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<title><![CDATA[OGC]]></title>
<link>http://energio.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/ogc/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Gio</dc:creator>
<guid>http://energio.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/ogc/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Vorrei tanto sperare che le due immagini non siano in qualche modo collegate: ricorderete le polemic]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Vorrei tanto sperare che le due immagini non siano in qualche modo collegate: ricorderete le polemiche sulla prima immagine, lascio immaginare <a title="OGO water @ lovely package " href="http://lovelypackage.com/ogo-water/" target="_blank">per la seconda</a>&#8230;</p>

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<title><![CDATA[Classic Rap Video Round Up]]></title>
<link>http://nicolasheller.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/classic-rap-video-round-up/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jonathan Tanners</dc:creator>
<guid>http://nicolasheller.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/classic-rap-video-round-up/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Some favorites, some overlooked gems, some time wasters for your Sunday evening. Hype Williams sold ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Some favorites, some overlooked gems, some time wasters for your Sunday evening. Hype Williams sold ]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Tiedätkö mikä on hashtag]]></title>
<link>http://pohjoisviitta.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/tiedatko-mika-on-hashtag/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>amroos</dc:creator>
<guid>http://pohjoisviitta.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/tiedatko-mika-on-hashtag/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hashtag eli #tag on merkki, jonka voi lisätä Twitter-viestiin ja aiheesta kiinnostuneet voivat sitte]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hashtag eli #tag on merkki, jonka voi lisätä Twitter-viestiin ja aiheesta kiinnostuneet voivat sitte]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Descarga de ficheros desde Web Coverage Service (WCS)]]></title>
<link>http://victorvelarde.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/descarga-de-ficheros-desde-web-coverage-service-wcs/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>VictorVelarde</dc:creator>
<guid>http://victorvelarde.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/descarga-de-ficheros-desde-web-coverage-service-wcs/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Este script sirve para realizar peticiones a un servicio OGC-WCS para, dado un encuadre y una ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Este script sirve para realizar peticiones a un servicio OGC-WCS para, dado un encuadre y una &#8216;coverage&#8217; conocida, descargar su información a local en ficheros. Está realizado  con python y utiliza la librería urllib2. Los ficheros raster generados, en Geotiff o AsciiGrid, pueden luego cargarse en cualquier programa GIS o manipularse con librerías estándar como gdal.</p>
<p><strong>UtilidadesWCS.py</strong></p>
<pre>
import os
import time
import urllib2

'''
Utilidad de extraccion de servicio WCS
@author: VictorVelarde (victor.velarde@gmail.com)
'''
class ServicioWCS(object):
"""
Utilidad para generar peticiones a un servicio OGC-WCS y guardar los resultados en disco
"""

ANCHURA_PETICION = 10000 #mismas unidades que el sistema de proyeccion
SEGUNDOS_ESPERA_ENTRE_PETICIONES = 5

def __init__(self, url):
''' Constructor con url del servicio, p.ej: http://www.idee.es/wcs/IDEE-WCS-UTM30N/wcsServlet? '''
    self.url = url

def ExtraerFicheros(self, xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax, directorioSalida, formatoWCS):
    if(os.path.isdir(directorioSalida) == False):
        os.mkdir(directorioSalida)

    print 'Inicio de la extraccion'
    i = 1

    for x in range(xmin, xmax, ServicioWCS.ANCHURA_PETICION):
        for y in range(ymin, ymax, ServicioWCS.ANCHURA_PETICION):
            url = ('%s?REQUEST=GetCoverage&#38;SERVICE=WCS&#38;VERSION=1.0.0&#38;FORMAT=%s&#38;COVERAGE=MDT25_peninsula_zip&#38;BBOX=%f,%f,%f,%f&#38;CRS=EPSG:23030&#38;RESX=25&#38;RESY=25' %(self.url, formatoWCS, x, y, x + ServicioWCS.ANCHURA_PETICION,
y + ServicioWCS.ANCHURA_PETICION))
            print url
            peticion = urllib2.Request(url)
            respuesta = urllib2.urlopen(peticion)
            extension = {FormatoWCS.ASCII_GRID : '.asc', FormatoWCS.GEOTIFF: '.tif'}
            fileHandle = open('%s/%03d%s' %(directorioSalida, i, extension[formatoWCS]), 'wb')
            fileHandle.write(respuesta.read())
            fileHandle.close()

            time.sleep(ServicioWCS.SEGUNDOS_ESPERA_ENTRE_PETICIONES)
            i = i + 1

            print 'Fin de la extraccion'

class FormatoWCS:
    ASCII_GRID = 'AsciiGrid'
    GEOTIFF = 'Geotiff'

