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CONTENT CODES:

GM - General Management		EE - Enterprise Engineering		DB - Data Base Engineering
IR - Information Resource Management		IS - Information Systems Engineering		PM - Project Management
MS - Miscellaneous

ALPHABETIC LISTING OF TITLES

NUMBER	TITLE	DATE PUBLISHED	CONTENT
74	10 Tips for Improving Social Intercourse	May 8, 2006	GM
69	35 Years of "PRIDE"	April 3, 2006	GM, IR
61	A College Curriculum for IRM	February 6, 2006	IS, EE, IS, DB, PM
146	A Corporate Policy for Personal Electronic Devices	July 9, 2008	GM
66	A Short History of Systems Development	March 13, 2006	IR, EE, IS, DB, PM
25	A Tale of Two Projects	May 23, 2005	GM, IS
70	An Interview with Tim Bryce	April 10, 2006	GM, IR
96	Are I.T. Workers Blue Collar?	October 9, 2006	GM, IR, IS
35	Automated System Design: Fact or Fiction?	August 01, 2005	IS
107	Basic Business Skills Required	August 31, 2007	GM
18	Being 'Effective' with Project Scheduling	Apr 04, 2005	PM
75	Beware of the 'Changing of the Guard'	May 15, 2006	GM, IS
87	Boxes and Lines	August 07, 2006	IS
51	Bryce's Crash Course in Management	November 21, 2005	GM
55	Bryce's Pet Peeves of the Week	December 19, 2005	MS
82	Bryce's Pet Peeves of the Week - Part II	July 03, 2006	MS
136	Change: What lies ahead?	April 24, 2008	GM
108	Common Courtesy	September 14, 2007	GM
106	Continuous Improvement	August 24, 2007	GM
134	Covering for Incompetence	April 10, 2008	GM
124	Craftsmanship: its Cultural and Managerial Implications	January 28, 2008	GM
06	Craftsmanship: the Meaning of Life	Jan 10, 2005	GM
128	Craftsmanship in Business Systems Analysis	February 26, 2008	IS
104	Creating a Sense of Professionalism	August 8, 2007	GM
15	Creating a Skills Inventory	Mar 14, 2005	GM, PM
11	Creating an Information Factory	Feb 14, 2005	IR
03	Creating Universal Systems	Dec 20, 2004	IS
144	Current Systems Analysis	June 18, 2008	IS
105	Debriefing	August 10, 2007	GM
04	Defining Information Requirements	Dec 27, 2004	IS
81	Diagnosing System Problems	June 26, 2006	IS
36	Diet "PRIDE"	August 08, 2005	IS
110	Do's and Don'ts in the Workplace (Part I)	October 15, 2007	GM
111	Do's and Don'ts in the Workplace (Part II)	October 22, 2007	GM
112	Do's and Don'ts in the Workplace (Part III)	October 29, 2007	GM
113	Do's and Don'ts in the Workplace (Part IV)	November 5, 2007	GM
98	Effective Interviewing	October 23, 2006	GM, IR, IS
72	Effective Screen Design	April 24, 2006	IS
131	Elements of a Good Feasibility Study, The	March 20, 2008	IS, IR, GM
100	Entering the Twilight Zone	November 6, 2006	GM, IR, IS
77	Enterprise Decomposition	May 29, 2006	EE
67	Estimate to Do vs. Percent Complete	March 20, 2006	PM
129	Estimating by Percentages	March 6, 2008	PM, IS
40	Evaluating Purchased Packages	September 5, 2005	IS
33	Firing Employees isn't for Sissies	July 18, 2005	GM
92	Hiring the Right Programmer	September 11, 2006	IS
HSA	Homo Sapien Asshole	September 7, 2006	MS
50	How Do We Manage?	November 14, 2005	GM
89	How "Effective" Were You Today?	August 21, 2006	GM, PM
59	How Productive are your Meetings?	January 23, 2006	GM
102	How well are we preparing the next generation?	June 28, 2007	GM
143	Impact Analysis	June 11, 2008	IR
99	Implementing a Methodology	October 30, 2006	IR, EE, IS, DB, PM
71	Implementing Business Ethics	April 17, 2006	GM
64	Increasing Brain Power	February 27, 2006	GM
