Project Management News
Emerging Trends in Engineering
Being able to identify and proactively participate in emerging trends in any business is a vital component for continued success and this is certainly the situation in reference to the field of Engineering. While each subset of Engineering will contain...
Top 5 Ways to Improve Cost Control on Your Next Project
As with any project, cost controls are essential in ensuring that the appropriate time and resources are applied to the project and any potential for waste is reduced. However, often cost controls are applied without regard to the overall impact these can have...
Stress Concentration Factor: Why It’s Important the Health of Your Project
In engineering terms, the stress concentration factor is a localized area or concentration of undistributed force - for those involved in project management, there isn't much of a difference. The stress concentration factor in project management is an aspect of...
Top 10 Tools for Project Management
Trying to set goals, maintain communication, schedule meetings and more can be a daunting challenge if you're using traditional email. Emails do not always reach the right people at the right time, or they can get caught in spam filters...and of course they may be...
Change Control and How It Affects the Health of Your Project
From budget to time and scope, changes in a project are almost inevitable. Regardless of the size of a project, having effective change control in place can make a significant difference in the health of your project. Change requires efficient management in order to...
Project Management vs. Change Management – How Each Affects Your Business
While exhibiting similarities; project management and change management are two different areas, each with different skill sets and requirements. It is true that both have the same strategic goal in the company - producing results for the company and stakeholders. It...
How Proper Project Management Leads to Increased Performance
Conceptually, most companies are familiar with the concept of project management. However, this familiarity is diminished in practical terms, and when it comes to implementation, reality can differ significantly from the concept. Due to the...
The Importance of Process Safety and Asset Integrity
With several prominent events recently in the media landscape concerning asset integrity loss, and the new initiatives to increase the price of commodities starting to take shape, the importance of process safety and asset integrity can not be understated. At present,...
Wind Energy and It’s Impact on Texas
Better known for armadillos and oil pump jacks, Texas is a pioneer in wind energy. While the Texas romance with oil and natural gas is still going strong, Texas has quietly built some of the largest wind generation farms in the country and this looks to continue for...
Enhanced Oil Recovery: What You Need to Know
Oil prices are still hovering around $48.00 or less and with steadily climbing supply levels, it might seem superfluous to be discussing Enhanced Oil Recovery projects. However, everyone understands this supply glut will not last forever. Thus being prepared and ready...
