Engineering Environments are often described as a boy toy for System Operators or as a tool to legitimate decisions that don’t have any real background. Another saying is, that EE’s are only for big players, not for small companies. This article describes the idea of EE’s as a useful strategy tool.
Most project managers plan their work out very carefully, and they do so in rather large documents. The concept of one-page project management would seem quite foreign to them, however, for individuals with smaller projects, one page might be all that is needed. Sometimes shorter really is sweeter.
This article looks at whether one can manage a project through Email alone and then explains how small and personal projects might be managed using Email.
If you set-up the test scripts in a structured way you will gain a lot of time - and money during scripting and testing. Definition of a test script starts with structured modeling of the requirements. In this article Bob Legrand will show how to improve your test scripts plus save time and money.
As American workers return from World War II, businesses prepare for an unprecedented era of prosperity. Driven by the need to remain competitive during boom times, project management professionals are tasked with finding ways to keep employees engaged, efficient, and motivated.
While Frederick Taylor battled over productivity issues with foremen and with labor unions, a close friend and colleague prepared to revolutionize business for the next hundred years—and beyond.
Most of us use benchmarking, re-engineering, and process redesign in our project management roles every week. All three of these ideas emerged from the consulting and writing work of 19th Century Philadelphian Frederick Taylor.
Taylor and Gantt enjoyed the luxury of an America with a virtually endless supply of labor for factories and mills. What happened to their ideas when war and economic boom times changed American workers? The birth of project management as we know it.
