Journal

BI Architect

2005-12-22T14:57:00.000+01:00

(This is a work in progress)
”BI”-part.
Descriptive of the technology. Words that come to mind are focus, integration, analysis, delivery, agility, process and measurability. Buzzies are ETL, EAI, OLAP, MDX, DMQ, Reporting, Services, CRM, KPI, KSF, more

Focus
Clear definition of initial goals and how to ensure a minimum ROI is necessary to attract stakeholders and keep project alive over time, I think. This goes for any project. The most important point is to prove your worth early, so that you have the play-room you need to get the task done the optimal agile way. Starting with the easiest parts that impress the most is one possibility.

Integration/communication
People integration, process integration, data integration and all possible combination of these should be documented and understood. Starting with what is closest to you; if you are a data administrator, start joining tables with tables, processes and people; if you are a salesman, start joining people with people, processes and data; operations start joining processes with processes, people and data. For the architect, ensure all combinations of people, process and data integration is possible.

Analysis
Revenue, revenue, revenue. We want to generate revenue. If we can acquire data that is convertible to valuable knowledge, knowledge that ultimately can generate revenue, then you should look into data analysis. Use OLAP, use Data Mining, use data quality enhancers. Interview some people. Start people off. Keep agile.

Delivery
Results should be perfected. You need to deliver valuable results in such a way that is looks valuable, or it will lose its glance. Valuable results presented in a way so that they look cheap will be victims of self-fulfilling prophecies saying that they can’t be valuable. You want the right results delivered at the right time, BI might be a game for technical people, but for stakeholders it is serious.

Agility
Keep only what works. Create space to try things that are out of the box. Playing by the rules makes average results, breaking the rules without knowing the rules is guarantying disaster. Also, create space for small failures. To get the necessary room for this, it is important always to deliver more than promised.

Process
To create a long-living system, it helps to look into the future and create processes that can endure and golden over time.

Measurability
Measure and document everything. Create, store and change all your key performance indicators, your failing designs, your key success factors, backups, strategies and all other you can think of.

”Architect”-part.
Business and Technical understanding of the concepts, plus the ability to communicate and get leverage to players on all the islands of people involved.

Microsoft certified architect

Building the infrastructure of technology, from a software application to the entire enterprise IT environment, requires a vision of the end result before the first step is taken. That vision and the path from it to completion is the essence of architecture.Today, there is no special Business Intelligence Architect role, but key requirements should be comparable to those for ”Microsoft certified Infrastructure Architects”

Leadership
Candidates demonstrate that they develop partnerships with stakeholders across the organization on their projects; that they can mentor others; that they develop and form strong teams; and that they achieve successful results. Able to ask thought-provoking questions that translate into actionable technological patterns/solutions Actively mentor others Provide thought leadership by enabling others to see things from a different and better perspective Influence decision makers Champion structure, process, best practices and standards Promote the capture and reuse of intellectual capital Effective in building mutual partnerships and networks with parties or organizations

Technology Depth
Candidates demonstrate that they have a deep understanding of the concepts and application of at least two core technologies (for example, messaging, storage, Windows, networks, etc.) plus the ability to quickly assimilate information about new technologiesUnderstanding and application of at least two of the core technologies in depth (e.g. storage services, management services)One must have the ability to quickly gain depth

Technology Breadth
Candidates understand architectural best practices and are able to apply them across a breadth of technologies to orchestrate a solution. They also have views on the future development of a technology and how it might influence current solutions. Finally, they understand the interaction between infrastructure, solution, and enterprise architecture and practices. Ability to wisely employ architectural best practices Have a conceptual knowledge of multiple technologies Know what is coming in technology and how it could be managed Ability to rationalize and apply the relationship between the infrastructure architecture and the enterprise architecture, in addition to the enterprise architect framework used

Strategy
Candidates demonstrate understanding of enterprise architectural frameworks such as TOGAF and operational frameworks such as ITIL and be able to use these frameworks in their projects. They also understand project management principals and how architects interact with project managers to deliver projects. In addition, they understand the economic dimension of projects and how costs influence the available choices for technologySynthesize industry-specific trends with respect to IT Align the infrastructure architecture to the enterprise framework in use (e.g. TOGAF, Zachman, IEEE 1471, BAIT) Operational excellence and operational frameworks (MOF, ITIL, etc.) IT Project portfolio management (project fits the business), balancing tactical requirements against strategic needs Balance between users, management, operations, support, and finance that meet the strategic needs of the business. Apply/integrate the value of project management frameworks and best practices (MSF, PMBOK, etc.)

