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	<title>Comments on: The &#8220;Level 2&#8243; Sticking Point</title>
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	<description>Vaughan Merlyn on the Changing Role of the IT Organization</description>
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		<title>By: Why Some Projects Should Be &#8220;Led,&#8221; Not &#8220;Managed&#8221; &#171; IT Organization Circa 2017</title>
		<link>http://vaughanmerlyn.com/2007/09/24/the-level-2-sticking-point/#comment-2278</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Why Some Projects Should Be &#8220;Led,&#8221; Not &#8220;Managed&#8221; &#171; IT Organization Circa 2017]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] IT organizations run into around the mid-point between low and high maturity.  (See, for example, here, here, and here, or enter &#8220;Sticking Point&#8221; into the search [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] IT organizations run into around the mid-point between low and high maturity.  (See, for example, here, here, and here, or enter &#8220;Sticking Point&#8221; into the search [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Chaos, Complexity and the Future of the IT Organization &#171; IT Organization Circa 2017</title>
		<link>http://vaughanmerlyn.com/2007/09/24/the-level-2-sticking-point/#comment-515</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chaos, Complexity and the Future of the IT Organization &#171; IT Organization Circa 2017]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] fractal patterns like that in the graphic to the right and IT organization design?  One of my early posts alluded to the climb from Level 1 to Level 2 Business-IT Maturity as &#8220;bringing order to the [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] fractal patterns like that in the graphic to the right and IT organization design?  One of my early posts alluded to the climb from Level 1 to Level 2 Business-IT Maturity as &#8220;bringing order to the [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Chasing Perfection? &#171; IT Organization Circa 2017</title>
		<link>http://vaughanmerlyn.com/2007/09/24/the-level-2-sticking-point/#comment-105</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chasing Perfection? &#171; IT Organization Circa 2017]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:19:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] try for perfection, and elimination of any possible risk.  This becomes one of the sticking points I&#8217;ve referred to in the past - the drive for perfection becomes a trap that will (a) get you from Level 1 to Level 2, but (b) [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] try for perfection, and elimination of any possible risk.  This becomes one of the sticking points I&#8217;ve referred to in the past &#8211; the drive for perfection becomes a trap that will (a) get you from Level 1 to Level 2, but (b) [...]</p>
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		<title>By: itorganization2017</title>
		<link>http://vaughanmerlyn.com/2007/09/24/the-level-2-sticking-point/#comment-64</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maximus - thanks for the encouragement!  In many way, the entire blog aspires to be a continuation/expansion of the topic, so please tune in from time to time and explore the other posts on this blog.  If you are looking for short-cuts, you might look at the &quot;Top Posts&quot; section in the left hand column.  If there are specific aspects you are looking for, either try searching the blog, or respond to this with your interests/question and I will happily try to get into them.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maximus &#8211; thanks for the encouragement!  In many way, the entire blog aspires to be a continuation/expansion of the topic, so please tune in from time to time and explore the other posts on this blog.  If you are looking for short-cuts, you might look at the &#8220;Top Posts&#8221; section in the left hand column.  If there are specific aspects you are looking for, either try searching the blog, or respond to this with your interests/question and I will happily try to get into them.</p>
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		<title>By: Maximus</title>
		<link>http://vaughanmerlyn.com/2007/09/24/the-level-2-sticking-point/#comment-63</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maximus]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would like to see a continuation of the topic]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would like to see a continuation of the topic</p>
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