kidding! All of them were emailed or sent through Linked In however. One on Plaxo with the feed there! Feel free to post things here if you like as well! Interesting conversations and comments... I'll add some to upcoming posts. Wow, quite a few comments about this post! Not kidding! All of them were emailed or sent through Linked In however. One on Plaxo with the feed there! Feel free to post things here if you like as well! Interesting conversations and comments… I’ll add some to upcoming posts.

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