Organization Dynamics
Candidates show that they are able to recognize the key stakeholders in a project and that they can work with those stakeholders to drive a project to a successful conclusion. They present the ability to pick the right battles at the right time and then recognize the political landscape that influences a project within an organization and then influence organizational politics for the success of their projects. Adeptly maneuver through politically-charged organizational situations Effective in building mutual partnerships and networks with parties or organizations Relationships with other architects and project stakeholder Have an awareness of the internal legal organization and ensure legal guidelines are met Be comfortable with compromise and conflict

Tactical/Process
Candidates demonstrate that they can gather and refine project requirements from both a technical and business perspective. They understand how to effectively prototype and test a solution and also showcase the talent to create effective project artifacts. Lastly, they exhibit the ability to refine project goals and the tactics necessary to achieve those goals as the project develops. Gather and analyze requirements (technical, business) Envision and create an infrastructure that can be implemented, and that meets requirements Model the pieces of the infrastructure and their relationships, communication semantics, etc. Prototype and prove the feasibility of the design Create the design artifacts that are required to deliver and to maintain the infrastructure See an infrastructure through to completion Audit compliance with the letter and intent of the architecture Review the ongoing implementation for opportunities for improvement Refine the model as requirements change, implementation choices play out, etc. Contribute to technical project management

Communication
Candidates show that they maintain well-written and accurate project documentation; they are able to present information on a technical subject in a concise and measured manner; they have the ability to influence others; they have the ability to manage conflicts effectively; and to tailor their communication to the needs of the target audience. Effective listener and astute observer Communicate effectively and persuasively at the audience level (executive, technical, etc.) Effective mediator/conflict management Able to document designs and specifications (adhering to company practices) Communicate infrastructure constraints to solutions architects Able to effectively facilitate meetings

Pod'ing university-level disciplines

2005-12-14T17:10:00.000+01:00

The Teaching Company - University-level disciplines on tape!
The Modern Scholar - Great Professors Teaching You!

This is excellent material. It is carefully worded to fit the listener, spoken in by the stars of the educating world. It seems TTC has 100-150 of these tapes, TMS about 50; I guess I will take the thirty or fouthy most interesting. What I like about “poding” is that it takes so little to do it. It is an art, however, to create tapes that have the right complexity, structure and amount of information. This is where these companies shows excellence.
Happy self-teaching.

My progress:
TTC “Modern physics for non-scientists” - 21/21
TTC "Economics" - 20/20
TTC "Business Statistics" - 4/16
TTC Some Philosophy course - 5/20
TMS "Principles of Economics..." - 3/14

NLP, self-help, etc.

2005-12-11T12:56:00.000+01:00

I have made a list of things to go through
1) Some self-help videos
2) Many self-help tapes
3) Repeat what I believe might work
4) I will know later.

1) Some self-help videos
I have gone through some videos of Richard Bandler on my way to and from work:
- Ericksonian Hypnosis-An NLP Perspective
- Magic in action
- Neuro Hypnotic Repatterning
- State of the art
- The Bandler effect
- Richard Bandler in Montreal
I feel that NLP is great technology. My only consern is that I feel it is not going to make me happy (I would rather be happy than wise). It is for me passive knowledge. When I get back to NLP later, after trying the alternatives, like Neuro Associative Conditioning, I might get more out of it.

2) Many self-help tapes
Taken:
Bob Griswold, Chris Morrison, Daniel Goleman, Dick Sutphen, Jim Rohn, Josie Hadley, Kelly Howell, Lee Pulos, Randy Thomas, Rex Sikes, Sylvia Browne, Wayne Dyer and others

Some work of/currently taking:
Anthony Robbins, Deepak Chopra and others
Currently: Anthony Robbins -> Personal Power II -> Eliminating Self Sabotage

Not yet started on:
Brian Tracy, Catherine Wilkin, Lloyd Glauberman, Lucinda Bassett, Paul Mckenna, Paul Scheele, Tony Alessandra and others

The tapes totals to many hours.

3) Repeat what I believe might work
Some of the material will need additional work to be understood (besides just listening to it or watching it). I will do this on a selection of the material.

