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		<title>Agile ERP Implementations &#8211; Planning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is an extension of the overview &#8211; read this first: Agile ERP Implementations
The Scrum methodology is a framework for developing high value products iteratively using self-regulating teams to improve synergy and effectiveness. 
Scrum prescribes the following projects activities which are all related to a specific Sprint:

Sprint Planning Meeting &#8211; scope and approach for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ltd.kentw.co.uk/projectmgnt/agile-erp-implementations-planning/</link>
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		<title>Agile ERP Implementations &#8211; Artefacts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is an extension of the overview &#8211; read this first: Agile ERP Implementations
Artefacts and project document flows vary by the size of a project so I would use this as a generic guide only.
The Scrum methodology states the following Artefacts are needed:

Product Backlog &#8211; list of desired product features 
Sprint Backlog &#8211; list [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ltd.kentw.co.uk/projectmgnt/methodology/agile-erp-implementations-artefacts/</link>
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		<title>Agile ERP Implementations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By applying Agile development and project management methods we can improve overall customer satisfaction by increasing customer interaction throughout the project without sacrificing scope control and quality.
The Agile methodology helps the customer to gradually understand and accept the new system whilst providing constructive feedback and suggestions to the implementation team throughout the project.
This article will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ltd.kentw.co.uk/projectmgnt/methodology/agile-erp-implementations-2/</link>
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		<title>Agile ERP Implementations &#8211; The Team</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is an extension of the overview &#8211; read this first: Agile ERP Implementations
In this post we will focus on the implementation team.
The standard Scrum method has an organisational structure as follows:

Scrum Team &#8211; Everybody on the project

Product Owner &#8211; Project Manager

Development Team &#8211; Individual Sprint team

Scrum Master &#8211; Team leader and facilitator 
Team [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ltd.kentw.co.uk/projectmgnt/methodology/agile-erp-implementations-the-team/</link>
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		<title>Agile ERP Implementations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By applying Agile development and project management methods we can improve overall customer satisfaction by increasing customer interaction throughout the project without sacrificing scope control and quality.
The Agile methodology helps the customer to gradually understand and accept the new system whilst providing constructive feedback and suggestions to the implementation team throughout the project.
This article will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ltd.kentw.co.uk/projectmgnt/methodology/agile-erp-implementations/</link>
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		<title>R12 FND User password lock down</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When making your R12 server available on-line you need to protect your FND user password.
This assumes that you have ONLY opened port 8000 for APPS login access.
For any other access I can only recommend to use VPN as a full OEL and RDBMS lock down is very complex.
I used the following script (use at your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ltd.kentw.co.uk/technical/r12-installation/r12-fnd-user-password-lock-down/</link>
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		<title>R12 on a HTPC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Want to access your R12 installation from a client site?
No problem – pick up the R12 installation described earlier and install the hard disk in a HTPC!
For the purpose I bought a Acer AspireRevo R3700 with the following relevant specifications:

Processor Intel® Atom D525 processor 1.8GHz
Memory 2GB DDR3 800MHz
Graphics NVIDIA ION graphics solution
Networking Gigabit Ethernet, Wake-on-LAN [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ltd.kentw.co.uk/technical/r12-installation/r12-on-a-htpc/</link>
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		<title>GL Chart of Accounts &#8211; Number of Segments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How many segments in my Chart of Accounts (COA) are needed for my business?
There are many considerations and this article will only focus on the number of segments rather than the segment values which will be handled in a later post.
Some of the considerations are:

Oracle System requirements 
Legal reporting requirements 
Financial management reporting needs 
Globalisation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ltd.kentw.co.uk/functional/generalledger/gl-chart-of-accounts-number-of-segments/</link>
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		<title>Project Directory Structure &#8211; Script</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve often been thinking it could be useful to have a script that could create a directory structure for me based on a text file and a simple windows batch script.
Well here it is&#8230;
The default input file name is dirs.txt:
;Comment      0 Project Name       1&#160;&#160; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ltd.kentw.co.uk/projectmgnt/projecttech/project-directory-structure-script/</link>
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		<title>Project Directory Structure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most projects &#8211; even the smallest ones &#8211; need a project directory structure for storing important documents.
You may think this is a straight forward thing to create however after you may have tried working on several projects where the project structure didn’t work very well you realise it is not that easy anyway.
Things that may [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ltd.kentw.co.uk/projectmgnt/projecttech/project-directory-structure/</link>
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