Information Exchange Considerations For Owner/Operators

If you are involved in project management you may already know that some of the largest owner/operators in the world leverage our Pims software to streamline communication and information exchange between themselves and their contractors, partners, and third party verification organizations. This includes technical information, deliverables and drawings, tag information, request for information, change management, … Continue reading Information Exchange Considerations For Owner/Operators

The Million Dollar Configurable Pair of Pants

Many IT professionals seem obsessed about the distinction between configuration and customization, and tend to view the latter as an evil to run a mile from. We need configuration, for sure — but we need a reality check and consider the entire cost of providing the configurability before we discard customization. Configurability beyond a certain point has … Continue reading The Million Dollar Configurable Pair of Pants

The Case for a Real Project Management System

Abstract This white paper is designed to give project management practitioners, major project decision makers and stakeholders an overview of the challenges in managing major projects and the high-level mechanisms needed to be best possible equipped to handle them. It does not address all features needed by a project management system, but rather focuses on … Continue reading The Case for a Real Project Management System

Drowning in Information and Starving for Knowledge

Please read the quote below and let it sink in for a second before you continue reading. "Drowning in Information and Starving for Knowledge" The quote is by Rutherford David Rogers, Director, Yale University Libraries, from 1985. If we were drowning in information back then, situation certainly hasn't improved since. As a curios fact, it was estimated … Continue reading Drowning in Information and Starving for Knowledge