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After a long hiatus of just on 12 months we're back. We will be continuing our series of weekly posts on service management for service providers. Stay tuned.

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  1. Richard C. LambertNovember 17, 2015 at 10:06 PM

    In the end, schedules slip, things break, customers are unhappy and developers are stressed.essay checker

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