I am not a visionary, I'm an engineer," Torvalds says. Here's a good TED talk as an interview with Linus Torvalds, the geek of geeks, and inventor of LINUX and Git Linus Torvalds transformed technology twice — first with the Linux kernel, which helps power the Internet, and again with Git, the source code management system used by developers worldwide. "I I'm perfectly happy with all the. human factors MORE
construction system engineeringMany creative people will tell you that new ideas begin -- often spontaneously -- with a mind's sketch that they then render in some kind of media. Fair enough -- no news there. We've talked about storyboards, etc before. But then the heavy lifting begins. How to fill in the details? Where to start? My advice: Draw it first. If you can't draw it, you can't build it! And so the. MORE
We at Binfire are proud to announce the establishment a scholarship fund for women studying science or engineering. . Binfire has been actively hiring women software engineers and believes more girls studying in high school should be encouraged to pursue science or engineering degrees when attending college. . Many of these girls have enrolled in science or engineering degrees in Universities here in Israel after graduating from high school. . MORE
“ I’ve been working in the Oil and Gas industry for a while as a cost engineer but I’m concerned about the downturn in the industry. Any advice on how to make a move away from this industry?” MORE
Systems Engineering: Coping with Complexity, Richard Stevens, Peter Brook, Ken Jackson, Stuart Arnold. A Primer for Model-Based Systems Engineering, 2nd Edition, David Long and Zane Scott. On our morning ride, the conversation came around to Systems. MORE
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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. MORE
Bayes decision risk decision system engineeringIf you are into risk assessments, you may find yourself evaluating the data Evaluating the data usually means testing its applicability with a hypothesis. The process usually cited in project management chapters about risk is this: A hypothesis is formed. And then the evidence against the hypothesis—observable data—is evaluated. If the evidence. MORE
If you have ever worked in the capacity of business analyst or SEO marketer for yourself or a client you have probably heard of the term “link juice” Link juice is a valuable commodity in the search engine optimization world — and it doesn’t come easy or without heavy lifting. According to the almighty Google , the search engine’s algorithm determines which pages have the best information for a query on a subject, mostly by other prominent websites linking to the page. MORE
agile Risk Management system engineeringNow, this could be a bit stuffy: "The Requisite Law of Variety" But actually, it's an interesting concept to consider, to wit: Essential Elements (E): these are outcomes, results, or other artifacts that you want to have some control over, even if you are Agile Disturbances (D): these are events or actions that impact E. usually there are a lot of these! Regulation (R) or controls: these. MORE
Here’s what makes LiquidPlanner different from other project management tools on our market: our scheduling engine. If you want more of the technical details, CTO and co-founder Jason Carlson talks about how the scheduling engine was built—in two takes, mind you!—and MORE
most have not been explored — Dr. Steve Jolly, IEEE Fourth International Conference of System of Systems Engineering in “System of Systems in Space Exploration: Is Software Broken?”, There are thousands of ways to fail. MORE
But in technical systems - engineered technical systems - the system has to work when commanded to do so. This is the domain of Systems Engineering, that many times is based on the principles of Ackoff and others like him. Systems Engineering: Coping with Complexity , Richard Stevens, Peter Brook, Ken Jackson, and Stuart Arnold. INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook - membership needed. This is the professional society for Systems Engineers. MORE
Project manager Here's your task Here's your budget Here's your schedule Keep your head down; focus on the task; don't get distracted System Engineer Here's your environment and context Here's your interface Consider the chaotic and integrating effects Keep your head up; look around you; be aware of other stuff going on Hello! Project Management system engineering MORE
estimate Quotations system engineeringDid you see this witicism at herdingcats? A skeptic will question claims, then embrace the evidence. A denier will question claims, then reject the evidence. Neil deGrase Tyson. Think of this whenever there is a conjecture that has no testable evidence of the claim. And think ever more when those making the conjectured claim refuse to provide evidence. When that is the case, it is. MORE
