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		<title>Ukrainian service</title>
		<link>http://tomvanlamoen.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/ukrainian-service/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:11:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom van Lamoen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have our Ukrainian colleague Andry is in our office in The Netherlands for a couple of weeks, to assist in projects and learn about Wicket and mashups. His passport got stolen. That is not the best thing that can happen to you when being abroad. So he is now in a foreign country, without [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomvanlamoen.wordpress.com&blog=3848023&post=215&subd=tomvanlamoen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Improved marketing using social networks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom van Lamoen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Viral marketing
The project we are working on right now is focusing on viral marketing. Viral marketing means we are not talking about a normal &#8220;campaign&#8221; that is advertised to the target group by the company that started the campaign (via radion, newspapers, tv, banners, etc), but it is mainly spread by the target group itself [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomvanlamoen.wordpress.com&blog=3848023&post=207&subd=tomvanlamoen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The client wants everything</title>
		<link>http://tomvanlamoen.wordpress.com/2009/04/10/the-client-wants-everything/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom van Lamoen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Componence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the past I have done a couple of projects (all CMS websites or portal development) where the deadline and budget were fixed, and the scope variable. Most of the times because the Senior User (business/client) did not completely know what they wanted at the start of the project. This is a problem. During the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomvanlamoen.wordpress.com&blog=3848023&post=173&subd=tomvanlamoen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Twitter for reporting</title>
		<link>http://tomvanlamoen.wordpress.com/2009/03/20/twitter-for-reporting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom van Lamoen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Componence]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tomvanlamoen.wordpress.com/?p=180</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Until now I did not really understand the added value of Twitter. Blogging I understand. But just mentioning what you do, it sounds a bit&#8230;. irrelevant. I know a lot of people see this completely different, so probably I am wrong (so pls don&#8217;t feel offended). And I think you never know for sure if [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomvanlamoen.wordpress.com&blog=3848023&post=180&subd=tomvanlamoen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Projects are about the goal</title>
		<link>http://tomvanlamoen.wordpress.com/2009/03/13/projects-are-about-the-goal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom van Lamoen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Componence]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Scouting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago I wend hiking in Belgium with my Scouts. And it was really nice, good weather, a nice route. After one and a half day we crossed a road which leads to the village Hotton, and we knew we also had to go through that village. One of the Scouts suggested: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomvanlamoen.wordpress.com&blog=3848023&post=175&subd=tomvanlamoen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Party&#8230; Ukrainian style</title>
		<link>http://tomvanlamoen.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/party-ukrainian-style/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom van Lamoen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend was the Christmas party of our colleagues in Lviv. Because I happened to be there for my current project, this was a nice opportunity to join, have a nice not-work-related time with my colleagues and see something more of the Ukrainian country. Ukrainian parties are like this: hire a bus, pack it full [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomvanlamoen.wordpress.com&blog=3848023&post=166&subd=tomvanlamoen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Team culture</title>
		<link>http://tomvanlamoen.wordpress.com/2008/11/27/team-culture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom van Lamoen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Some time ago I was doing a project in Germany. I worked closely with a lot of people at the client, on location in Germany.  What better way to discover the cultural differences  
I was surprised. Germany and The Netherlands are neighbouring countries, but there were more differences than I expected.
Compared to Dutch people [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomvanlamoen.wordpress.com&blog=3848023&post=162&subd=tomvanlamoen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Commitment</title>
		<link>http://tomvanlamoen.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/commitment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom van Lamoen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does owning part of the company make you more commited to your job?
I consider myself as a commited employee. I hope my colleagues think the same of me. Some time ago I had a talk with Ha and his opinion is that people get more (even) commited as they own part of the company. Maybe the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomvanlamoen.wordpress.com&blog=3848023&post=153&subd=tomvanlamoen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pareto principle</title>
		<link>http://tomvanlamoen.wordpress.com/2008/11/09/pareto-principle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom van Lamoen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pareto&#8217;s principle, the 80-20 rule, is of course also true for projects. Some examples:

80% of the project managers time is spend on 20% of the team.
80% of the work is delivered by 20% of the team (and most of the time not the 20% in the above example).
80% of what the client wants takes up only 20% [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomvanlamoen.wordpress.com&blog=3848023&post=128&subd=tomvanlamoen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Focusing on results can look strict</title>
		<link>http://tomvanlamoen.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/focusing-on-results-can-look-strict/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom van Lamoen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In projects it&#8217;s important to focus on results. The business case is the main result we want to reach. But the teams also need to book smaller results, contributing to the business case, the work packages. Without finished work packages the business case is not fullfilled. So as a project manager I have to focus [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomvanlamoen.wordpress.com&blog=3848023&post=126&subd=tomvanlamoen&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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