79	Individualism vs. Teamwork	June 12, 2006	GM
149	Information Systems Theory 101	August 13, 2009	IS
76	IRM: Putting all the Pieces Together	May 22, 2006	IR
22	IRM in Japan: An Interview with Kazuya Matsudaira	May 02, 2005	GM, IR, IS
135	Is "PRIDE" too rigid?	April 16, 2008	IR, IS
08	Is Software Hard?	Jan 24, 2005	IS
130	Is Systems Development an Art or a Science?	March 13, 2008	IS
117	Living in a Perfect World	December 3, 2007	GM
73	Logical vs. Physical Design: Do You Know the Difference?	May 1, 2006	IR, EE, IS, DB
114	Management 101 (Part I)	November 12, 2007	GM
115	Management 101 (Part II)	November 19, 2007	GM
116	Management 101 (Part III)	November 26, 2007	GM
148	Managing a Nonprofit Organization	January 5, 2009	GM
31	Managing Consultants	July 04, 2005	GM
42	Managing Crunch Time	September 19, 2005	IS
10	Managing Design Complexity	Feb 07, 2005	IR
09	Managing from the Bottom-Up	Jan 31, 2005	PM
88	Managing Virtual Project Teams	August 14, 2006	IR, IS, PM
26	Methodologies versus Techniques and Tools	May 30, 2005	IR, IS
151	Methodology Design 101	March 9, 2015	PM, IS
39	Methods of Processing	August 29, 2005	IS
80	Our Growing Dependency on Mass Mediocrity	June 19, 2006	MS
47	Parenting Management	October 24, 2005	GM
83	Parkinson's Law in I.T.	July 10, 2006	GM
103	Personality Types	September 7, 2007	GM
27	"PRIDE" Versus Agile/Extreme Programming	June 06, 2005	IS
45	Priority Modeling	October 10, 2005	EE
121	Proactive vs. Reactive Management	January 4, 2008	GM
02	Problems in Data Definition	Dec 13, 2004	DB
21	Project Management Evaluation Checklist	Apr 25, 2005	PM
122	Project Management requires a Road Map	January 11, 2008	PM
60	Protecting Intellectual Property	January 30, 2006	GM
93	Putting the Boomers out to Pasture	September 18, 2006	GM, IR, IS
13	Re-Inventing Business Process Design	Feb 28, 2005	IS
97	Rebuilding Loyalty	October 16, 2006	GM
147	Recognizing the Peter Principle	July 16, 2008	GM
58	Ruptured Stalkthrus - Why Reviews are Important	January 16, 2006	IS
126	Shapeth Up and Get Thine Act Together	February 14, 2008	GM
120	Small Business Owner Concerns	December 21, 2007	GM
145	Socialistic Management	July 2, 2008	GM
56	Some New Year Resolutions	January 2, 2006	MS
30	Stagnation in Data Administration	June 27, 2005	DB
123	Standard System Structure	January 18, 2008	IS
141	Stepwise Refinement	May 29, 2008	IS
142	System Design Backwards	June 4, 2008	IS
90	System Training Tips	August 28, 2006	IS
37	Systems: What's in a Word?	August 15, 2005	IS
109	Tact & Diplomacy	October 8, 2007	GM
17	Taking the Mystery out of Estimating	Mar 28, 2005	PM
41	Testing 1, 2, 3...	September 12, 2005	IS
53	The 4 Stages of IRM Growth	December 5, 2005	IR
63	The Art of Persuasion	February 20, 2006	GM
34	The Benefits of a Data Taxonomy	July 25, 2005	DB
101	The Brutal Reality of IRM	April 16, 2007	IR
84	The Bryce is Right! The Lost Chapter	July 17, 2006	GM
05	The Dangers of On-Demand Computing	Jan 03, 2005	IS
46	The Death of Management	October 17, 2005	GM
91	The Dichotomy of Systems Development Management	September 04, 2006	IR, IS
19	The Elements of Cost/Benefit Analysis	Apr 11, 2005	PM
48	The First Thing We Do, Let's Kill all the Bean Counters	October 31, 2005	GM
54	The IRM Infrastructure	December 12, 2005	IR
38	The Language of Systems	August 22, 2005	IS
94	The Mini-Project Manager Concept	September 25, 2006	GM, IR, PM