Y para ejecutarlo:

from UtilidadesWCS import ServicioWCS, FormatoWCS

servicio = ServicioWCS("http://www.idee.es/wcs/IDEE-WCS-UTM30N/wcsServlet")

servicio.ExtraerFicheros(333850.0, 4728100.0, 503850.0, 4888100.0, "extraccion", FormatoWCS.ASCII_GRID)

servicio.ExtraerFicheros(333850.0, 4728100.0, 503850.0, 4888100.0, "extraccion", FormatoWCS.GEOTIFF)
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<p>PD. Está claro que las tabulaciones no son lo suyo para el wordpress&#8230; Intentaré buscar una solución y corregir el post. De todas maneras, si alguien está interesado en el fichero .py que me lo pida. Saludos</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Horror Squad]]></title>
<link>http://havenfortheobsessed.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/horror-squad/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>JP</dc:creator>
<guid>http://havenfortheobsessed.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/horror-squad/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I start this post with an obvious reference to Dawn of War&#8217;s Chaos Space Marines&#8217; unit: ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[OGC retira ITIL V2]]></title>
<link>http://mundoitil.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/ogc-retira-itil-v2/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Lela</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mundoitil.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/ogc-retira-itil-v2/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Em junho de 2009 a OGC anunciou que a itSMF International realizava um levantamento na comunidade pa]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[OGC anuncia timeline de retirada do ITIL v2]]></title>
<link>http://dropslight.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/ogc-anuncia-timeline-de-retirada-do-itil-v2/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:27:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Olímpio José Santos</dc:creator>
<guid>http://dropslight.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/ogc-anuncia-timeline-de-retirada-do-itil-v2/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Após análise cuidadosa, a OGC finaliza um plano de descontinuamento do ITILv2 O notícia foi veiculad]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Após análise cuidadosa, a OGC finaliza um plano de descontinuamento do ITILv2 O notícia foi veiculad]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Good Old ITIL V2 is dying &ndash; It&rsquo;s &lsquo;execution&rsquo; date is announced!]]></title>
<link>http://vagrasala.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/the-good-old-itil-v2-is-dying-its-execution-date-is-announced/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Vinod Agrasala</dc:creator>
<guid>http://vagrasala.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/the-good-old-itil-v2-is-dying-its-execution-date-is-announced/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I thought good  practice schemes have a natural death – when newer, better practices comes to the fo]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Retrograde?]]></title>
<link>http://havenfortheobsessed.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/retrograde/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>JP</dc:creator>
<guid>http://havenfortheobsessed.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/retrograde/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been more than ten days since my last post. During that time interval, I had this weird s]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ITIL V3 &ndash; revision &ndash; OGC/TSO call for authors &amp; reviewers]]></title>
<link>http://vagrasala.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/itil-v3-revision-ogctso-call-for-authors-reviewers/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Vinod Agrasala</dc:creator>
<guid>http://vagrasala.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/itil-v3-revision-ogctso-call-for-authors-reviewers/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The stake holders world over have been debating the mandate from OGC to revise ITIL V3 core publicat]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Public sector tendering - lost in translation..?]]></title>
<link>http://blog.tendersdirect.co.uk/2009/10/26/public-sector-tendering-jargon/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Neil Thompson</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blog.tendersdirect.co.uk/2009/10/26/public-sector-tendering-jargon/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Have you ever come across a tender that looks interesting but you just don’t have a clue what it’s t]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong><em>Have you ever come across a tender that looks interesting but you just don’t have a clue what it’s talking about?</em></strong></p>
<p>Buyers, often with the best intentions, sometimes include terminology that is quite frankly harder to understand than ‘The Theory of Everything’ by Stephen Hawkings. If you’re new to public sector tendering, here’s a simple jargon buster of some of the most commonly used terms that may just save your PC from being thrown out the window…!</p>
<p><strong>Approved List</strong><br />
An eligible list of potential suppliers.</p>
<p><strong>Consortia<br />
</strong>A group of organisations.</p>
<p><strong>Contract Award Notice</strong><br />
Notification of the award of a contract, including successful supplier details and duration of contract.</p>
<p><strong>Contract Notice<br />
</strong>Invitation to tender for Works, Supplies or Services.</p>
<p><strong>CPV Codes</strong><br />
Common Procurement Vocabulary &#8211; industry classification system. For a comprehensive list please go to:  <a href="http://simap.europa.eu/codes-and-nomenclatures/codes-cpv/codes-cpv_en.htm" target="_blank">http://simap.europa.eu/codes-and-nomenclatures/codes-cpv/codes-cpv_en.htm</a></p>
<p><strong>EOI</strong><br />
Expression of Interest &#8211; responses of interest from suppliers.</p>
<p><strong>Framework Agreement</strong><br />
An agreement with suppliers which set out terms and conditions under which specific call-offs (purchases) can be made throughout the term of the agreement (can also be referred to as a Call off Contract)</p>
<p><strong>ITT</strong><br />
Invitation to Tender &#8211; an invitation to suppliers to bid for the provision of works, goods or services.</p>
<p><strong>MEAT<br />
</strong>Most Economically Advantageous Tender &#8211; the basis for the award of any contract not being awarded on lowest price.  If the purchaser is awarding a contract based on MEAT, they must also specify the criteria and weightings that they will apply to this judgement.</p>