planning system engineeringI've pointed to "Thinking in Systems: a primer" by D. Meadows in prior posts, and here I go again, largely because I think she's offered a lot that is useful to managers of all stripes, not just systems people. But, there's traps! Here's an abridged list of 'traps' she cautions against, a list of ills we should all be cautious about: Success to the successful If the winners of a. MORE
While engineers learn a lot of valuable skills in school, project management isn’t always one of them. Many engineers end up learning PM skills on the job and on their own time. Further Reading: 5 Reasons Engineers Need to Learn Project Management Skills]. MORE
During a twitter today, there was a question about what are the drivers of project success. This is the picture I provided. The question was where is the Quality as a driver. Here's the answer to that. Related articles. Architecture -Center ERP Systems in the Manufacturing Domain. MORE
system can not retain or disclose confidential information without explicit approval from the human factors system engineeringDeveloping A.I. stuff? Many are What about the rules of behavior for A.I. capabilities? Oren Etzioni has an opinion on this The A.I. system must be subject to the full gamut of laws that apply to its human operators and developer The A.I. system must clearly disclose that it is not human (*) The A.I. MORE
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the process that results in a website appearing higher up the Search Engine Results Page (SERP) on sites such as Google, Yahoo etc. This is also used in some search engines in the search results. Introduction. MORE
The PI Planning meeting is organized by the Release Train Engineer (RTE, also called the Scrum Master of the Agile Release Train). This is done by the Release Train Engineer after the PI Planning meeting is over and not during the meeting. • Img Src: Youtube.com/VanceLowe. MORE
In the preface of Preparing for the Professional Engineer's Examination , Irving J. Engineering Economy. Where are the similar theoretical and practical knowledge areas to call one a Software Engineer ? MORE
Thou shalt adopt a fundamentally Project Management system engineeringThe following is borrowed unashamedly from Matthew Squair at Critical Uncertainties: "Herewith, are the 15 commandments for thine safety critical software as spoken by the machine god unto his prophet Hermann Kopetz. Thou shalt regard the system safety case as thy tabernacle of safety and derive thine critical software failure modes and requirements from it. MORE
And, it's only 225 pages in hardcover If you are a mechanical engineer, it's a must If you are any kind of an engineer, it's a should-read If you are a project manager looking for leadership lessons, it's a must read (but you can skip the engineering detail). leadership Project Management system engineering TeamworkHave you read this book? Spoiler alert: No math! MORE
architecture system engineeringI love architecture, though I'm not an architect, and never studied architecture. Of course, I love system architecture, which is both different from building and construction per se, and identical -- because a building is a system, just as any other such integrated structure is a system. Frank Gehry is one of Canada-America's more esteemed architects. He does projects around the world. MORE
Then keep the title under 70 characters so it doesn’t get cut off in search engine results, and put keywords near the front to make it more attractive in search results. You’ll find them in the title of a search engine result page (SERP), and in the top bar of an internet browser. A title tag should be about 70 characters or fewer in length so it doesn’t get cut off in a Google SERP (Search Engine Results Page). MORE
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Time Tracking for Engineers Engineers constitute a large part of every company. Time Management Tools best time tracking software time tracking software time tracking software for engineersVery often, they. MORE
decision game theory Statistics system engineering"Just because something happens after something else happens doesn't mean it happens because something else happened Show me your data Show me your assumptions Tell me what questions you asked Tell me why you didn't ask other questions" From the TED Radio Hour, "Big Data". So, what we have here is the tyranny of the "Three Cs" * Coincidence, perhaps better written as co-incident to. MORE
A lot of PMs know they need systems engineering, or think they might, but aren't sure who these folks are or what they do. Here's my FAQ I used when I was a Director for systems engineering for an aerospace and communications firm (And, I tried to make this not to stuffy!) What is this thing called system engineering? What is system engineering? Here's the way NASA defines it: " system engineering MORE