4) I will know later
NLP is likely (Bandler or other).
Anthony Robbins looks promissing.
Maybe I will turn to something else.
Maybe religious material.
Maybe philosophy.

I will stay sane and sceptical, of course. I don't worship any of these gurus.

Certifided MS.dev, MS.db, Brainbench.*

2005-12-08T09:34:00.000+01:00

I am taking a number of Microsoft beta exams. I don't know if I will pass any of them, but I want to take quite a few MS exams later, so getting used to how the tests works is a smart step. I have created an MS Excel 12 workbook for keeping track of the exams.

Exams
There are currently 18 exams I plan to take, covering SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 and BizTalk Server 2006.

I have taken seven (without prep):
71-443-ProSqlInfraDesign
71-444-ProSqlAdmOptMaint
71-447-UpgSqlAdm
71–526-TsDevWin
71-528-TsDevWeb
71–529-TsDevDistr
71-536-TsDevApp

I have missed two
71-431-TsSqlImpAndMain
71-441-ProSqlSolDesign

I have scheduled four
71–442-ProSqlDesOptDA
71–547-ProDevWeb
71–548-ProDevApp
71–549-ProDevEnt

Share your promotional code
I hope to take as many as possible of the remaining three exams. If you have an invite to any of these: gorm_b@hotmail.com

71–235	TS: Developing Business Process and Integration Solutions Using BizTalk Server 2006
71-445	PRO: Designing Business Intelligence Solutions by Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services
71-446	PRO: Designing a Business Intelligence Infrastructure by Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005

gorm_b@hotmail.com

Progress
To take an exam without preparation and pass an exam are two different things, of course. I expect to take all or most of these exams after they are released, of course. With preparation.

Brainbench
I constantly take the new coming brainbech tests without preparation as my way of learning the technology they are covering. This way I get a quick (and intense) look at how the most important new technology work and is used.

I pass a few of the exams, too (I top an unofficial list, google me). Here is a list: [...]