<p><strong>OJEU</strong><br />
Official Journal of the European Union &#8211; formerly known as OJEC (Official Journal of the European Community).</p>
<p><strong>OGC<br />
</strong>The Office of Government Commerce &#8211; an independent office of HM Treasury, established to help Government deliver best value from its spending.</p>
<p><strong>PFI</strong><br />
Private Finance Initiative &#8211; a partnership between the public and private sector which is used for high risk / high value contracts.</p>
<p><strong>PIN</strong><br />
Prior Information Notice &#8211; advance notice of contracts which will be placed mainly for items of major expenditure.</p>
<p><strong>PPP</strong><br />
Public Private Partnership &#8211; very similar to a PFI arrangement, but the aim is centered more on service delivery rather than finance.</p>
<p><strong>PQQ<br />
</strong>Pre-Qualification Questionnaire &#8211; this document is used in a restricted procedure tendering process where the responses are used to shortlist suppliers.</p>
<p><strong>RFQ<br />
</strong>Request for Quotation</p>
<p><strong>Shortlist<br />
</strong>A list of suppliers that have been successful in meeting the requirements of a pre-qualification questionnaire.</p>
<p><strong>SLA<br />
</strong>Service Level Agreement &#8211; enforcing the KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) of the Contract.</p>
<p><strong>Specification</strong><br />
The document used to establish the requirements for the goods or services being purchased.</p>
<p><strong>Standstill Period<br />
</strong>Sometimes referred to as the ‘Alcatel Period’ &#8211; the contracting authority must allow a period of 10 days between the date suppliers are notified about the outcome of the tender process and the date that they sign the contract or framework agreement. This allows unsuccessful bidders to request a review of an award decision from the relevant contracting authority. </p>
<p><strong>Supplementary Vocabulary<br />
</strong>Designed to describe the subject matter of CPV Codes &#8211; a more refined classification.</p>
<p><strong><em> </em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>Tender Notice Procedure Types:</em></strong></p>
<p><strong>Competitive Dialogue</strong><br />
Used only for particularly complex contracts &#8211; i.e. where you are unable to define the technical means or the legal/financial make-up (preferred option for PFI/PPP contracts).</p>
<p><strong>Negotiated Procedure</strong><br />
Use reserved for exceptional circumstances only, i.e. failure of a previous procedure, where no pricing structure can be set, for some services which cannot be adequately specified and some research &#38; development contracts.</p>
<p><strong>Open Procedure</strong><br />
Tenders invited from all interested parties.</p>
<p><strong>Restricted Procedure</strong><br />
Tenders invited from providers meeting the requirements of the pre-qualification questionnaire.</p>
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<p><strong>Thresholds</strong> <br />
The EU sets financial thresholds over which all public sector contracts must be advertised. For more guidance on thresholds please go to: <a href="http://www.tendersdirect.co.uk/Help/Threshholds.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.tendersdirect.co.uk/Help/Threshholds.aspx</a></p>
<p><strong>TUPE</strong><br />
The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations. The purpose of TUPE is to preserve continuity of employment and to safeguard employment rights of all employees whose employment transfers to a new employer as a result of a relevant transfer.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Railguns, Arc Welders and a Little Remuneration]]></title>
<link>http://havenfortheobsessed.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/railguns-arc-welders-and-a-little-remuneration/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>JP</dc:creator>
<guid>http://havenfortheobsessed.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/railguns-arc-welders-and-a-little-remuneration/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[After two weeks of hell, I&#8217;ve finally gone through our periodical exams. Right now, I&#8217;m ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tories will 'unleash an army of armchair auditors' to spend money better]]></title>
<link>http://blog.tendersdirect.co.uk/2009/10/06/tories-will-unleash-an-army-of-armchair-auditors-to-spend-money-better/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tim Williams</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blog.tendersdirect.co.uk/2009/10/06/tories-will-unleash-an-army-of-armchair-auditors-to-spend-money-better/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Francis Maude - Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office Speaking at the Conservative party conference]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="attachment_54" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 150px"><a href="http://www.conservatives.com/People/Meet_the_Shadow_Cabinet.aspx"><img class="size-full wp-image-54" title="Francis Maude" src="http://millstreamassoc.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/francis_maude.jpg" alt="Francis Maude - Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office" width="140" height="199" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Francis Maude - Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office</p></div>
<p>Speaking at the Conservative party conference in Manchester yesterday, Francis Maude, Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office, said the party would publish online, every item of government expenditure over £25,000 and all government tender documents for contracts worth over £10,000.</p>
<p>The Shadow Minister said that he thought that this would allow &#8216;an army of armchair auditors&#8217; to crawl all over the governments accounts and not only help them to spend money better, but it would also help to rebuild trust.</p>
<p>This isn&#8217;t the first time that politicians have promised to make government procurement more transparent:</p>
<ul>
