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HilaryPike
There’s an interesting analysis available through the PMO Executive Board on “Project Interdependencies.”  In the problem statement, the author correctly observes:
As the volume and size of projects grow, the old problem of managing project and program interdependencies is becoming more acute: three quarters of PMOs consider “managing interdependencies” to be one of their most critical program management challenges.

First statement is cool.
Unfortunately, the next concept is somewhat troubling to me.  According to the author, the solution to this problem is one of process 
“… the ability to track and communicate project interdependencies boils down to two essential managerial disciplines: good risk management and clarity of communication with senior executives.”

In other words, we can track and communicate interdependencies better if improve our ability to manage risk and communicate interdependencies.  Is that argument convincing to you?  Seems pretty circular to me.
Digging a little deeper
Let’s take a look at the “project interdependency problem” for a [...]

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NickMalik
We are pleased to confirm that Microsoft Commerce Server 2009 will support Microsoft SharePoint 2010 through the release of a Template Pack in the second half of 2010. SharePoint 2010 better enables companies to reach their customers on the web, generate revenue, and build brand loyalty. Commerce Server acts as the transactional engine for SharePoint sites. The combination of SharePoint 2010 and Commerce Server 2009 will empower organizations to go to market quickly with a robust, scalable and flexible…(read more)

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kevinboyle
The booking deadline is approaching for our Further Education Briefing day, which this year falls on 19th March in London. If you haven’t registered yet, then it’s worth taking a look at the agenda, as we’ve built it to make sure that you can get lots of value from the day – whether it is learning about new products that will be covered by an existing Campus Agreement, or it is thinking about the ways that you can use  your ICT strategy to save money across your college.

Microsoft will be holding our annual Further Education Briefing on 19th March 2010 at our London offices in Victoria. The agenda for the event runs from 9:45 to 3:00 with breaks to catch up with colleagues from other colleges.
As well as getting the latest news on Microsoft’s product roadmap, there will be the opportunity to hear from other colleges and to hear [...]

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Rayfl
In Part1 , I covered a specific scenario related to viewing external list and BDC throttling settings.  In this post, I’ll cover a similar specific scenario but related to authentication. When we create an external content type using SPD2010, the screen where we specify the data source information has 3 options for authentication mode as shown in Screen1.     The “Connect with User’s Identity” is the “PassThrough” authentication mode we had in MOSS 2007 BDC.  The other 2 relates…(read more)

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sridhara
In .NET Framework 4.0 instead of you using File.ReadAllLines() use ReadLines() to get a better performance. Question is why? File.ReadLines() uses IEnumerable to get the lines. Unlike File.ReadAllLines() it does not first read full files and the starts reading if you have implemented the iteration. Also File.ReadAllLines() does not implement MoveNext().
 
But there is a catch, if you test your application to compare through sampling you may find File.ReadAllLines() is performing faster. As reading a bigger chunk at a time is faster that reading line by line. Also File.ReadLines() does not read anything unless you iterate it. So the time span between opening a file and start reading is actually nominal compared to File.ReadAllLines().
 
Use File.ReadLines() is always better and consider it for VERY large files.
 
Interesting observation
 
static void Main(string[] args)
{
    Stopwatch sw = new Stopwatch();
 
    sw.Start();
    CallingReadLines();
 
    //CallingReadAllLines();
    sw.Stop();
    string sTime1 = sw.ElapsedMilliseconds.ToString();
 
    Console.WriteLine(“Time taken in Milliseconds : {0}”, sw.ElapsedMilliseconds.ToString() [...]

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