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In the SOA Migration Strategy planning, we are transitioning from DISCOVERY to PROJECT process (see the I.T. Portfolio Book). We will begin a series of projects to implement SOA in the near futureThe book talks about three models for DISCOVERY phase analysis:

Technology Maturity Modeling (Gartner Hype Curve)
See the example here: http://nnlm.gov/pnr/eval/rogers.html
Scenario Modeling - two [...]

Merlin Mann of 43 Folders just posted a podcast called “Putting Geeks In Context”. One issue with the Getting Things Done process is setting up contexts for your activities. I have found that defining meaningful and useful contexts is an on-going process.
Merlin suggests (very wisely I might add) that geeks need to use [...]

On Monday (April 3, 2006), I was at University of Minnesota presenting on four topics. Below are links to the slides as PDFs:

UW-Madison’s SOA Migration Strategy - what is it and how do we get one
Folksonomy and Web 2.0
IT Architecture - What is it and why 3 isn’t enough
Identity Management Nouns and Verbs

Note that [...]

I’ve been working with the Kinkless Getting Things Done (GTD) system. For more info about GTD, see my GTD Tag and/or read David Allen’s book, “Getting Things Done…”
Kinkless Getting Things Done (kGTD) is a system for organizing and trapping tasks using Applescripts and Omni Outliner Professional 3.6 (or better).  You create a project [...]