Name	Score	Date
.NET Framework	3.25	2003-11-27
Active Server Pages	3.93	2003-11-12
ActiveX	3.72	2003-12-22
ADO.NET	3.83	2003-12-03
Adobe Illustrator 8.0	3.88	2003-12-21
Adobe PageMaker 6.5	4.02	2004-01-19
Adobe Photoshop 5.5	3.30	2004-01-20
Adobe Photoshop 6.0	3.25	2004-02-02
Adobe Photoshop 7.0	3.30	2003-11-17
Adobe Photoshop CS	3.44	2005-10-19
Advertising Industry Knowledge	3.19	2004-02-26
AOL 5.0 Fundamentals	2.94	2004-03-22
Apache 1.3.12 Administration	3.27	2004-03-19
ASP.NET	4.08	2003-11-27
Assembly Language	4.53	2003-11-12
AutoCAD 2000 (U.S.)	2.93	2004-06-28
Automotive Industry Knowledge (U.S.)	2.77	2004-12-03
BEA WebLogic Application Server 5.1	2.86	2004-03-24
BEA WebLogic Application Server 8.1	2.94	2005-10-25
Behavioral Interviewing (U.S.)	3.06	2004-02-12
Biochemistry	3.24	2004-10-29
Business Communication	3.12	2003-11-24
Business Concepts (U.S.)	3.00	2004-04-16
Business Ethics Awareness (U.S.)	2.86	2003-10-15
Business Fundamentals (U.S.)	2.86	2003-06-20
Business Math	4.17	2003-04-07
Business Process Reengineering	2.93	2005-05-02
Business Writing	3.06	2003-11-11
C	3.49	2003-11-13
C#	3.60	2004-03-13
C++	3.17	2003-11-26
C++ Fundamentals	4.34	2003-11-24
Cardiovascular Core Knowledge	3.93	2004-11-03
Cellular Technology	2.85	2004-03-23
CGI Scripting	3.46	2005-03-21
Change Management (U.S.)	2.85	2003-12-05
Childcare Fundamentals (U.S.)	3.12	2004-03-17
CICS	3.25	2003-12-01
Cisco Network Support	3.00	2004-04-05
Citrix Administration	2.75	2003-11-20
Client/Server Concepts	3.66	2003-12-29
Coaching	3.13	2003-09-05
ColdFusion 4.5	3.53	2004-02-23
ColdFusion 5	3.66	2004-03-29
ColdFusion MX	4.08	2004-03-29
Compaq Server Administration (Win NT/2000)	3.72	2004-03-23
Computer Electronics	3.34	2004-03-29
Computer Fundamentals (Mac OS 8.6)	3.00	2004-03-29
Computer Fundamentals (Win 2000)	4.67	2005-04-01
Computer Fundamentals (Win 2000)	4.55	2003-12-04
Computer Fundamentals (Win 95/98)	4.87	2003-08-08
Computer Fundamentals (Win XP)	4.50	2004-03-30
Computer Technical Support	3.36	2004-12-15
Computer Telephony Integration (CTI)	3.31	2004-03-30
Consumer Finance (U.S.)	3.88	2004-08-25
Consumer Products Industry Knowledge (U.S.)	2.93	2004-03-08
CORBA 2.3 Java	3.00	2004-06-01
Corel Ventura 8.0	2.75	2004-04-13
Corel WordPerfect 9.0	3.30	2004-04-20
CorelDRAW 9.0	3.12	2003-12-22
CPR/BLS Core Knowledge	3.36	2004-11-09
CSS2	3.00	2004-09-16
Customer Assistance	3.64	2003-12-01
Customer Assistance (Audio)	3.43	2005-05-15
Customer Requirements Analysis	3.88	2003-12-04
Data Entry 10-Key	2.79	2004-05-14
Data Modeling Concepts	3.25	2003-11-20
Data Warehousing Concepts	2.79	2004-10-01
DB2 Administration (OS390)	3.00	2004-06-15
DB2 Administration (UDB)	3.25	2004-06-14
DB2 Programming	2.88	2006-01-10
Defense Industry Knowledge (U.S.)	3.66	2005-03-30
Delphi 3.0	4.08	2005-04-11
Delphi 5.0	3.71	2005-04-11
Delphi 6.0	3.29	2003-11-26
Delphi 6.0 Fundamentals	4.67	2003-10-09
Dietetic Assessment (U.S.)	3.00	2004-11-10
Digital Signal Processing (DSP)	2.80	2004-06-28
Disaster Recovery and Planning	3.00	2003-12-03
Diversity Awareness (U.S.)	3.25	2004-07-24
DOS 6.2	4.12	2003-12-08
Dreamweaver 3.0	3.42	2004-02-23
Dreamweaver 4.0	3.42	2004-03-30
Dreamweaver MX	4.25	2003-12-09
Dynamic HTML	4.27	2003-12-05
E-Commerce Concepts	3.48	2004-01-13
E-Commerce Implementation	3.36	2004-03-15
Editing & Proofing (Chicago Style)	3.18	2004-01-15
Education Industry Knowledge (U.S.)	2.94	2004-08-20
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)	2.93	2004-03-15
Embedded Systems Concepts	3.17	2005-03-31
Energy Industry Knowledge (U.S.)	2.94	2005-04-01
