<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143446867942456232</id><updated>2009-10-01T10:06:35.693-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Selected Authored Publications</title><subtitle type='html'>A list of articles, papers, proceedings and books I have published</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sys-pub.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2143446867942456232/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sys-pub.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2143446867942456232/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Ayman Nassar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09380153517319452000</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>31</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143446867942456232.post-4292565645953015029</id><published>2009-05-13T08:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-13T08:21:37.060-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Passing the Project Management Professional Exam (PMBOK 2004): PMP Certification Practice Book</title><content type='html'>Ayman Nassar "Passing the Project Management Professional Exam (PMBOK 2004): PMP Certification Practice Book", Intercontinental Networks Press, March 2009.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Format: Paperback Book&lt;br /&gt;Copyright: Intercontinental Networks Press&lt;br /&gt;Size: 184 pages&lt;br /&gt;ISBN 10: 0-9823685-1-8&lt;br /&gt;ISBN 13: 978-0-9823685-1-0&lt;br /&gt;Keywords: Project Management, Scope Management, Schedule Management, Cost Management, Risk Management, Quality Management, Procurement Management, Human Resources Management, Communications Management, Integration Management, Project Process Groups, Project Life Cycle, Project Management Code of Ethics&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ordering Info:http://www.amazon.com/Passing-Project-Management-Professional-Exam/dp/0982368518?&amp;amp;camp=212361&amp;amp;linkCode=wsw&amp;amp;tag=intercontin05-20&amp;amp;creative=391873&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2143446867942456232-4292565645953015029?l=sys-pub.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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value='10424429043793430595'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143446867942456232.post-5164358342778955743</id><published>2009-05-13T08:08:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-13T08:15:39.941-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Principles of Project Management: In 3 Hrs</title><content type='html'>Ayman Nassar "Principles of Project Management: In 3 Hrs", Intercontinental Networks Press, February 2009.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Format: Paperback Book&lt;br /&gt;Copyright: Intercontinental Networks Press&lt;br /&gt;Size: 126 pages&lt;br /&gt;ISBN 10: 0-9823685-0-X&lt;br /&gt;ISBN 13: 978-0-9823685-0-3&lt;br /&gt;Keywords: Project Management, Scope Management, Project Schedule Management, Risk Management&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ordering Info: http://www.amazon.com/Principles-Project-Management-Complements-Maangement/dp/098236850X?&amp;amp;camp=212361&amp;amp;linkCode=wsw&amp;amp;tag=intercontin05-20&amp;amp;creative=391873&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="display"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="float: left; width: 375px; margin-bottom: 3px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2143446867942456232-5164358342778955743?l=sys-pub.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sys-pub.blogspot.com/feeds/5164358342778955743/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2143446867942456232&amp;postID=5164358342778955743' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2143446867942456232/posts/default/5164358342778955743'/><link rel='self' 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Pirlamarla, "Effective Collaboration: Through Systems Engineering, Architecture and Test Facilitation Services", IBM Global Business Services, White Paper, November 2008.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Format: White Paper&lt;br /&gt;Copyright: IBM Corporation&lt;br /&gt;Size: 27 pages&lt;br /&gt;Keywords: Facilitation, Systems Engineering, Collaboration&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2143446867942456232-1339963539883540907?l=sys-pub.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sys-pub.blogspot.com/feeds/1339963539883540907/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2143446867942456232&amp;postID=1339963539883540907' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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type='text'>Substance Abuse Counseling for a 19 Year Old Teen: Prioritizing the Approach to Reduce Potential Negative Reaction Using AHP, Sept 2007</title><content type='html'>Format: Paper&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Size: 10 Pages&lt;br /&gt;Domain: Public&lt;br /&gt;Copyright: Intercontinental Networks, LLC&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Topics: (1) Criteria and Rationale in Effective Counseling, (2) Criteria Ranking (3) Alternative Approaches (4) Prioritized Approaches&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2143446867942456232-7046816569805510937?l=sys-pub.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sys-pub.blogspot.com/feeds/7046816569805510937/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2143446867942456232&amp;postID=7046816569805510937' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' 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Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2143446867942456232/posts/default/589059601090142391'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2143446867942456232/posts/default/589059601090142391'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sys-pub.blogspot.com/2008/09/communications-essentials-bringing-gap.html' title='Communications Essentials: Bridging the Gap with Your Teen, July 2008'/><author><name>Ayman Nassar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09380153517319452000</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10424429043793430595'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143446867942456232.post-4518622927355076409</id><published>2008-09-03T06:55:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-06T07:39:51.773-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Reducing Requirements Prioritization Complexity Using AHP, May 2008</title><content type='html'>“Reducing Requirements Prioritization Complexity Using AHP”, IBM Global Services, SEAT Technical Meeting, May 22&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt;, 2008.