<li>In 2003 the Better Regulation Task Force published &#8216;Government <a href="http://archive.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/brc/upload/assets/www.brc.gov.uk/smeprocurement.pdf" target="_blank">Supporter and Customer</a>?&#8217; Recomendation No. 1 was that the government should advertise &#8217;<span style="font-family:HelveticaNeue-Roman;">lower value contracts from across central government and include information on future contract opportunities.&#8217; This set the scene for the <a href="http://www.supply2.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Supply2.gov</a> website, which due to a woeful lack of support from the Department of Business failed to reach its true potential and is due to be replaced by a new website implementing the Glover recommendations (see below).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:HelveticaNeue-Roman;">In 2005 the Office of Government Commerce and the Small Business Service published <a href="http://www.ogc.gov.uk/documents/CP0083_Small_supplier_better_value.pdf" target="_blank">&#8216;Smaller supplier&#8230;..better value?</a>&#8216; which pointed out the challenges facing SME&#8217;s and how the government could help by publishing their future contracts online.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:HelveticaNeue-Roman;"><span style="font-family:HelveticaNeue-Roman;">Also in 2005 the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (when John Prescott was still a force to be reckoned with) published the <a href="http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/localgovernment/pdf/135262.pdf" target="_blank">&#8216;Small Business Friendly Concordat: Good Practice Guidance&#8217;</a> which yet again urged public sector organisations to use their websites to publish &#8216;</span></span>details of forthcoming bidding opportunities.&#8217;</li>
<li>In 2006 the then Scottish Executive published a <a href="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/96269/0023302.pdf" target="_blank">&#8216;Review of Public Procurement in Scotland&#8217;</a> authored by John McClelland, which recommended that &#8216;a single public sector “electronic portal” should be established. Suppliers must be able to access all essential information on opportunities to offer services and bid for contracts for the supply of commodities and services to the whole Public Sector in Scotland.&#8217; This report resulted in the establishment of the rather effective <a href="http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Public Contracts Scotland</a> website in 2008, which is run by the (some say, brilliant) team behind <a href="http://www.TendersDirect.co.uk/?source=blog" target="_self">Tenders Direct</a>.</li>
<li>Most recently in November 2008, the Glover report or <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/pbr08_economicengine_2390.pdf" target="_blank">&#8216;Accelerating the SME economic engine: through transparent, simple and strategic procurement,&#8217;</a> as it was more formally known, yet again, you guessed it, recommended that:
<ul>
<li>&#8216;By 2010, contract opportunities above £20,000 across the whole public sector should be advertised electronically with standard indicative contract value ranges, and accessible through a single, free, easy to search online portal.&#8217;</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p>So at numerous times over the last six years, various politicians, government departments, quango&#8217;s and notable report authors have called for more transparency in the publication of government contracts.</p>
<p>The main barrier to progress has definitely been the lack of a clear lead by central government, either to publish its own contracts, or to establish an infrastructure and clear guidelines or regulations to ensure that other public bodies publish their contracts. The secondary barrier has been an unwillingness by staff in local authorities, NHS trusts, etc., to publish their contracts. This unwilling attitude stems from a variety of reasons such as a fear that they will be inundated with suppliers, that they want to keep contracts for local suppliers, that they &#8216;know&#8217; who the best suppliers are anyway. Provided the procurement activity is approached professionally these fears are either groundless, well intentioned, but illegal and ineffective, or simply wrong. All of them get in the way of efficient procurement, or as the Right Honorable Member for Horsham put it yesterday we need to &#8217;spend money better.&#8217;</p>
<p> The Department for Business and the Office of Government Commerce have been making some progress towards implementing the recommendations contained in the Glover Report. Unfortunately progress appears to have slowed as the General Election looms closer. At least it seems that the Tories have a similar, if not even greater, enthusiasm to open up public procurement, so that regardless of who wins power next year we should have a new era of open access to government contracts.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Software ITIL]]></title>
<link>http://itsmfpt.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/software-itil-2/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Pedro Tavares Silva</dc:creator>
<guid>http://itsmfpt.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/software-itil-2/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A OGC e o APM Group confirmaram que o novo esquema de certificação ITIL para software já está operac]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>A OGC e o APM Group confirmaram que o novo esquema de certificação ITIL para software já está operacional, permitindo aos produtores de software para a gestão de serviços de TI certificarem os seus produtos.</p>
<p>Pessoalmente a ideia desagrada-me. As ferramentas não criam os processos. Ter software com “selo ITIL” ajuda a criar a falta noção de que adoptámos ITIL, o que requer uma maior &#8220;quantidade&#8221; de gestão da mudança do que de funcionalidades.</p>
<p>Mais informação em:<br />
<a href="http://www.best-management-practice.com/?FO=1274034&#38;DI=620145">http://www.best-management-practice.com/?FO=1274034&#38;DI=620145</a><br />
<a href="http://www.itil-officialsite.com/SoftwareScheme/ITILSoftwareScheme.asp">http://www.itil-officialsite.com/SoftwareScheme/ITILSoftwareScheme.asp</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Is this a poisoned chalice I SRO before me?]]></title>
<link>http://stewartlong.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/is-this-a-poisoned-chalice-i-sro-before-me/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>stewartlong</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Or is it a dagger? Either way a gin and tonic would be more palatable perhaps ! I note some rather s]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Or is it a dagger? Either way a gin and tonic would be more palatable perhaps ! I note some rather sniffy press coverage of the recent OGC review of the review of the role of the Senior Responsible Owner (SRO). Mainly along the lines of the report being a statement of the blooming obvious. <a href="http://www.ogc.gov.uk/documents/Lessons_learned_5_The_SRO_Role_Sep_09.pdf">You can judge for yourself here.</a></p>