English Listening Comprehension (U.S.)	4.31	2003-12-11
English Vocabulary	2.86	2003-08-07
ERP Concepts (U.S.)	2.92	2005-04-21
Filing (U.S.)	3.07	2004-07-24
Financial Accounting (U.S.)	3.00	2004-04-27
Financial Analysis (U.S.)	2.80	2004-06-14
Financial Management (U.S.)	3.07	2004-05-10
Fireworks 3	4.66	2003-12-09
Fireworks 3	3.88	2005-04-01
Fireworks 4	4.17	2004-02-11
Flash 4	3.77	2004-02-02
Flash 5	3.07	2004-02-02
Flash MX	3.18	2003-12-11
FORTRAN 77	2.86	2004-06-14
General Sciences	4.08	2003-12-21
HIPAA (Privacy)	2.86	2004-11-01
HomeSite 4.5	3.44	2004-02-11
Hospitality Industry Knowledge (U.S.)	2.94	2004-08-16
HTML 3.2	3.24	2003-03-25
HTML 4.0	3.31	2003-11-11
Human Resources Concepts (U.S.)	2.86	2003-08-08
ICD-9 and CPT Coding	2.80	2004-05-14
ICQ 2000	3.00	2004-11-04
Information Technology Industry Knowledge	3.36	2003-03-26
Information Technology Security Fundamentals	3.00	2003-08-01
Information Technology Terminology	4.34	2003-11-13
Internet Concepts	3.06	2004-01-13
Internet Industry Knowledge	3.49	2004-03-11
Internet Research and Evaluation (U.S.)	3.72	2003-11-26
Internet Security	3.46	2003-12-17
Internet Technology Fundamentals	3.56	2004-02-29
Interpersonal Communications	2.79	2004-03-10
Interviewing and Hiring Concepts (U.S.)	2.79	2004-01-26
ISDN (North America/Japan)	3.14	2004-06-15
ITAA Information Security Awareness	3.59	2003-03-25
Java - EJB	3.12	2003-12-22
Java 1	2.80	2003-08-11
Java 2	3.82	2004-04-01
Java 2 - GUI	3.40	2003-12-18
Java 2 - Non-GUI	3.44	2004-04-01
Java 2 Fundamentals	3.53	2004-03-31
Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE)	2.77	2004-04-01
Java 2 Platform Micro Edition (J2ME)	3.32	2005-04-19
Java Server Pages (JSP 1.2)	2.81	2003-12-19
Javascript	3.48	2003-03-25
JavaScript 1.5	3.48	2003-12-08
JavaScript 1.5 Fundamentals	4.66	2003-10-09
JCL	2.92	2004-04-22
LAN/WAN Communications	3.18	2004-03-18
Legal Issues for Employees (U.S.)	2.79	2004-10-04
Legal Issues for HR and Management (U.S.)	2.77	2004-01-26
Legal Secretarial Skills (U.S.)	2.86	2004-04-21
Linux Administration (General)	3.43	2003-12-29
Linux Administration (Red Hat 9)	2.75	2004-11-08
Linux Administration (Red Hat)	2.75	2004-06-01
Linux Administration (SuSE)	3.07	2004-05-27
Linux Programming (General)	3.30	2004-06-01
Listening Comprehension - English (UK)	4.02	2005-11-20
Listening Skills	3.33	2003-11-19
Lotus 1-2-3 9.5	3.12	2005-05-10
Lotus Notes 4.0 Administration	2.76	2004-06-10
Macintosh Networking	3.83	2004-03-18
Macromedia Director 7	2.93	2004-04-07
Macromedia Director 8	3.00	2004-04-07
Macromedia FreeHand 9	3.29	2003-11-19
Managing People (U.K.)	3.42	2006-01-09
Managing People (U.S.)	2.81	2003-11-17
Market Research	3.15	2005-06-19
Marketing Concepts	2.81	2003-12-08
Marketing Strategy	2.92	2004-01-30
Math Fundamentals	4.06	2003-03-26
Math Fundamentals (Metric)	4.35	2003-03-26
Medical Billing	3.18	2004-05-25
Medical Terminology	3.00	2004-04-14
MPEG Concepts	3.93	2004-03-17
MS Access 2000 Fundamentals	3.44	2003-03-26
MS Access 2000 Programming	3.00	2003-11-12
MS Access 2002 Fundamentals	4.08	2004-03-16
MS Access 2003 Fundamentals	3.30	2005-10-16
MS Access 97 Programming	3.29	2003-12-11
MS Excel 2000	3.12	2004-02-02
MS Excel 2000 Fundamentals	4.31	2003-11-17
MS Excel 2000 Fundamentals (Interactive)	3.49	2004-02-05
MS Excel 2002	4.53	2004-04-15
MS Excel 2002 Fundamentals	4.82	2004-03-17
MS Excel 2003	3.49	2005-11-20
MS Excel 2003 Fundamentals	4.17	2005-10-06
MS Excel 97	4.17	2004-04-20
MS Excel 97 Fundamentals	4.60	2004-04-20
MS Exchange Server 2000 Administration	3.15	2004-02-18
MS Exchange Server 2003 Administration	3.00	2005-12-12