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;Format: Power Point Slides&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;Size: 36 pages&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;Domain: IBM lnternal&lt;br /&gt;Copyright: IBM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"  &gt;Topics: (1) Elements of Decision-making, (2) Definition of AHP, (2) Application of AHP (4) Tool to Calculate AHP&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2143446867942456232-4518622927355076409?l=sys-pub.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sys-pub.blogspot.com/feeds/4518622927355076409/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2143446867942456232&amp;postID=4518622927355076409' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2143446867942456232/posts/default/4518622927355076409'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2143446867942456232/posts/default/4518622927355076409'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sys-pub.blogspot.com/2008/09/reducing-requirements-prioritization.html' title='Reducing Requirements Prioritization Complexity Using AHP, May 2008'/><author><name>Ayman Nassar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09380153517319452000</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10424429043793430595'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143446867942456232.post-4947759755341833500</id><published>2008-09-03T06:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-03T06:55:01.930-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Successful Project Management, February 2007</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.4in 0.0001pt 20.9pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial Narrow&amp;quot;; color: black;"&gt;A. Nassar, “Successful Project Management”, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial Narrow&amp;quot;; color: black;"&gt;Maryland-National Capital Park &amp;amp; Planning Commission, February 2007.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial Narrow&amp;quot;; color: black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2143446867942456232-4947759755341833500?l=sys-pub.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sys-pub.blogspot.com/feeds/4947759755341833500/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2143446867942456232&amp;postID=4947759755341833500' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2143446867942456232/posts/default/4947759755341833500'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2143446867942456232/posts/default/4947759755341833500'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sys-pub.blogspot.com/2008/09/successful-project-management-february.html' title='Successful Project Management, February 2007'/><author><name>Ayman Nassar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09380153517319452000</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10424429043793430595'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143446867942456232.post-3749928077471585255</id><published>2008-09-03T06:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-03T06:54:07.704-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Systems Engineering Value Proposition, January 2007</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.4in 0.0001pt 20.9pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: black;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial Narrow&amp;quot;; color: black;"&gt;A. Nassar, "Systems Engineering Value Proposition”, January 24, 2007&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.4in 0.0001pt 20.9pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial Narrow&amp;quot;; color: black;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.4in 0.0001pt 20.9pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial Narrow&amp;quot;; color: black;"&gt;Format: Power Point Slides&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.4in 0.0001pt 20.9pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial Narrow&amp;quot;; color: black;"&gt;Size: 50 pages&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.4in 0.0001pt 20.9pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial Narrow&amp;quot;; color: black;"&gt;Domain: IBM Confidential&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.4in 0.0001pt 20.9pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial Narrow&amp;quot;; color: black;"&gt;Topics: (1) Definition of Systems Engineering, (2) Value of Systems Engineering (3)  ROI (4) IBM's Capabilities and Uniqueness&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2143446867942456232-3749928077471585255?l=sys-pub.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sys-pub.blogspot.com/feeds/3749928077471585255/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2143446867942456232&amp;postID=3749928077471585255' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2143446867942456232/posts/default/3749928077471585255'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2143446867942456232/posts/default/3749928077471585255'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sys-pub.blogspot.com/2008/09/systems-engineering-value-proposition.html' title='Systems Engineering Value Proposition, January 2007'/><author><name>Ayman Nassar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09380153517319452000</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10424429043793430595'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143446867942456232.post-822588420170196517</id><published>2008-09-03T06:40:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-03T06:41:17.684-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Software Systems Sustainability and Viability: A Systemic Approach, January 2008</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.4in 0.0001pt 20.9pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial Narrow&amp;quot;; color: black;"&gt;Ayman Nassar and Peter Sandborn, “Software Systems Sustainability and Viability: A Systemic Approach”, January 2008&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2143446867942456232-822588420170196517?l=sys-pub.