<p>Having  now read the full report it strikes me the press coverage is rather unfair as the OGC report contains much valuable learning especially as understanding and defining the role of the SRO in an area where so many organisations struggle.</p>
<p>For those of you who have not been reading their MSP manuals lately the Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) role is important and pivotal in ensuring that projects deliver their expected outcomes and benefits. The role was first proposed for IT-enabled projects in the McCartney Report in 2000; prior to this, it was often difficult to identify the individual with responsibility for the successful outcome of a major project. In recognition of its importance, the role is now mandated across all UK Government projects. The SRO role is widely regarded as an essential innovation that increases the chances of project success by helping to establish clear objectives and better decision making both internally and in the management of any third party suppliers involved in delivery.</p>
<p>The SRO role is especially important in programmes of change. It is the SRO who should take personal ownership for ensuring that a project or programme meets its objectives and delivers the expected and planned benefits. Crucially the SRO should be the owner of the overall business change that is being supported by the project. This allows the SRO to ensure that the change maintains its business focus and does not get bogged down in minutiae and the techy detail stuff so loved by many of us who earn a crust from ICT. It goes without saying that this person must be very senior, have the necessary authority and be recognised as  THE  ultimate authority in relation to the programme throughout the organisation.</p>
<p>Sounds simple? No near impossible to be candid and this OGC report is useful in highlighting why it&#8217;s such a difficult &#8211; some might say impossible &#8211; role. It contains some good stuff in terms of lessons learned and some valuable practical advice.</p>
<p>From my perspective it seems to me that within local government the SRO concept is still relatively immature and underdeveloped. Two things strike me as being particularly important.</p>
<p>Firstly, understanding what the SRO is and what it isn&#8217;t and ensuring that the person doing the role &#8216;gets it&#8217;. If the SRO does not properly understand their role then things are sticky from the outset. Perhaps a way of thinking about this is to consider it as an extension of the Project Executive role (in PRINCE terms) but with a specific emphasis on being FULLY engaged with the work of the planned business change. The SRO should be prepared to take active decisions and should be proactive in providing leadership and direction throughout the life of the Project or Programme. Crucially the SRO should be responsible for ensuring the organisation can fully exploit the outcome of the change such that the benefits are delivered as a result of that outcome. There are three important things here : Ownership, ownership and ownership !</p>
<p>The second big thing for me is giving the SRO the time to do the job properly. That means space  within their &#8216;day job&#8217; &#8211; so ask yourself the question &#8220;what am I NOT going to do?&#8221; and crucially &#8220;who is going to do those parts of the day job that I won&#8217;t be doing instead of me?&#8221;.  If you don&#8217;t think about these questions and re-allocate day job  roles and duties from the outset (and for the duration of the project/programme) then it almost won&#8217;t work and it will turn out to be that poisoned chalice !</p>
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<link>http://diariodaproducao.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/ca-service-desk-manager-12-recebe-nivel-mais-alto-de-certificacao/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
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<link>http://havenfortheobsessed.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/legion-of-heroes/</link>
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<description><![CDATA[After all the discussion about the refresh of the refresh of ITIL V3 you can imagine the surprise I ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>After all the discussion about the refresh of the refresh of ITIL V3 you can imagine the surprise I got this morning when I saw this in an online bookshop:</p>
<p><a href="http://search.a1books.com/cgi-bin/mktSearch?act=showDesc&#38;ITEM_CODE=0113310471">ITIL Version 4 (itil)</a></p>
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<h1 style="font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;">itil Version 4 (itil)</h1>
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<td style="font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;" align="left"><strong>$132.59</strong></td>
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<p>Not everybody might find this funny, but it made me laugh!</p>
<p>Oh, and when you look back in the list they have for sale &#8211; there is also an itil version 5 and 6 if remember correctly.</p>
<p>But seriously &#8211; The current version of the ITIL framework is ITIL V3  which consists of 5 core volumes:</p>
<p>- Service Strategy</p>
<p>- Service Design</p>
<p>- Service Transition</p>
<p>- Service Operations</p>
<p>- Continual Service Improvement</p>
<p>OGC (the owner of the framework) has just announced that a refresh of this version will take place to rectify some mistakes, but the current version is still version 3.</p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Fobia a creat noul Redirect Personalizat Lux PGL Zone pentru cel mai tare server de Counter-Strike 1.6 din Romania, Lux.PGLZone.Ro.</p>
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Link-urile de download sunt urmatoarele:<br />
Link 1: <a title="Descarca Redirectul Personalizat Lux PGL Zone pentru jucatorii celui mai bun server de CS 1.6 din Romania, Lux.PGLZone.Ro" href="http://www.mediafire.com/?jfttwjdwegj">Descarca Redirect Lux PGL Zone de pe Media Fire</a><br />
Link 2: <a title="Descarca Redirectul Personalizat Lux PGL Zone pentru jucatorii celui mai bun server de CS 1.6 din Romania, Lux.PGLZone.Ro" href="http://www.fbx.ro/fjub6ojz969i7q4p">Descarca Redirect Lux PGL Zone de pe File Box</a></p>
<p>Pe forumul Lux PGL Zone poti vizualiza un tutorial de instalare si folosire al acestuia, realizat de Fobia.<br />
Vezi noutatile de pe site <a href="http://www.luxpglzone.lx.ro/news_redirect.php">http://www.luxpglzone.lx.ro/news_redirect.php</a><br />
Vezi tutorialul de instalare si folosire, cum descarci, precum si alte anunturi despre redirect, pe forumul Lux, aici : <a href="http://luxpglzone.lx.ro/forum/showthread.php?tid=70">http://luxpglzone.lx.ro/forum/showthread.php?tid=70</a></p>
