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Deja Vu

A good friend of mine, Chris Lank, from TogetherSoft days, is now the CEO of Ivis, proud creators of xProcess. He’s piqued my interest lately (well, not *that* way)!

This looks very much along the lines of a process/workflow dream/vision i have held for years (and implemented independently from them to a beta stage). Ever since working on developing IBM’s (as of 1995) next-gen Manufacturing Execution System, ideas have swirled around how to break the log-jam of classic project management solutions for processes that don’t lend themselves well to simple Gantt charts.

I’ll have to poke around more on their site and talk to my old TS pals that are there. This tutorial looks like a good start…

Welcome Back

As many of you may have guessed, I decided to go off and do my own thing. Compuware was fun and I really enjoyed the folks I got to work with on a daily basis.

So now i will work to help teams be more pragmatic; consult on architecture, work with project teams, help with implementation, mentor on lightweight development processes, etc. Basically, figure out the next thing i want to be when i grow up ;=) I even have a novel that i want to write!

My blogs from the past year can still be found here

I’m going to resume blogging, thanks for your patience ;=)

— jon kern

ps: thanks to the little butterfly that kept waiting for my next blog entry