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sys-pub.blogspot.com/feeds/822588420170196517/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2143446867942456232&amp;postID=822588420170196517' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2143446867942456232/posts/default/822588420170196517'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2143446867942456232/posts/default/822588420170196517'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sys-pub.blogspot.com/2008/09/software-systems-sustainability-and.html' title='Software Systems Sustainability and Viability: A Systemic Approach, January 2008'/><author><name>Ayman Nassar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09380153517319452000</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10424429043793430595'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143446867942456232.post-3256744316776056941</id><published>2008-09-03T06:40:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-03T06:40:45.972-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Time Utilization: Better Use of Your Life, July 2007.</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.4in 0.0001pt 20.9pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial Narrow&amp;quot;; color: black;"&gt;Ayman Nassar, “Time Utilization: Better Use of Your Life”, Workshop Handouts, July 2007.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2143446867942456232-3256744316776056941?l=sys-pub.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sys-pub.blogspot.com/feeds/3256744316776056941/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2143446867942456232&amp;postID=3256744316776056941' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2143446867942456232/posts/default/3256744316776056941'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2143446867942456232/posts/default/3256744316776056941'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sys-pub.blogspot.com/2008/09/time-utilization-better-use-of-your.html' title='Time Utilization: Better Use of Your Life, July 2007.'/><author><name>Ayman Nassar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09380153517319452000</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10424429043793430595'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143446867942456232.post-3868445745749805013</id><published>2008-09-03T06:39:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-03T06:40:14.960-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Basics of Directing: Your Compass to Success, July 2007.</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.4in 0.0001pt 20.9pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial Narrow&amp;quot;; color: black;"&gt;Ayman Nassar, “Basics of Directing: Your Compass to Success”, Workshop Handouts, July 2007.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2143446867942456232-3868445745749805013?l=sys-pub.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sys-pub.blogspot.com/feeds/3868445745749805013/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2143446867942456232&amp;postID=3868445745749805013' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2143446867942456232/posts/default/3868445745749805013'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2143446867942456232/posts/default/3868445745749805013'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sys-pub.blogspot.com/2008/09/basics-of-directing-your-compass-to.html' title='Basics of Directing: Your Compass to Success, July 2007.'/><author><name>Ayman Nassar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09380153517319452000</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10424429043793430595'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143446867942456232.post-6666410798188907942</id><published>2008-09-03T06:39:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-03T06:39:46.562-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Basics of Organizing: Your Foundation to Success, July 2007</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial Narrow&amp;quot;; color: black;"&gt;Ayman Nassar, “Basics of Organizing: Your Foundation to Success”, Workshop Handouts, July 2007&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2143446867942456232-6666410798188907942?l=sys-pub.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sys-pub.blogspot.com/feeds/6666410798188907942/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2143446867942456232&amp;postID=6666410798188907942' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2143446867942456232/posts/default/6666410798188907942'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2143446867942456232/posts/default/6666410798188907942'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sys-pub.blogspot.com/2008/09/basics-of-organizing-your-foundation-to.html' title='Basics of Organizing: Your Foundation to Success, July 2007'/><author><name>Ayman Nassar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09380153517319452000</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10424429043793430595'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143446867942456232.post-4835830747573573348</id><published>2008-09-03T06:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-03T06:39:04.308-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Basics of Planning: Your Map to Success, June 2007</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial Narrow&amp;quot;; color: black;"&gt;Ayman Nassar, “Basics of Planning: Your Map to Success”, Workshop Handouts, June 2007&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2143446867942456232-4835830747573573348?l=sys-pub.