57	The Need for Critical Thinking	January 9, 2006	GM
86	The Problem with Being Ahead of Your Time	July 31, 2006	GM
150	The Problem with "Man Hours"	September 16, 2009	PM, GM
85	The Ratio of Analysts to Programmers	July 24, 2006	IS
32	The Ten Common Myths of I.T.	July 11, 2005	GM, IS
07	Theory P: The Philosophy of Managing Programmers	Jan 17, 2005	IS
16	Today's Chief Information Officers: The Untouchables	Mar 21, 2005	GM
68	Uncommon Sense	March 27, 2006	GM
28	Understanding Corporate Culture	June 13, 2005	EE
133	Understanding Effectiveness	April 1, 2008	PM
49	Understanding Group Data Elements	November 7, 2005	DB
78	Understanding Information	June 5, 2006	IR, IS
12	Understanding the IRM/MRP Analogy	Feb 21, 2005	IR
127	Understanding the Specifications Puzzle	February 21, 2008	IS
52	Understanding the Vicious Circle of Complexity	November 28, 2005	IS
29	Using Information Strategically	June 20, 2005	GM, IR, IS
23	Using Logical Models as Templates	May 09, 2005	IS
65	What Ever Happened to Ergonomics?	March 6, 2006	IS
44	What exactly are we engineering anyway?	October 3, 2005	IR, EE, IS, DB
14	What is a good program spec?	Mar 07, 2005	IS
95	What Price Quality?	October 2, 2006	GM, IR, IS, PM
140	What Young People Want & Need	May 15, 2008	GM
01	When you hit a wall, go around it	Dec 10, 2004	IS
119	Who Controls the Work Environment?	December 14, 2007	GM
132	Who makes the best Systems Analysts?	March 26, 2008	IS
118	Who Really Assumes Risk?	December 7, 2007	GM
20	Why does Project Management Fail?	Apr 18, 2005	PM
43	Why Four Data Base Models?	September 26, 2005	DB
138	Why I.T. Standards Fail	April 30, 2008	IR, GM
62	Why we need Policy Manuals	February 13, 2006	GM
24	Why We Resist Change	May 16, 2005	GM
139	Why We Resist Planning	May 7, 2008	IR, GM
125	Writing a Press Release	February 4, 2008	GM

CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING

NUMBER	TITLE	DATE PUBLISHED	CONTENT
151	Methodology Design 101	March 9, 2015	PM, IS
150	The Problem with "Man Hours"	September 16, 2009	PM, GM
149	Information Systems Theory 101	August 13, 2009	IS
148	Managing a Nonprofit Organization	January 5, 2009	GM
147	Recognizing the Peter Principle	July 16, 2008	GM
146	A Corporate Policy for Personal Electronic Devices	July 9, 2008	GM
145	Socialistic Management	July 2, 2008	GM
144	Current Systems Analysis	June 18, 2008	IS
143	Impact Analysis	June 11, 2008	IR
142	System Design Backwards	June 4, 2008	IS
141	Stepwise Refinement	May 29, 2008	IS
140	What Young People Want & Need	May 15, 2008	GM
139	Why We Resist Planning	May 7, 2008	IR, GM
138	Why I.T. Standards Fail	April 30, 2008	IR, GM
136	Change: What lies ahead?	April 24, 2008	GM
135	Is "PRIDE" too rigid?	April 16, 2008	IR, IS
134	Covering for Incompetence	April 10, 2008	GM
133	Understanding Effectiveness	April 1, 2008	PM
132	Who makes the best Systems Analysts?	March 26, 2008	IS
131	The Elements of a Good Feasibility Study	March 20, 2008	IS, IR, GM
130	Is Systems Development an Art or a Science?	March 13, 2008	IS
129	Estimating by Percentages	March 6, 2008	PM, IS
128	Craftsmanship in Business Systems Analysis	February 26, 2008	IS
127	Understanding the Specifications Puzzle	February 21, 2008	IS
126	Shapeth Up and Get Thine Act Together	February 14, 2008	GM
125	Writing a Press Release	February 4, 2008	GM
124	Craftsmanship: its Cultural and Managerial Implications	January 28, 2008	GM