MS Front Page 2000	3.44	2004-01-11
MS Internet Explorer 4.0 Administration	3.34	2004-03-17
MS Internet Explorer 4.0 Fundamentals	3.53	2004-03-03
MS Internet Explorer 5.5 Fundamentals	4.60	2003-12-01
MS Internet Explorer 6.0 Administration	3.06	2005-09-05
MS Internet Explorer 6.0 Fundamentals	4.61	2004-06-08
MS Internet Information Server 4.0 Administration	3.06	2003-12-17
MS ISA Server 2000 Administration	3.19	2005-12-18
MS Outlook 2000 Administration	2.77	2004-10-16
MS Outlook 2000 Fundamentals	3.38	2004-02-26
MS Outlook 2002 Fundamentals	2.80	2004-11-04
MS Outlook Express 5.0 Fundamentals	3.07	2004-03-17
MS PowerPoint 2000	2.94	2004-02-29
MS PowerPoint 2000 Fundamentals	3.46	2003-11-26
MS PowerPoint 2002	3.22	2004-04-30
MS PowerPoint 2002 Fundamentals	3.24	2004-03-24
MS PowerPoint 2003 Fundamentals	4.03	2006-01-03
MS PowerPoint 97	3.00	2004-04-29
MS PowerPoint 97 Fundamentals	3.19	2005-06-16
MS Project 2000	3.29	2005-08-25
MS Proxy Server 2.0 Administration	2.87	2003-12-17
MS Publisher 2000	3.00	2004-03-17
MS Site Server 3.0 Administration	3.06	2004-04-06
MS SQL Server 2000 Administration	3.36	2004-04-19
MS SQL Server 2000 Programming	3.12	2004-10-01
MS SQL Server 6.5 Administration	3.29	2003-11-20
MS SQL Server 6.5 Programming	2.94	2003-12-29
MS SQL Server 7 Administration	2.77	2004-06-09
MS Visual InterDev 6.0	2.88	2004-03-04
MS Windows 2000	3.40	2003-11-28
MS Windows 2000 Desktop Administration	2.94	2003-12-15
MS Windows 2000 Fundamentals	3.49	2004-01-05
MS Windows 2000 Server Administration	3.24	2004-11-19
MS Windows 95 Administration	3.06	2003-08-08
MS Windows 95 Navigation	4.03	2003-08-08
MS Windows 98 Administration	2.93	2004-06-07
MS Windows 98 Navigation	3.18	2004-06-03
MS Windows NT 4.0 Administration	3.46	2003-12-12
MS Windows NT 4.0 Workstation Administration	3.06	2005-04-01
MS Windows Server 2003 Administration	2.87	2004-01-28
MS Windows XP Desktop Administration	3.06	2004-02-19
MS Word 2000	3.30	2003-11-19
MS Word 2000 Fundamentals	4.03	2004-02-19
MS Word 2002	3.12	2004-04-20
MS Word 2002 Fundamentals	4.08	2004-03-19
MS Word 2003	3.49	2005-12-18
MS Word 2003 Fundamentals	4.55	2005-10-16
MS Word 97	3.06	2004-03-17
MS Word 97 Fundamentals	3.52	2004-01-20
MySQL 3.23 Administration	2.93	2004-07-02
Negotiation Strategy	3.12	2005-06-28
Netscape 4.72 Fundamentals	3.19	2004-04-30
Network Monitoring	2.81	2003-12-15
Network Security	3.72	2003-12-17
Network Technical Support	2.81	2003-08-04
Networking Concepts	3.49	2003-12-11
Novell NetWare 4.11 Administration	3.30	2004-03-15
Novell NetWare 5.0 Administration	3.00	2004-01-05
Nutritional Analysis	3.25	2004-07-25
Office Management (U.S.)	3.36	2004-03-10
Office Procedures (U.S.)	3.30	2004-01-20
On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP)	2.76	2004-05-11
OO Concepts	2.94	2003-12-18
OO Design Patterns	2.77	2004-03-04
OpenVMS	3.42	2004-08-24
Operations Concepts	3.40	2003-11-28
Oracle 7.0 Administration	3.24	2004-10-13
Oracle 8.0 Administration	3.19	2004-07-08
OS/400	3.24	2004-08-25
Pharmaceutical Terminology (U.S.)	2.86	2004-05-03
PHP 4	3.19	2004-04-05
PowerBuilder 8.0	2.93	2004-11-19
Presentation Skills	3.18	2003-11-19
Problem Solving - Qualitative	3.19	2003-10-15
Problem Solving - Qualitative (Metric)	2.92	2003-10-15
Problem Solving - Quantitative	3.42	2003-10-22
Problem Solving - Quantitative (Metric)	4.08	2004-03-13
Programmer/Analyst Aptitude	4.00	2003-11-11
Programming Concepts	4.31	2003-09-05
Project Management	3.06	2004-08-25
Project Management (2000)	3.27	2003-08-12
Project Management (2005)	3.00	2005-10-20
