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Other Links
The links below are people and sites that we think have value. If you disagree or if we’re missing a good site, please let us know at info@catalysisgroup.com. If you click below
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| Controlling Chaos
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| www.controllingchaos.com
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| Project Management podcast - If you have a commute, this is a nice alternative to easy listening music.
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| Dorset House
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| www.dorsethouse.com
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| Dorset House is a niche publishing house that focuses on software engineering, commercial software development, and project management topics.
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| Norm Kerth
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| mailto:Nkerth@teleport.com
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| Norm Kerth has a strong background in software development and has focused his consulting practice in recent years on facilitating project retrospectives (a.k.a. Post Morta) - a critical step for learning organizations to improve their project management and software engineering practices.
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| Project Management Institute
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| www.pmi.org
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| The Project Management Institute is a professional organization for Project Managers. If you manage projects for a living, a good source of networking might be the PMI chapter near you.
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| Sacramento Valley Chapter of the Project Management Institute
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| www.pmi-svc.org
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| Home page for the Sacramento Valley Chapter of the Project Management Institute. A great resource for project managers looking for networking and professional development opportunities. The Sacramento Valley Chapter covers a large geography from Fresno in the South, to the Oregon border in the north, Vacaville in the west to Reno in the east.
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| Edward de Bono
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| www.sixhats.com
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| Edward de Bono is one of the few authors to explore tactics for problem solving.
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| Jerry Weinberg and Don Gauss
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| www.geraldmweinberg.com
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| Jerry Weinberg and Don Gauss wrote a book called "Are your lights on?" in 1982 that was very influential in our thinking and consulting about problem solving. Particularly interesting was their notion of the Definition of a Problem: "A problem is a difference between things as desired and things as perceived."
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| Roger von Oech
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| www.creativethink.com
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| Roger von Oech has written a variety of books about problem solving and creative thinking.
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Software Engineering Links
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| Better Software/Sticky Minds
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| www.stickyminds.com
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| STQE (Software Testing and Quality Engineering) Magazine has been a refreshing source for information about software development and software management since its inception. It just keeps getting better. While we would encourage you to subscribe, much of their content is free and available at their web site.
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| Cem Kaner
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| www.kaner.com
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| Cem Kaner offers consulting and training about software testing as only an experienced master can. He is also a practicing attorney who is knowledgeable about the ins and outs of software law.
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| Coyote Valley Software
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| www.coyotevalley.com
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| Brian Lawrence of Coyote Valley Software is an author and lecturer on software development processes. His specialty is requirements analysis and documentation.
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| Dorset House
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| www.dorsethouse.com
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| Dorset House is a niche publishing house that focuses on software engineering, commercial software development, and project management topics.
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| Erik Peterson
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| http://www.testingspot.net/
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| I met Erik at a software conference. Erik and I have corresponded a bit about risk and software, and he seems to be smart and thoughtful. When he sent me a Linked-In request, I wanted to remind myself who he was and went to his "Testing Spot" site. The quality of the links (and the dry humor) put Erik on my list of people that you might want to consult for testing (particularly if you are in the Australian part of the world).
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| James Bach - Satisfice, Inc.
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| www.satisfice.com
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| James Bach is a brilliant software testing expert. If you have too much to test, too little time to test it, and you aren't sure where to start - contact James for his testing training or consulting services.
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| Jerry Weinberg
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| www.geraldmweinberg.com
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| Jerry Weinberg is one of the few great authors and consultants on the subject of software engineering management. We have over a dozen of his books in our corporate library and all are required reading for our staff.
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| Karl Wiegers
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| www.processimpact.com
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| We only know Karl Wiegers through e-mail communication and his web site, but his writings and reputation confirm that his web site is worth a look. He seems to have great insight into software development processes and process reviews.
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| Ken Pugh of Pugh-Killeen Associates
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| www.pughkilleen.com
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| Ken Pugh is an enigma. He is a coder's coder who is as comfortable consulting as he is teaching.
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| Software Engineering Institute
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| www.sei.cmu.edu
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| The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) site has a great deal of information about software process assessment and their capability maturity model (CMM) is widely used in the industry.
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| Naomi Karten
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| www.nkarten.com
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| Naomi Karten is a wonderful author, speaker and consultant for organizations trying to improve their customer service. Among her specialties are creation of effective service level agreements.
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| Intuitive Web Designs
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| www.IntuitiveWebDesigns.com
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| We really like the clean look and feel of our web site, and it was developed in record time. If you need a site designed, we recommend our designer Mark Wager-Smith of Intuitive Web Designs in Sacramento. Mark can be reached at mwsmith@IntuitiveWebDesigns.com
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