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sys-pub.blogspot.com/feeds/4835830747573573348/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2143446867942456232&amp;postID=4835830747573573348' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2143446867942456232/posts/default/4835830747573573348'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2143446867942456232/posts/default/4835830747573573348'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sys-pub.blogspot.com/2008/09/basics-of-planning-your-map-to-success.html' title='Basics of Planning: Your Map to Success, June 2007'/><author><name>Ayman Nassar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09380153517319452000</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10424429043793430595'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143446867942456232.post-8671805164072132905</id><published>2008-09-03T06:37:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-03T06:38:32.767-07:00</updated><title type='text'>SAP R/3: The Basics, What Every Systems Engineer Needs to Know About SAP R/3, August 2007</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.4in 0.0001pt 20.9pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"&gt;&lt;a name="OLE_LINK1"&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial Narrow&amp;quot;; color: black;"&gt;Ayman Nassar and Sergey Kucherov&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial Narrow&amp;quot;; color: black;"&gt;, “SAP R/3: The Basics, What Every Systems Engineer Needs to Know About SAP R/3”, IBM White Paper, August 2007&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2143446867942456232-8671805164072132905?l=sys-pub.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sys-pub.blogspot.com/feeds/8671805164072132905/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2143446867942456232&amp;postID=8671805164072132905' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2143446867942456232/posts/default/8671805164072132905'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2143446867942456232/posts/default/8671805164072132905'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sys-pub.blogspot.com/2008/09/sap-r3-basics-what-every-systems.html' title='SAP R/3: The Basics, What Every Systems Engineer Needs to Know About SAP R/3, August 2007'/><author><name>Ayman Nassar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09380153517319452000</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10424429043793430595'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143446867942456232.post-8245265324618738810</id><published>2008-09-03T06:37:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-03T06:37:42.226-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Understanding the Nature of Software Development Projects, July 2007</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.4in 0.0001pt 20.9pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial Narrow&amp;quot;; color: black;"&gt;A. Nassar, V. Xue, “Understanding the Nature of Software Development Projects”, IBM White Paper, July 2007.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2143446867942456232-8245265324618738810?l=sys-pub.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sys-pub.blogspot.com/feeds/8245265324618738810/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2143446867942456232&amp;postID=8245265324618738810' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2143446867942456232/posts/default/8245265324618738810'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2143446867942456232/posts/default/8245265324618738810'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sys-pub.blogspot.com/2008/09/understanding-nature-of-software.html' title='Understanding the Nature of Software Development Projects, July 2007'/><author><name>Ayman Nassar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09380153517319452000</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10424429043793430595'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143446867942456232.post-3724682246281475169</id><published>2008-09-03T06:34:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-03T06:34:35.899-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A System-based Approach for Defining IT Operations Value Proposition, October 2006</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.4in 0.0001pt 20.9pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial Narrow&amp;quot;; color: black;"&gt;A. 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Damanpour, “A System-based Approach for Defining IT Operations Value Proposition”, Proceedings of 2006 International Conference on Management Science and Engineering, October 2006.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2143446867942456232-3724682246281475169?l=sys-pub.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sys-pub.blogspot.com/feeds/3724682246281475169/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2143446867942456232&amp;postID=3724682246281475169' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2143446867942456232/posts/default/3724682246281475169'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2143446867942456232/posts/default/3724682246281475169'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sys-pub.blogspot.com/2008/09/system-based-approach-for-defining-it.html' title='A System-based Approach for Defining IT Operations Value Proposition, October 2006'/><author><name>Ayman Nassar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09380153517319452000</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10424429043793430595'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143446867942456232.post-3657124897244249348</id><published>2008-09-03T06:33:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-03T06:33:58.340-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Project Considerations for IPv6 Deployments, May 2006.</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.4in 0.0001pt 20.9pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial Narrow&amp;quot;; color: black;"&gt;A. 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