A lot of PMs know they need systems engineering, or think they might, but aren't sure who these folks are or what they do. Here's my FAQ I used when I was a Director for systems engineering for an aerospace and communications firm (And, I tried to make this not too stuffy!) What is this thing called system engineering? What is system engineering? Here's the way NASA defines it: " system engineering MORE
Or, you can measure anything -- everything Actually, you can't Measurements do the changing There are may project domains where measurements change the thing being measured, so that the results are incorrect, sometimes dramatically so: Many chemical reactions or chemistry attributes Some biological effects Most quantum effects Bayes decision deduction induction system engineeringWe're told repeatedly: you can't manage what you can't measure. MORE
No scientist or engineer will fail to recognize the well-known syndrome of an experiment that refuses to work in the face of upper management. How to Predict the Unpredictable: The Art of Outsmarting Almost Everyone , William Poundstone, 2015. Quotes MORE
Naturally, risk system engineeringFARCA -- Fault and Root Cause Analysis -- is what you do when you've got observations and symptoms of outcomes, but no real supporting explanation of the underlying causes and failure modes. Every PMO admonishes: Don't act on symptoms! Get to the 'facts'. Find out what's causing this And thus: deductive analysis*. When you've got the answer; now you must discover the question. MORE
The author is Charlie Munger, a man who is decidedly not a system engineer or a project manager, but nonetheless understands some of the principles of the former.(*) He writes -- certainly as a systems thinker -- this way: I became so avid a collector instances of bad judgment that I paid. system engineeringI was directed to this paper about "The Psychology of Human Misjudgment" by a posting on herdingcats. MORE
Project Management Statistics system engineeringFor many years, I've preached the benefits of the Monte Carlo simulation (MCS). For many reasons, it's superior to other analysis paradigms. In network analysis, for instance, it handles the parallel join or 'gate' as no other method will. In fact, it's this very capability that renders the Monte Carlo superior to other risk adjusted ideas, like the PERT method in scheduling. PERT suffers. MORE
Back in 1991, while toiling away as an Aerospace Engineer, I found this book called “Do What You Are, Discover the Perfect Career for You.” MORE
I started my career as a Software Engineer , writing Fortran 77 signal processing algorithms to find and track missile launchers in the middle eastern desert. Signal processing is a domain of software development well suited to the paradigm of engineered systems. This early work took me into other fields of engineered systems. So when would a software system NOT be Engineered to fit the Needs of the Customer? This is called engineering the solution. MORE
Mike Cohn has an excellent posting on the " agile system engineeringWe no longer say "waterfall"; now we say "batch transfer" Fair enough. New label; old wine. I get it. But, still, to be avoided -- if you can What replaces the sequential batch transfer (formerly: sequential waterfall. Hiss!)? Collaboration! (*) And, less optimally, smaller "batches" (did someone say "lean"?) MORE
Such overwhelmed by the dictatorship of time are those who are engaged in engineering. Imagine you are a manager at engineering lab and are in command of […]. Time is one of the scarcest resources. MORE
Many of us learned recently from Alistair Cockburn that he studied engineering in college and took a course in thermodynamics for which he received a passing grade. Project Management system engineeringHowever, he declares: can't recall anything about thermodynamics. He asks: does that invalidate the worth of my degree? No, his degree shows a pathway (his word) of self improvement and education. And, for the most. MORE
For non-trivial problems in any domain, Systems Engineering provides a starting framework for identifying problems, assessing possible solutions, implementing those solutions, measuring the performance of the efforts to deliver the solutions and the effectiveness of those solutions. MORE
Engineering Related Topics TimeCamp
MARCH 30, 2018
Time Tracking for Engineers Engineers constitute a large part of every company. Time Management Tools best time tracking software time tracking software time tracking software for engineersVery often, they.
Herding Cats
APRIL 2, 2017
For non-trivial problems in any domain, Systems Engineering provides a starting framework for identifying problems, assessing possible solutions, implementing those solutions, measuring the performance of the efforts to deliver the solutions and the effectiveness of those solutions.
