by David | Aug 12, 2016 | Business or Mission Analysis, Stakeholder Needs and Requirements
“Plan The Promise” is a phrase we coined which means, at its most fundamental level, to plan out in detail whatever you’re about to promise to your client(s). It means doing your due diligence and making smart commitments on behalf of your business. To be...
by David | Oct 28, 2014 | Implementation
For a few weeks we’ve been hearing rumblings in the news of $65-$75 a barrel for West Texas Intermediate. We just read an article this morning about how Goldman Sachs has forecasted a WTI price of $70 for early next year, with the price increasing back to $80 by 2016...
by David | Oct 24, 2014 | Business or Mission Analysis, Stakeholder Needs and Requirements
“The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.” – Euclid “The longest distance between two points is a shortcut.” – Albert Lester The two quotes above come from one of my favorite books on project management, Project Management, Planning and Control, by...
by David | Oct 20, 2014 | Business or Mission Analysis, Implementation, Stakeholder Needs and Requirements
One of the main reasons Oil & Gas manufacturing projects fail is because risks are rarely identified ahead of time. As a result, we see the following organizational troubles: • Frequent surprises • People constantly reacting to events • Every reaction is...
by David | Jul 8, 2014 | Business or Mission Analysis, Stakeholder Needs and Requirements, System Requirements
At LinRich Solutions, we tend to use analogies to help convey some of our ideas. One of our favorite analogies is using astronomy’s “event horizon” to describe the point when an organization suddenly realizes that their project is in serious jeopardy. According to...
