The IIL Blog
MAY 17, 2023
Private Sector Project Manager Selection The birth of modern-day project management is most frequently attributed to the engineering community, mainly aerospace and defense. Since almost all of the projects were technical in nature, two criteria were established for someone to be appointed as a project manager (PM). This appeased DoD.
Epicflow Blog
JANUARY 12, 2022
Aerospace and defense industry is gradually recovering from the pandemic consequences, but still remains vulnerable as the world hasn’t fully overcome this crisis yet. Currently, A&D organizations are expected to leverage latest technologies and focus on technological and operational improvements to address the sustainability challenge.
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Planio
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
For as long as we’ve had tools we need help using (and language to talk to each other), we’ve had technical documentation. The first example of technical writing in English dates back to the Middle Ages when Chaucer wrote a guide to the astrolabe—a device used for measuring the distance of stars). Get peer reviews and make revisions.
Epicflow Blog
JUNE 22, 2022
In aerospace and defense projects, there should be no room for ambiguity regarding the desired outcomes. Read the article to learn more about these criteria, and which of them should be applied to assess the success of aerospace and defense projects. . The importance of defining success criteria for aerospace and defense projects.
The Strategic Project Manager
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
This post reviews the Four Actions Framework, first providing a simple definition and describing what makes it different and appealing. SpaceX (Space Transportation Industry) : Reduce – SpaceX reduced the cost of space transportation by developing reusable rocket technology, lowering the overall cost of launching payloads into space.
Herding Cats
OCTOBER 24, 2018
“A Taxonomy of an IT Project Failure: Root Causes,” Walid Al-Ahmad, Et Al, International Management Review, Vol. Why Do Information Technology Projects Fail?” The Analyzing Method of Root Causes for Software Problems,” Tomomi Kataoka, Ken Furuto and Tatsuji Matsumoto, SEI Technical Review, Number 73, October 2011. “A
The IIL Blog
FEBRUARY 12, 2018
Years ago, many aerospace and defense industry projects were managed using war rooms. Disagreements between the project manager, client, contractors, stakeholders and governance groups, lasting possibly for the duration of the project. Achieving technical superiority (i.e. Insider trading due to privileged information.
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