Musings on Project Management
APRIL 21, 2017
A lot of PMs know they need systems engineering, or think they might, but aren't sure who these folks are or what they do. Here's my FAQ I used when I was a Director for systems engineering for an aerospace and communications firm (And, I tried to make this not to stuffy!) What is this thing called system engineering? What is system engineering? Here's the way NASA defines it: " system engineering
TimeCamp
JANUARY 23, 2018
Such overwhelmed by the dictatorship of time are those who are engaged in engineering. Imagine you are a manager at engineering lab and are in command of […]. Time is one of the scarcest resources.
Speaker: Tristan Kromer, Lean Agile Coach, Kromatic
increase isn't worth the engineering time we're spending! Some teams struggle to constantly optimize conversion rates without understanding the financial impact of those conversion rates. Sometimes that 0.1% You'll learn: How to turn basic dashboard metrics into a financial model.
LiquidPlanner
AUGUST 15, 2017
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.
Herding Cats
JULY 18, 2016
Systems Engineering: Coping with Complexity, Richard Stevens, Peter Brook, Ken Jackson, Stuart Arnold. A Primer for Model-Based Systems Engineering, 2nd Edition, David Long and Zane Scott. On our morning ride, the conversation came around to Systems.
Herding Cats
NOVEMBER 13, 2017
During a twitter today, there was a question about what are the drivers of project success. This is the picture I provided. The question was where is the Quality as a driver. Here's the answer to that. Related articles. Architecture -Center ERP Systems in the Manufacturing Domain.
Herding Cats
MAY 11, 2017
I started my career as a Software Engineer , writing Fortran 77 signal processing algorithms to find and track missile launchers in the middle eastern desert. Signal processing is a domain of software development well suited to the paradigm of engineered systems. This early work took me into other fields of engineered systems. So when would a software system NOT be Engineered to fit the Needs of the Customer? This is called engineering the solution.
LiquidPlanner
JUNE 6, 2016
Here’s what makes LiquidPlanner different from other project management tools on our market: our scheduling engine. If you want more of the technical details, CTO and co-founder Jason Carlson talks about how the scheduling engine was built—in two takes, mind you!—and
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Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the process that results in a website appearing higher up the Search Engine Results Page (SERP) on sites such as Google, Yahoo etc. This is also used in some search engines in the search results. Introduction.
Musings on Project Management
MAY 8, 2016
I am not a visionary, I'm an engineer," Torvalds says. Here's a good TED talk as an interview with Linus Torvalds, the geek of geeks, and inventor of LINUX and Git Linus Torvalds transformed technology twice — first with the Linux kernel, which helps power the Internet, and again with Git, the source code management system used by developers worldwide. "I I'm perfectly happy with all the. human factors
Herding Cats
APRIL 4, 2016
But in technical systems - engineered technical systems - the system has to work when commanded to do so. This is the domain of Systems Engineering, that many times is based on the principles of Ackoff and others like him. Systems Engineering: Coping with Complexity , Richard Stevens, Peter Brook, Ken Jackson, and Stuart Arnold. INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook - membership needed. This is the professional society for Systems Engineers.
Musings on Project Management
APRIL 15, 2018
construction system engineeringMany creative people will tell you that new ideas begin -- often spontaneously -- with a mind's sketch that they then render in some kind of media. Fair enough -- no news there. We've talked about storyboards, etc before. But then the heavy lifting begins. How to fill in the details? Where to start? My advice: Draw it first. If you can't draw it, you can't build it! And so the.
Musings on Project Management
DECEMBER 6, 2017
Many of us learned recently from Alistair Cockburn that he studied engineering in college and took a course in thermodynamics for which he received a passing grade. Project Management system engineeringHowever, he declares: can't recall anything about thermodynamics. He asks: does that invalidate the worth of my degree? No, his degree shows a pathway (his word) of self improvement and education. And, for the most.
Musings on Project Management
NOVEMBER 29, 2017
Project manager Here's your task Here's your budget Here's your schedule Keep your head down; focus on the task; don't get distracted System Engineer Here's your environment and context Here's your interface Consider the chaotic and integrating effects Keep your head up; look around you; be aware of other stuff going on Hello! Project Management system engineering
Musings on Project Management
NOVEMBER 25, 2017
The author is Charlie Munger, a man who is decidedly not a system engineer or a project manager, but nonetheless understands some of the principles of the former.(*) He writes -- certainly as a systems thinker -- this way: I became so avid a collector instances of bad judgment that I paid. system engineeringI was directed to this paper about "The Psychology of Human Misjudgment" by a posting on herdingcats.