123	Standard System Structure	January 18, 2008	IS
122	Project Management requires a Road Map	January 11, 2008	PM
121	Proactive vs. Reactive Management	January 4, 2008	GM
120	Small Business Owner Concerns	December 21, 2007	GM
119	Who Controls the Work Environment?	December 14, 2007	GM
118	Who Really Assumes Risk?	December 7, 2007	GM
117	Living in a Perfect World	December 3, 2007	GM
116	Management 101 (Part III)	November 26, 2007	GM
115	Management 101 (Part II)	November 19, 2007	GM
114	Management 101 (Part I)	November 12, 2007	GM
113	Do's and Don'ts in the Workplace (Part IV)	November 5, 2007	GM
112	Do's and Don'ts in the Workplace (Part III)	October 29, 2007	GM
111	Do's and Don'ts in the Workplace (Part II)	October 22, 2007	GM
110	Do's and Don'ts in the Workplace (Part I)	October 15, 2007	GM
109	Tact & Diplomacy	October 8, 2007	GM
108	Common Courtesy	September 14, 2007	GM
107	Basic Business Skills Required	August 31, 2007	GM
106	Continuous Improvement	August 24, 2007	GM
105	Debriefing	August 10, 2007	GM
104	Creating a Sense of Professionalism	August 8, 2007	GM
103	Personality Types	July 9, 2007	GM
102	How well are we preparing the next generation?	June 28, 2007	GM
101	The Brutal Reality of IRM	April 16, 2007	IR
100	Entering the Twilight Zone	November 6, 2006	GM, IR, IS
99	Implementing a Methodology	October 30, 2006	IR, EE, IS, DB, PM
98	Effective Interviewing	October 23, 2006	GM, IR, IS
97	Rebuilding Loyalty	October 16, 2006	GM
96	Are I.T. Workers Blue Collar?	October 9, 2006	GM, IR, IS
95	What Price Quality?	October 2, 2006	GM, IR, IS, PM
94	The Mini-Project Manager Concept	September 25, 2006	GM, IR, PM
93	Putting the Boomers out to Pasture	September 18, 2006	GM, IR, IS
92	Hiring the Right Programmer	September 11, 2006	IS
91	The Dichotomy of Systems Development Management	September 04, 2006	IR, IS
90	System Training Tips	August 28, 2006	IS
89	How "Effective" Were You Today?	August 21, 2006	GM, PM
88	Managing Virtual Project Teams	August 14, 2006	IR, IS, PM
87	Boxes and Lines	August 07, 2006	IS
86	The Problem with Being Ahead of Your Time	July 31, 2006	GM
85	The Ratio of Analysts to Programmers	July 24, 2006	IS
84	The Bryce is Right! The Lost Chapter	July 17, 2006	GM
83	Parkinson's Law in I.T.	July 10, 2006	GM
82	Bryce's Pet Peeves of the Week - Part II	July 03, 2006	MS
81	Diagnosing System Problems	June 26, 2006	IS
80	Our Growing Dependency on Mass Mediocrity	June 19, 2006	MS
79	Individualism vs. Teamwork	June 12, 2006	GM
78	Understanding Information	June 5, 2006	IR, IS
77	Enterprise Decomposition	May 29, 2006	EE
76	IRM: Putting all the Pieces Together	May 22, 2006	IR
75	Beware of the 'Changing of the Guard'	May 15, 2006	GM, IS
74	10 Tips for Improving Social Intercourse	May 8, 2006	GM
73	Logical vs. Physical Design: Do You Know the Difference?	May 1, 2006	IR, EE, IS, DB
72	Effective Screen Design	April 24, 2006	IS
71	Implementing Business Ethics	April 17, 2006	GM
70	An Interview with Tim Bryce	April 10, 2006	GM, IR
69	35 Years of "PRIDE"	April 3, 2006	GM, IR
68	Uncommon Sense	March 27, 2006	GM
67	Estimate to Do vs. Percent Complete	March 20, 2006	PM
66	A Short History of Systems Development	March 13, 2006	IR, EE, IS, DB, PM
65	What Ever Happened to Ergonomics?	March 6, 2006	IS
64	Increasing Brain Power	February 27, 2006	GM
63	The Art of Persuasion	February 20, 2006	GM
62	Why we need Policy Manuals	February 13, 2006	GM
