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		<title>It&#8217;s a battle out there &#8211; How does your strategy align with the &#8220;9 Principles of War&#8221; that the US Army has developed?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[1st Principle of War            
Mass: Concentrate combat power at the decisive place and time.
Our strategy: This principle is saying that there is a key place and a key time that you should spend your efforts at. For us, this is determining how we can provide the maximum value to our organization. We think this through [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scottfelten.wordpress.com&blog=3954194&post=118&subd=scottfelten&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What is acting political?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know that an engine is a series of highly integrated and interconnected parts that have very small tolerances. And I know that oil is the main ingredient that buffers each surface and allows these parts to move very rapidly. And without this oil, the parts will be reduced to hitting each other. This creates [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scottfelten.wordpress.com&blog=3954194&post=111&subd=scottfelten&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What happens after we roll our applications into production&#8230;We are left with the stories?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ It&#8217;s like raising a child, isn&#8217;t it? We spent so much time and pour our lives into the development of those much needed applications.  As we trade hours for dollars as we watch them grow&#8230;

A problem turns into an opportunity.
That opportunity turns into a solution.
That solution gets a sponsor and a team.
The team raises that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scottfelten.wordpress.com&blog=3954194&post=106&subd=scottfelten&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A secret from an old man.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
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I graduated college in 1985 equipped with a B.S. in Mathematics and an excellent work ethic. My first position was working for Ross Perot at EDS. I was 21 years old, dressed in a suit and slung COBOL code and stacks of punch cards. I was nervous and insecure. Here is what went through my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scottfelten.wordpress.com&blog=3954194&post=104&subd=scottfelten&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Where are your databases (and what is your strategy for knowing&#8230;)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saying and doing are two different things. This is true and it&#8217;s also a good delineation along the lines of databases. How&#8217;s that you say? Well, for one thing, I have never worked anywhere recently (last dozen years or so) that had one database technology in play. Different products have different value propositions, especially over [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scottfelten.wordpress.com&blog=3954194&post=87&subd=scottfelten&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Career Planning:  The things that really matter!</title>
		<link>http://scottfelten.wordpress.com/2008/10/28/career-planning-the-things-that-really-matter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Career Planning:  The things that really matter!
I have three daughters who are nearing the age when they will seek careers. This is a bit scary for me but that is fodder for another blog. Today, I want to share with you some of the advice that I give college aged kids who are thinking about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scottfelten.wordpress.com&blog=3954194&post=83&subd=scottfelten&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When Teams Trust&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 

When you have trust…
The other day we had a technical team meeting where we were discussing access rights for a global solution that we have begun to implement but have a need to extend some functionality. Well, it gets complicated pretty quickly. To be honest, I started drawing out all the potential combinations of variables [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scottfelten.wordpress.com&blog=3954194&post=79&subd=scottfelten&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Doing Business Intelligence the right way!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business Intelligence efforts often fail, not because of the technicians, but because of the disjointed relationships we (IT) have with the business. We fear relationships. We think that our investments and communications are a waste of time because we have a tremendous amount of downward pressure to deliver – so we start quickly and build [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scottfelten.wordpress.com&blog=3954194&post=73&subd=scottfelten&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What do we do for BI at LUCRUM Inc?</title>
		<link>http://scottfelten.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/what-do-we-do-for-bi-at-lucrum-inc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LUCRUM does Business Intelligence
Well, what does that mean? What do we provide for our clients? What makes LUCRUM different that other companies who “do BI”? Why should someone call LUCRUM in the first place? What value does LUCRUM focus on? If I was on an elevator and someone asked what we do for BI, what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scottfelten.wordpress.com&blog=3954194&post=67&subd=scottfelten&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Data Governance Color Palette</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
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It is no secret that people are different. My wife loves process and order. She is disciplined and pays attention to detail. I, on the other hand, love chaos and new things. I like to create and invent.
Then there are those accountant/analyst folks who love details and facts. Finally, there are those who are people [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scottfelten.wordpress.com&blog=3954194&post=62&subd=scottfelten&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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