<p>Va asteptam pe <strong>UN SERVER UNDE ITI VEI GASI NASUL</strong>, Lux PGL Zone, Server Counter-Strike 1.6, ce functioneaza non-stop, la adresa Lux.PGLZone.Ro.</p>
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<link>http://vagrasala.wordpress.com/2009/09/12/get-ready-for-the-inevitable-itil-revision-again/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 06:34:52 +0000</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[OGC recently released the project requirements for an update to the ITIL Core publications. The aim ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>OGC recently released the project requirements for an update to the ITIL Core publications.</p>
<p><strong>The aim for this update project would be :</strong></p>
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<li><em>To update the publications in line with a number of issues raised in the Change Control Log. Not everything will be addressed – some technical changes are seen as too much for this evolutionary change</em></li>
<li><em>To remedy the inconsistencies that exist between the content and layout of the publications</em></li>
<li><em>To answer some of the criticisms that have been leveled at the core publications by the training community</em></li>
<li><em>To simplify the Service Strategy publication to ensure that the concepts are readily understood and that the content is accessible to a greater number of users.</em></li>
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<p><strong>Some of the key updates which are in scope for this edition (not version) would be :</strong></p>
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<li><em>Look at remedying inconsistencies within the content of the five books: </em>
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<li><em>Roles need to be made consistent across the books, ensuring that the activities apply only to one role</em></li>
<li><em>Clarify that the organizational structures given as examples are indicative rather than prescriptive</em></li>
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<li><em>Restructure the guidance to ensure that all five publications are organized in the same way: </em>
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<li><em>Ensure that each process has goals, purpose and objectives</em></li>
<li><em>Look at how the processes are dealt with, and ensure a common treatment for all</em></li>
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<li><em>Ensure that the books are aligned, w • here relevant, with guidance in MSP™, M_o_R®, PRINCE2® and P3O®.</em></li>
<li><em>Give clear explanations and descriptions of roles and responsibilities</em></li>
<li><em>Standardize the use of glossary definitions within the five titles. Ensure that the explanations in the text align with those in the glossary</em></li>
<li><em>Update to the glossary to take account of the comments made in the Change Control Log</em></li>
<li><em>Examine the definition and usage of the roles of Product Manager and Service Owner</em></li>
<li><em>Ensure that service catalogue manager appears within Service Operation</em></li>
<li><em>Redesign the content according to OGC’s updated style guidelines.</em></li>
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<p>Please see the official document <a href="http://www.best-management-practice.com/gempdf/ITIL_Mandate_for_Change_0909.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p>Information Source : <a href="http://www.best-management-practice.com/" target="_blank">OGC Best Management Practice Website</a>.</p>
<p>I personally think this is a good idea to make these updates. Having gone through the Service Strategy and Design books myself, I found them very difficult to understand and vague. This should help those two books and the entire audience who refers back to the core publications.</p>
<p>Also click <a href="http://www.itskeptic.org/ogc-revising-itil-again" target="_blank">here</a> for some interesting thoughts and discussion on this topic.</p>
<p style="text-align:right;"><em>Text source for this post : Project Requirements Document for update to Core Publications</em></p>
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<dc:creator>Diego Nei</dc:creator>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">Hoje, em nossa série Metodologias de Gerenciamento de Projetos, vamos entrevista Elizabeth Harrin. Elizabeth, autora do premiado blog <a href="http://www.pm4girls.co.uk" target="_blank">A Girl&#8217;s Guide to Project Management</a> e do livro <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1902505816?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=wwwelizabharr-21&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1634&#38;creative=6738&#38;creativeASIN=1902505816" target="_blank">Project Management in the Real World</a>, escreve uma para uma grande variedade de publicações sobre Gerenciamento de Projetos e é uma dos membros fundadores do PMI&#8217;s New Media Council  e uma praticante de PRINCE2.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000080;">Olá Elizabeth, obrigado pela entrevista, como você está?</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#800000;">Bem, obrigada!</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000080;">Elizabeth, Como surgiu o PRINCE2?</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#800000;">PRINCE2 é uma sigla para Projetos em Ambientes Controlados (do Inglês Projects IN Controlled Environments) e é uma metodologia de gerenciamento de projetos amplamente usada. Primeiro veio PRINCE em 1989, como o padrão de gerenciamento de projetos de TI do governo Britânico. Desde então, tem sido adotado pelos setores públicos e privados mundialmente e revisado diversas vezes; PRINCE2 foi a revisão mais significativa. A versão mais recente, lançada em Junho de 2009, dividiu o manual em dois, um cobrindo gerentes de projetos e outro sobre patrocinadores de projetos (sponsors).</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000080;">Em linhas gerais, como funciona o PRINCE2?</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#800000;">Bom, eu tenho que dar uma revisada nisso já que vou prestar re-certificação ainda este ano! Essencialmente, PRINCE2 se baseia em processos, com processos cobrindo iniciando o projeto, dirigindo o projeto, executando o projeto, gerenciando limites (encerrar e se mover entre estágios do projeto), controlando um estágio, gerenciando entregas (existe uma ênfase em planejamento baseado em produtos) e encerrando o projeto. Isto tudo é feito em um ambiente composto de sete temas: business case, organização, qualidade, planos, risco, mudança e progresso.