61	A College Curriculum for IRM	February 6, 2006	IS, EE, IS, DB, PM
60	Protecting Intellectual Property	January 30, 2006	GM
59	How Productive are your Meetings?	January 23, 2006	GM
58	Ruptured Stalkthrus - Why Reviews are Important	January 16, 2006	IS
57	The Need for Critical Thinking	January 9, 2006	GM
56	Some New Year Resolutions	January 2, 2006	MS
55	Bryce's Pet Peeves of the Week	December 19, 2005	MS
54	The IRM Infrastructure	December 12, 2005	IR
53	The 4 Stages of IRM Growth	December 5, 2005	IR
52	Understanding the Vicious Circle of Complexity	November 28, 2005	IS
51	Bryce's Crash Course in Management	November 21, 2005	GM
50	How Do We Manage?	November 14, 2005	GM
49	Understanding Group Data Elements	November 7, 2005	DB
48	The First Thing We Do, Let's Kill all the Bean Counters	October 31, 2005	GM
47	Parenting Management	October 24, 2005	GM
46	The Death of Management	October 17, 2005	GM
45	Priority Modeling	October 10, 2005	EE
44	What exactly are we engineering anyway?	October 3, 2005	IR, EE, IS, DB
43	Why Four Data Base Models?	September 26, 2005	DB
42	Managing Crunch Time	September 19, 2005	IS
41	Testing 1, 2, 3...	September 12, 2005	IS
40	Evaluating Purchased Packages	September 5, 2005	IS
39	Methods of Processing	August 29, 2005	IS
38	The Language of Systems	August 22, 2005	IS
37	Systems: What's in a Word?	August 15, 2005	IS
36	Diet "PRIDE"	August 08, 2005	IS
35	Automated System Design: Fact or Fiction?	August 01, 2005	IS
34	The Benefits of a Data Taxonomy	July 25, 2005	DB
33	Firing Employees isn't for Sissies	July 18, 2005	GM
32	The Ten Common Myths of I.T.	July 11, 2005	GM, IS
31	Managing Consultants	July 04, 2005	GM
30	Stagnation in Data Administration	June 27, 2005	DB
29	Using Information Strategically	June 20, 2005	GM, IR, IS
28	Understanding Corporate Culture	June 13, 2005	EE
27	"PRIDE" Versus Agile/Extreme Programming	June 06, 2005	IS
26	Methodologies versus Techniques and Tools	May 30, 2005	IR, IS
25	A Tale of Two Projects	May 23, 2005	GM, IS
24	Why We Resist Change	May 16, 2005	GM
23	Using Logical Models as Templates	May 09, 2005	IS
22	IRM in Japan: An Interview with Kazuya Matsudaira	May 02, 2005	GM, IR, IS
21	Project Management Evaluation Checklist	Apr 25, 2005	PM
20	Why does Project Management Fail?	Apr 18, 2005	PM
19	The Elements of Cost/Benefit Analysis	Apr 11, 2005	PM
18	Being 'Effective' with Project Scheduling	Apr 04, 2005	PM
17	Taking the Mystery out of Estimating	Mar 28, 2005	PM
16	Today's Chief Information Officers: The Untouchables	Mar 21, 2005	GM
15	Creating a Skills Inventory	Mar 14, 2005	GM, PM
14	What is a good program spec?	Mar 07, 2005	IS
13	Re-Inventing Business Process Design	Feb 28, 2005	IS
12	Understanding the IRM/MRP Analogy	Feb 21, 2005	IR
11	Creating an Information Factory	Feb 14, 2005	IR
10	Managing Design Complexity	Feb 07, 2005	IR
09	Managing from the Bottom-Up	Jan 31, 2005	PM
08	Is Software Hard?	Jan 24, 2005	IS
07	Theory P: The Philosophy of Managing Programmers	Jan 17, 2005	IS
06	Craftsmanship: the Meaning of Life	Jan 10, 2005	GM
05	The Dangers of On-Demand Computing	Jan 03, 2005	IS
04	Defining Information Requirements	Dec 27, 2004	IS
03	Creating Universal Systems	Dec 20, 2004	IS
02	Problems in Data Definition	Dec 13, 2004	DB
01	When you hit a wall, go around it	Dec 10, 2004	IS

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