DigitalPM
NOVEMBER 28, 2015
Marketing Search Engine Optimization SEO for eCommerce TutorialsThe post Things to Learn: SEO from the Top appeared first on The Digital Project Manager - eCommerce and Web.
Musings on Project Management
APRIL 3, 2017
And, it's only 225 pages in hardcover If you are a mechanical engineer, it's a must If you are any kind of an engineer, it's a should-read If you are a project manager looking for leadership lessons, it's a must read (but you can skip the engineering detail). leadership Project Management system engineering TeamworkHave you read this book? Spoiler alert: No math!
Musings on Project Management
DECEMBER 9, 2017
Mike Cohn has an excellent posting on the " agile system engineeringWe no longer say "waterfall"; now we say "batch transfer" Fair enough. New label; old wine. I get it. But, still, to be avoided -- if you can What replaces the sequential batch transfer (formerly: sequential waterfall. Hiss!)? Collaboration! (*) And, less optimally, smaller "batches" (did someone say "lean"?)
Musings on Project Management
SEPTEMBER 25, 2016
Or, you can measure anything -- everything Actually, you can't Measurements do the changing There are may project domains where measurements change the thing being measured, so that the results are incorrect, sometimes dramatically so: Many chemical reactions or chemistry attributes Some biological effects Most quantum effects Bayes decision deduction induction system engineeringWe're told repeatedly: you can't manage what you can't measure.
Musings on Project Management
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
system can not retain or disclose confidential information without explicit approval from the human factors system engineeringDeveloping A.I. stuff? Many are What about the rules of behavior for A.I. capabilities? Oren Etzioni has an opinion on this The A.I. system must be subject to the full gamut of laws that apply to its human operators and developer The A.I. system must clearly disclose that it is not human (*) The A.I.
DigitalPM
JULY 17, 2017
If you have ever worked in the capacity of business analyst or SEO marketer for yourself or a client you have probably heard of the term “link juice” Link juice is a valuable commodity in the search engine optimization world — and it doesn’t come easy or without heavy lifting. According to the almighty Google , the search engine’s algorithm determines which pages have the best information for a query on a subject, mostly by other prominent websites linking to the page.
Musings on Project Management
APRIL 5, 2016
Bayes decision risk decision system engineeringIf you are into risk assessments, you may find yourself evaluating the data Evaluating the data usually means testing its applicability with a hypothesis. The process usually cited in project management chapters about risk is this: A hypothesis is formed. And then the evidence against the hypothesis—observable data—is evaluated. If the evidence.
Musings on Project Management
DECEMBER 29, 2016
agile Risk Management system engineeringNow, this could be a bit stuffy: "The Requisite Law of Variety" But actually, it's an interesting concept to consider, to wit: Essential Elements (E): these are outcomes, results, or other artifacts that you want to have some control over, even if you are Agile Disturbances (D): these are events or actions that impact E. usually there are a lot of these! Regulation (R) or controls: these.
Musings on Project Management
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
Thou shalt adopt a fundamentally Project Management system engineeringThe following is borrowed unashamedly from Matthew Squair at Critical Uncertainties: "Herewith, are the 15 commandments for thine safety critical software as spoken by the machine god unto his prophet Hermann Kopetz. Thou shalt regard the system safety case as thy tabernacle of safety and derive thine critical software failure modes and requirements from it.
Musings on Project Management
SEPTEMBER 19, 2016
decision game theory Statistics system engineering"Just because something happens after something else happens doesn't mean it happens because something else happened Show me your data Show me your assumptions Tell me what questions you asked Tell me why you didn't ask other questions" From the TED Radio Hour, "Big Data". So, what we have here is the tyranny of the "Three Cs" * Coincidence, perhaps better written as co-incident to.
