by David | Apr 15, 2015 | Business or Mission Analysis, Design Definition, Integration, Stakeholder Needs and Requirements, System Requirements
In an earlier article, we talked about ad hoc project management and how several Oil & Gas manufacturers lack a formal project management framework. These manufacturers rely primarily on “Hero” project managers to successfully deliver their projects. In other...
by David | Nov 21, 2014 | Business or Mission Analysis, Design Definition, Implementation, Integration, Stakeholder Needs and Requirements, System Requirements
Your role as a project manager will improve dramatically when you start to think like a systems engineer. Your organization will improve too. What does a systems engineer do? A systems engineer takes different components and designs a solution that gets them to work...
by David | Sep 16, 2014 | Implementation, System Analysis, Transition
Having lived in England for a few years, I got to be pretty good at navigating the London subway, also known as the “Tube” or “Underground”. One of the warnings repeatedly blared out over the station speakers reminded travelers to “Mind the Gap” between the platform...
by David | Apr 1, 2014 | Business or Mission Analysis, Implementation, Stakeholder Needs and Requirements
Most of the project management systems we’ve seen in Oil & Gas manufacturing businesses are “ad hoc”. This means that there is no formal framework used by the business to deliver projects consistently over time. In short, there are no processes,...