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What I’m Reading [October 2016]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I think his current favourite is Mountain Engines but it’s certainly not mine. You'll also like: What I’m Reading: February 2016 My round up of project management reading, novels and a few children's recommendations for the month. What are you reading right now? Let us know your recommendations in the comments section below.

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Main Risks of Aerospace Engineering Projects: How to Implement Wise Risk Management into Your Organization

Epicflow Blog

The aerospace engineering sector deals with mostly large and complex projects. What are the most typical risks associated with aerospace engineering projects, and how to manage them effectively? Main Risks Affecting Aerospace Engineering Projects. Engineering risks. Let’s figure it out in the article. .

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5 Reasons Engineers Need to Develop Project Management Skills

LiquidPlanner

Here’s a lesson I’m thankful I learned early in my career: successful engineering projects rely more on non-technical skills than technical skills. One can’t design a building without knowledgeable, skilled structural, MEP, and fire engineers. An airplane isn’t safe unless there are skilled aeronautical engineers involved.

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Lean Startup and Scrum

Scrum.org

In 2016, Gartner created a diagram that showed how Design Thinking, Lean Startup, and Scrum combined. Ultimately, Scrum can be the overall execution engine driving toward a goal. Earlier Sprints validate the ultimate assumptions of the feature around value, usage, and risk. OK, that was interesting - so what?

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The Project Manager’s Agile Transformation Journey

The IIL Blog

The business unit ETAS is a leading provider of engineering solutions and consulting services for the development of embedded systems. They started in 2016 with the first Business Unit Home & Garden and finished in 2019 with the transformation of all 6 Business Units. They have a sales revenue of 5.9 Johannes is an B.Sc.

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Course Review: MS Project 2016 Live Lessons–Concise Course with Precise Information and Effective Learning

Management Yogi

After I graduated in Engineering, I started and continued my career in construction industry and maintenance works. By Gowri Shankar SWhy this Course?After After getting experience in this field, I felt I was lagging in planning of work activities in a proper way due to working manually and missing my deadlines in some situations.

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5 Notorious Failed Projects & What We Can Learn from Them

ProjectManager.com

Surprisingly, Sony continued to produce Betamax all the way into 2016. NASA officials went ahead with the launch even though engineers were concerned about the safety of the project. Developed by Sony, Betamax was introduced in the mid-1970s but was unable to get traction in the market, where JVC’s VHS technology was king. The Lesson.