Musings on Project Management
JULY 28, 2016
estimate Quotations system engineeringDid you see this witicism at herdingcats? A skeptic will question claims, then embrace the evidence. A denier will question claims, then reject the evidence. Neil deGrase Tyson. Think of this whenever there is a conjecture that has no testable evidence of the claim. And think ever more when those making the conjectured claim refuse to provide evidence. When that is the case, it is.
Musings on Project Management
JUNE 5, 2016
planning system engineeringI've pointed to "Thinking in Systems: a primer" by D. Meadows in prior posts, and here I go again, largely because I think she's offered a lot that is useful to managers of all stripes, not just systems people. But, there's traps! Here's an abridged list of 'traps' she cautions against, a list of ills we should all be cautious about: Success to the successful If the winners of a.
Musings on Project Management
MARCH 5, 2016
Project Management Statistics system engineeringFor many years, I've preached the benefits of the Monte Carlo simulation (MCS). For many reasons, it's superior to other analysis paradigms. In network analysis, for instance, it handles the parallel join or 'gate' as no other method will. In fact, it's this very capability that renders the Monte Carlo superior to other risk adjusted ideas, like the PERT method in scheduling. PERT suffers.
Musings on Project Management
MAY 27, 2016
architecture system engineeringI love architecture, though I'm not an architect, and never studied architecture. Of course, I love system architecture, which is both different from building and construction per se, and identical -- because a building is a system, just as any other such integrated structure is a system. Frank Gehry is one of Canada-America's more esteemed architects. He does projects around the world.
Musings on Project Management
MAY 2, 2016
Naturally, risk system engineeringFARCA -- Fault and Root Cause Analysis -- is what you do when you've got observations and symptoms of outcomes, but no real supporting explanation of the underlying causes and failure modes. Every PMO admonishes: Don't act on symptoms! Get to the 'facts'. Find out what's causing this And thus: deductive analysis*. When you've got the answer; now you must discover the question.
DigitalPM
JANUARY 27, 2016
However, while I’d never discourage you from creating the sort of content that can boost your traffic and potentially bring in links that will help you to climb further up the search engine’s rankings, on their own, traffic and/or links are not going to make a difference to your bottom line.
Digite
MARCH 17, 2017
The PI Planning meeting is organized by the Release Train Engineer (RTE, also called the Scrum Master of the Agile Release Train). This is done by the Release Train Engineer after the PI Planning meeting is over and not during the meeting. • Img Src: Youtube.com/VanceLowe.
DigitalPM
JANUARY 27, 2016
Then keep the title under 70 characters so it doesn’t get cut off in search engine results, and put keywords near the front to make it more attractive in search results. You’ll find them in the title of a search engine result page (SERP), and in the top bar of an internet browser. A title tag should be about 70 characters or fewer in length so it doesn’t get cut off in a Google SERP (Search Engine Results Page).
Herding Cats
JUNE 29, 2017
No scientist or engineer will fail to recognize the well-known syndrome of an experiment that refuses to work in the face of upper management. How to Predict the Unpredictable: The Art of Outsmarting Almost Everyone , William Poundstone, 2015. Quotes
Brad Egeland
JANUARY 10, 2018
Back in 1991, while toiling away as an Aerospace Engineer, I found this book called “Do What You Are, Discover the Perfect Career for You.”
Herding Cats
JANUARY 31, 2018
most have not been explored — Dr. Steve Jolly, IEEE Fourth International Conference of System of Systems Engineering in “System of Systems in Space Exploration: Is Software Broken?”, There are thousands of ways to fail.
Herding Cats
NOVEMBER 30, 2017
In the preface of Preparing for the Professional Engineer's Examination , Irving J. Engineering Economy. Where are the similar theoretical and practical knowledge areas to call one a Software Engineer ?
Arras People
AUGUST 9, 2016
“ I’ve been working in the Oil and Gas industry for a while as a cost engineer but I’m concerned about the downturn in the industry. Any advice on how to make a move away from this industry?”
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