Public Relations Industry Knowledge (U.S.)	3.12	2004-03-15
Publishing Industry Knowledge (U.S.)	2.92	2004-03-10
Purchasing Process (U.S.)	2.94	2004-03-15
Purchasing Supply Environment (U.S.)	2.81	2004-11-15
Quark Xpress 4	3.14	2004-04-07
RDBMS Concepts	3.30	2003-03-26
Reading Comprehension - English	3.60	2005-03-31
Recruiting Concepts (U.S.)	2.85	2004-02-12
Retail Management (U.S.)	3.23	2004-07-25
Sales Concepts (U.S.)	2.77	2005-06-17
Server Administration	3.93	2003-12-11
Sexual Harassment Awareness (U.S.)	3.00	2004-07-23
SilverStream 2.5 Applications Server	3.14	2004-08-11
Smalltalk	2.76	2004-08-11
SOAP	3.12	2005-04-14
Software Business Analysis	2.80	2003-12-15
Software Configuration Management	2.75	2004-01-12
Software Quality Assurance	2.80	2004-04-13
Software Testing	2.86	2003-11-20
SONET	3.41	2004-06-18
Spelling (U.S.)	3.34	2003-11-13
SQL (ANSI)	3.12	2003-11-19
SQL (ANSI) Fundamentals	4.44	2004-01-03
Systems Analysis	2.93	2003-12-03
TCP/IP Administration	3.14	2003-12-15
Technical Help Desk	3.07	2003-08-25
Technical Help Desk (Microsoft)	3.71	2004-02-09
Technical Writing	3.60	2003-11-13
Telecommunications Industry Knowledge	3.48	2003-12-17
Telephone Etiquette	3.19	2003-12-01
Time Management (U.S.)	2.86	2004-02-11
Training Delivery and Evaluation	2.92	2004-07-24
Training Development	2.87	2004-07-24
UDDI	2.93	2003-08-13
Unified Modeling Language (UML)	3.19	2004-01-11
Unix Administration (AIX)	3.29	2005-07-16
Unix Administration (General)	3.19	2004-01-14
Unix Administration (HP)	2.87	2004-06-10
Unix Administration (Solaris 8)	3.40	2004-06-10
Unix Administration (Solaris)	3.37	2004-06-10
Unix Programming (General)	3.20	2004-06-01
VBScript 5.5	3.98	2003-12-21
Visio 5.0	3.71	2004-03-15
Visual Basic 5.0	3.43	2004-06-07
Visual Basic 6.0	3.30	2003-12-05
Visual Basic 6.0 Fundamentals	3.44	2004-02-18
Visual Basic.NET	3.88	2005-01-03
Visual C++	3.34	2003-11-13
Vital Sign Techniques	4.03	2004-11-15
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)	3.06	2004-06-09
VPN with Windows	2.94	2003-12-18
WAN Technologies	3.48	2004-03-18
Web Design Concepts	3.31	2003-11-11
Web Design for Accessibility	3.06	2003-11-12
Web Development Concepts	3.47	2003-11-12
Web Server Administration	3.00	2003-12-17
Web Services Application Engineering	3.33	2004-03-24
Web Services Concepts	3.12	2004-01-13
Windows Application Program Interface	4.27	2003-09-05
WinRunner 6.0	3.07	2004-07-28
Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)	3.25	2004-06-18
Word Processing Fundamentals	4.02	2003-08-01
Workplace Fundamentals (U.S.)	3.38	2003-11-05
Written English	2.90	2003-03-27
Written English (UK)	3.37	2006-01-09
WSDL	2.79	2005-03-21
WWW Concepts	3.58	2004-01-13
XHTML 1.1	3.38	2003-08-12
XML	3.38	2003-12-04
XML Concepts	3.43	2003-12-21
XSL	2.93	2004-01-04

Goal

2005-12-05T14:38:00.000+01:00

My goal is to become the best BI architect in Norway within ten years.
Within seven years I must show excellent leadership abilities.
Before five years is past I will need to master the technologies (today they are scorecarding, olap and eai)
Within two years I want to have all the new Microsoft "Professional" certifications (3 db, 3 dev, I think).
Within one year I should master presentation skills.
First step is "Train the trainer"-course in Q1, 2006.

Gorm Braarvig

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2005-12-05T14:34:00.000+01:00

Warning: This is not a blog. It looks like a blog, but it is not. It is

The personal journal of Gorm Braaarvig.

I will try to post a few goals here.

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