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https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/case-study-jabel-ali-refinery-shutdown-2016-mujahid-ali-akhtar/Hi, I wrote a case study for a major Shutdown in the past and would like to share in this group for feedback as well as for your information who are in the shutdown/turnaround business.Thank you,Mujahid…
22 Mar 2019 · Mujahid Akhtar · 1 min read
Peter Drucker, arguably the father of modern management, said "What gets measured, gets managed.”
14 Nov 2018 · Mannix Carney · 4 min read
This is my first note. Actually I have a Persian blog to share my opinion about: Project Management, Project Planning and Control, Strategic Planning and thier softwares. The Latest part of my note is to introduce PowerBI software that is published by Microsoft in 2015. to visit it and my blog follo
26 Feb 2018 · Reza Hamzehpour · 1 min read
Projects with involved stakeholders are far more likely to be successful. But many projects suffer from low engagement from executives, users, and key stakeholders.The PMI’s Pulse of the Professionsurvey found that projects with high executive support were 40% more likely to be successful than those
31 Aug 2017 · Alan Zucker · 6 min read
I have just completed my second book-signing event at Chapters-Chinook, Calgary, AB. Unique to the day's experience was a lively discussion with a group of young students. They were highly inquisitive and showed genuine interest on the subject of risk and risk-based management.
4 Jun 2017 · Rufran Frago · 2 min read
20-May-2017 My first book signing event went well today at Indigo Signal Hill. I met a lot of interesting, intelligent people and was able to introduce the book to them. Had some lively discussion with a few who said that the book was timely. Some promised to check online. My next book signing event
21 May 2017 · Rufran Frago · 1 min read
A project management framework is important in effectively managing projects. Planning and scheduling management framework is essential in managing plans and schedule. An engineering management framework governs engineering works as does a safety management framework provide standards and guidance t
12 May 2017 · Rufran Frago · 5 min read
A good understanding of diversity risk must be part of planning. The world is laden with so many cultures. Mixtures of these various norms creates a new norm that must be considered seriously.If we look in the past, multiculturalism has a long and wide history in Canada. It was then adopted by the g
29 Jan 2017 · Rufran Frago · 6 min read
Previously, we have discussed how schedule pressure and various schedule compression techniques may manifest themselves unpredictably and with adverse effect on the project. When pondering this correlation it might be comforting to recall the age old adage of, “haste makes waste”; my grandfather wou
8 Nov 2016 · Michael Bensussen · 2 min read
Many years ago I worked on an EPCM project for a major Tier 1 client. Like most companies we were always told that we had to keep the client happy. Client satisfaction was key! One particular young engineer took this to heart. If the Client’s team wanted some minor design change he was happy to obli
25 Jul 2016 · Carmen Ford · 6 min read