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000080;">Como esses temas se correlacionam com o ciclo de vida do projeto encontrado no PMBoK?</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#800000;">Também existe um ciclo de vida no PRINCE2, os temas são o ambiente no qual este ciclo de vida acontece. Eu não sou PMP, então tive que escavar minha velha copia do PMBoK para dar uma pesquisada. Eu acho que a seção sobre ciclo de vida do projeto muito pobre, apenas uma página. Mas eu posso ter deixa de ver alguma coisa! No PRINCE2 você inicia no pré-projeto, o estagio de iniciação, estágio de entregas (você pode determinar vários se o projeto for muito longo) e então o estágio da entrega final, que significa o encerramento do projeto. Max Wideman escreveu sobre as diferenças entre o PMBoK e PRINCE2, vocês podem ler o artigo em pdf <a href="http://www.maxwideman.com/papers/comparing/comparing.pdf" target="_blank">aqui</a>. É velho, mas continua muito bom.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000080;">No que a metodologia do PRINCE2 difere do framework do PMBoK?</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#800000;">PRINCE2 oferece um caminho completo para se tirar um projeto do papel, desenvolvê-lo e entregá-lo, o que é uma das dificuldades de alguns gerentes de projetos iniciantes. Prince2 inclui uma discussão de como iniciar um projeto e detalhes práticos sobre controle de mudanças, algo que apenas estudar para a certificação PMP  não lhe dará. Então, quando o PMBoK lhe diz que precisará de uma forma de gerenciar projetos (e mudanças), PRINCE2 vai lhe dizer como fazer isso.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#800000;">Existem outras diferenças: o PMBoK costuma falar sobre aquisições, enquanto PRINCE2 assume que você está operando dentro de um ambiente restringido por contratos, devido as suas raízes em projetos governamentais de TI. Você não encontrará nada em PRINCE2 sobre gerenciamento de pessoas ou soft skills para o gerente de projetos, apesar destes assuntos serem tratados em outras publicações do <a href="http://www.ogc.gov.uk/" target="_blank">OGC</a>.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000080;">Os conceitos de PRINCE2 são exclusivos ou complementares aos do PMBoK?</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#800000;">PRINCE2 não é exclusivo, dá para trabalhar com o PMBoK. se você tiver a autoridade e os recursos, não há razões par que o PMBoK e a metodologia PRINCE2 não possam ser colocadas em uso efetivo no mesmo projeto. Na verdade, um numero cada vez maior de gerentes de projeto está fazendo exatamente isso, e mostrando o valor de se utilizar o PMBoK e o PRINCE2 para complementar um ao outro</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#800000;">A chave para fazer metodologias flexíveis como o PRINCE2 e frameworks como o PMBoK funcionarem juntos é ser flexível você mesmo. Escolha as partes de cada que agregarão mais valor ao seu projeto.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#800000;">O PMBoK possui uma grande quantidade de detalhes que vão lhe ajudar a lidar com o projeto de uma forma mais profissional. Aplicar tudo que está no PMBoK, entretanto, seria contra produtivo e irreal. Com PRINCE2 é a mesma coisa: não há por que seguir a risca o fluxo de trabalho sugerido no livro se lhe fará gastar três vezes mais para realizar alguma coisa.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000080;">Quais os pontos fortes da metodologia PRINCE2?</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#800000;">É muito estruturado. Sua forma de lidar com o desenvolvimento de uma mesa diretora ou grupo de projetos é bem clara e existe uma ênfase em seus papeis e responsabilidade. Existe muita documentação e você não precisa fazer tudo que existe nela, mas o que você realmente fizer ajuda as pessoas a entender o escopo do projeto e fazer as coisas da forma certa.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000080;">E quais os fracos?</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#800000;">Como eu disse, PRINCE2 não cobre trabalho com pessoas e gerenciamento de times, e conseguir o melhor das pessoas é o que fazemos diariamente. Isso parece um grande escorregão da parte da metodologia, especialmente quando projetos se estendem de uma parte tão crítica não coberta no standard. O PMBoK fala da necessidade de um patrocinador ma não se aprofunda no assunto, não sendo assim tão melhor, na minha opinião. Pela minha experiência, uma mesa diretora assegura um buy-in (aceitação) das entregas e benefícios do projeto muito mais abrangente  dentro da organização. O problema desta mesa diretora é que ela é muito mais difícil de se compor e gerenciar, e algumas vezes, ter uma pessoa provendo patrocínio por parte do setor executivo é tudo que se precisa para um processo rápido de tomada de decisões. Mesas diretoras também podem ser demais para projetos pequenos, assim como documentação em demasia.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000080;">Existe algum tipo de projeto em que o PRINCE2 seja mais recomendado?</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#800000;">Não, nenhum que eu saiba.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000080;">Quais as principais ferramentas e softwares usados no PRINCE2?</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#800000;">Não existe nenhuma recomendação de software ou ferramentas, você use o que achar melhor, ou nada. Existem várias templates de documentos e as organizações costumam escolher algumas delas.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000080;">Onde podemos achar estas templates? Elas são gratuitas?</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#800000;">Elas estão no <a href="http://www.prince-officialsite.com/Resources/Resources.asp" target="_blank">site </a>do PRINCE2 e sim, são gratuitas. Se você passar no exame para certificação em PRINCE2 você ganha acesso gratuito por um ano ao site <a href="http://www.pm4success.com/indexb.asp" target="_blank">pm4success</a>, onde você pode encontrar muitos recursos. Se você não gostar das templates &#8216;oficiais&#8217;, procure online e veja o que consegue de graça. Um bom lugar para começar é o site <a href="http://onprojects.net/prince2-templates/" target="_blank">On Projects</a>.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000080;">O PMI regula a Certificação PMP. Qual a agencia que regula as certificações para PRINCE2?</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#800000;">O Grupo APM administra os exames e certificações em PRINCE2, sob autorização do OGC (Office of Government Commerce), que é o dono da metodologia.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000080;">Qual o processo para se obter a certificação? Existem critérios de elegibilidade?