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The Best Domestic Talent Pool for Engineering?
Posted on August 30, 2011 | No CommentsIt seems like finding the right engineering talent for your organization is never easy. There’s the STEM shortfall issue where we aren’t graduating enough engineers to fill the roles needed... -
Offline or Inline Technology Development: Which Do You Use?
Posted on July 29, 2011 | 2 CommentsQuite a few years ago, I remember taking a road trip in the summer. Not a family road trip to see the Grand Canyon or an all nighter drive to... -
Today’s ‘Jacked-Up’ Metrics for Engineering Productivity
Posted on July 14, 2011 | 18 CommentsHow does your management team track the progress of engineering projects? I’ve been asking that question a lot lately. And the more answers I get the more I become intrigued.... -
Do ‘In-the-Trenches’ Engineering Managers Get More Respect?
Posted on June 16, 2011 | 1 CommentDo you know of any engineering project that is overstaffed? Yes. That was a serious question. But I’ll take that as a no nonetheless. In that context, I’ve seen increasingly... -
CIC Management Forum Panel: How to Get the Most Out of Your Engineering Organization
Posted on May 17, 2011 | No CommentsOne more week and the 3D Collaborative and Interoperability Congress is here. A little while ago, I announced some details about the new Management Forum at the CIC. Then just... -
CIC Management Forum Panel: Empowering Engineering Decision Making
Posted on April 7, 2011 | 3 CommentsAs we inch closer to the kickoff of the 3D Collaboration and Interoperability Conference on May 23rd, I wanted to give all of you more insight into a few of the presentations and panels that will be part of the Management Forum track. The first one I'll talk about here is all about empowering engineering decision making. -
Are You Losing the War for Engineering Talent?
Posted on April 1, 2011 | No CommentsI have to admit, I am ready to move on past all of the talk about the recession and recovery. But there’s some good news that deserves some attention. Most... -
Macro and Micro Product Development
Posted on March 11, 2011 | 3 CommentsCan process really differentiate your company? I know. It's an longtime debate. In fact, thinking back several years now, I remember it almost as an ongoing joke. And the story would always be the same. Folks from a software provider would sit down with a customer to talk about their processes. The people from the manufacturer would always declare with a laugh: "our process is totally unique. You will have never seen anything like what we do as a process because it's what differentiates us in the market." -
Where Lean Product Development Goes Wrong
Posted on March 2, 2011 | 5 CommentsSurprising how time flies by isn't it. Here we are, now in March of 2011 and I'm thinking to myself "how did that happen?" Feeling the need to catch up, I called a friend of mine here in Austin and went to grab a drink. We spent a while catching up but soon enough, our conversation steered towards shop-talk. See, he's an been deploying lean, six sigma and other similar initiatives for years. And what he said surprised me a bit. -
Learning and the 10,000 Hour Threshold to Become an Expert Engineer?
Posted on February 14, 2011 | 4 CommentsDo you consider yourself an expert at your job? Well, maybe that’s not the best question. Let’s try this instead. All tags and titles aside, do you consider yourself a...