I have never attended the Enterprise 2.0 Conference (www.e2conf.com), but I did monitor the backchannel via Twitter during the most recent conference in Boston last week.  If you haven’t used Twitter in this manner before, it’s a great way to monitor the discussions and happenings at an event. 

I was monitoring the hashtag #e2conf when I saw a tweet from Susan Scrupski (@ITSinsider):

It is often said that given unlimited budget, resources, and time, anything can be accomplished. Reality is we always have limited budget and resources. An often we do not have an unlimited time frame. So how do we make the most given our limitations?

I was reading a blog post titled "The Value of the AS IS in Information Management Change" by Alan Pelz-Sharpe at The Real Story Group.  Alan was talking about the value of understanding and defining the current situation in an organization before analyzing it and creating the future state vision.  I fully agree with everything Alan said about the value this provides and how it needs to be part of any engagement where you are creating a visi