</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#800000;">Não existem critérios de elegibilidade para nenhum dos exames. Faça um treinamento, ou aprenda direto do manual, e então faça a prova. Os resultados para Foundation chegam normalmente em no Maximo um dia. Demora um pouco mais saber se você passou na modalidade Practitioner.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000080;">Ainda sobre as certificações, quais as diferenças entre as modalidades Foundation e Practitioner?</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#800000;">A modalidade Foundation é sobre conhecimento, Practitioner é sobre ser capaz de aplicar este conhecimento em situações práticas e entregar projetos com sucesso. Um treinamento  para Practitioner leva geralmente cinco dias, onde você aprende o básico no inicio da semana, faz o exame para Foundation na quarta e então aprende os tópicos mais avançados e faz o exame para Practitioner na sexta.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#800000;">Como você poderia esperar, o exame para Practitioner é maior, mais difícil e tem uma média maior do que o Foundation!</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000080;">Como se faz para manter as certificações? Existe algo como os PDUs do PMI?</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#800000;">Não, não existe nada como os PDUs. Você faz uma prova de re-certificação a cada cinco anos. A prova tem uma duração de uma hora.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000080;">No Brasil, onde podemos achar exames para certificação PRINCE2?</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#800000;">Não consegui encontrar nenhum curso de PRINCE2, mas você pode conseguir achar locais para a prova. Procure na lista de centros credenciados <a href="http://www.apmgroup.co.uk/PRINCE2/InternationalActivities/PRINCE2InternationalActivities.asp" target="_blank">aqui</a>, contate o Grupo APM ou o British  Council.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000080;">Como você vê o crescimento do uso do PRINCE2 no mundo, tendo em vista que a certificação PMP está tão em voga?</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#800000;">Eu não sei de onde tiraram essa idéia de que PRINCE2 é uma coisa pequena. Parece haver uma crença nos Estados Unidos de que PRINCE2 é usado apenas por um punhado de pessoas numa pequena vila longe de Tunbridge Wells, mas este realmente não é o caso.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000080;">*Risos*</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#800000;">PRINCE2 é usado em 160 países. O exame está disponível em nove línguas e o manual em sete. Existem mas de 250.000 candidatos qualificados e 2.000 exames por semana ao redor do mundo. Foi registrado um crescimento anual de 20%  e como as empresas voltadas para projetos continuam a aumentar, eu posso ver que também irá a participação do PRINCE2.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#800000;">Existem quase 350.000 PMPs e o Guia PMBoK é publicado em dez línguas. Olhando desta forma, existem mais certificados PMPs pendurados nas paredes, mas PRINCE2 está crescendo substancialmente e não é o &#8220;primo pobre&#8221;.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000080;">Onde interessados no assunto podem conseguir material para estudo?</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#800000;">Existe muita informação no <a href="http://www.prince-officialsite.com/home/home.asp" target="_blank">site oficial</a> do PRINCE2 ou na  <a href="http://www.apmgroup.co.uk/PRINCE2/PRINCE2Home.asp" target="_blank">APMG </a>website.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000080;">Obrigado pela entrevista Elizabeth, foi um prazer ter você aqui conosco no Papo GP! Gostaria de fazer algumas considerações finais?</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#800000;">Outra coisa a se perceber é que PRINCE2 não é uma organização componente do PMI. Você não paga uma inscrição anual, nem recebe revistas ou conferencias. Por esta razão, é muito mais barato, mas se você quer o networking que este tipo de organização provê, terá que procurar em outro lugar. Existem muitos lugares como este blog e o meu e o grupo #pmot no Twitter, onde você pode encontrar pessoas com os mesmos interesses e sem custos adicionais!</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000080;">Para concluir, um lembrete para os leitores que lêem Inglês:  Não deixem de conferir o blog da Elizabeth, <a href="http://www.pm4girls.elizabeth-harrin.com/" target="_blank">A Girl&#8217;s Guide to Project Management</a>!</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><em>Leia também:</em></strong><a title="Link permanente para A Girl’s Guide to Project Management" href="../2009/03/26/a-girls-guide-to-project-management/"><br />
A Girl’s Guide to Project Management</a><em><br />
</em><a title="Link permanente para Earned Value Project Management, com Eduardo Guimarães, MsC, PMP, PMI-SP" href="../2009/07/16/earned-value-project-management-com-eduardo-guimaraes-msc-pmp-pmi-sp/">Earned Value Project Management, com Eduardo Guimarães, MsC, PMP, PMI-SP</a><br />
<a href="../2009/08/07/corrente-criticaspider-project-com-peter-mello-sps-pmp-pmi-sp/">Corrente Crítica/Spider Project, com Peter Mello, SpS, PMP, PMI-SP<br />
</a><a href="http://papogp.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/elumini-realiza-provas-prince2-em-portugues/">Elumini realiza provas PRINCE2 em Português</a><a href="../2009/08/07/corrente-criticaspider-project-com-peter-mello-sps-pmp-pmi-sp/"></a></p>
<h2 style="text-align:justify;">Elizabeth Harrin</h2>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><img class="alignleft" title="Elizabeth Harrin" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cju6jgGzXWQ/SdABLEQW8VI/AAAAAAAAAMY/NhrUyyweHeM/s320/EhPhoto3.jpg" alt="" width="119" height="145" /><em>Elizabeth Harrin, autora do premiado blog <a href="www.pm4girls.co.uk" target="_blank">A Girl&#8217;s Guide to Project Management</a> e do livro <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1902505816?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=wwwelizabharr-21&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1634&#38;creative=6738&#38;creativeASIN=1902505816" target="_blank">Project Management in the Real World</a>, escreve uma para uma grande variedade de publicações, como o PM Tips, sobre Gerenciamento de Projetos. Residente da cidade de Londres, Reino Unido, ela é uma dos membros fundadores do PMI&#8217;s New Media Council  e uma praticante de PRINCE2. Para seguir Elizabeth no Twitter, adicionem <a href="http://twitter.com/pm4girls" target="_blank">@pm4girls</a>.</em></p>
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