What's hot in project development in 2023? The insights on our website provide a good snapshot. Read a few of the fourteen articles and...

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These are the five key enablers for project managers to be effective communicators. Like a chain, these enablers are only as strong as...

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Project management software has many advantages over using spreadsheets for managing capital projects. These advantages are most powerful...

Accountability is an overworked word with mostly negative connotations with the current workforce. That's a shame because accountability...

As a project manager in 2023, harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) can greatly enhance productivity and efficiency within...

One of the biggest decisions an owner will make is choosing the right construction project delivery method. The decision is complicated...

USEPA’s recently released memorandum interprets existing regulations requiring state oversight of public water systems' cybersecurity...

Monte Carlo Analysis Provides Analytical and Communication Value When Complexity and Uncertainty Are High Monte Carlo analysis or Monte Carlo simulation is a technique used for forecasting that considers uncertainty and variability. As an analytical tool, Monte Carlo analysis forces the project development process to incorporate wider thinking and minimize biases. As a communication tool, Monte Carlo analysis is powerful in showing the probabilities and possibilities and iden

Monte Carlo analysis de-emphasizes extreme events, which are usually the things that cause major projects and capital program to fail. Monte Carlo analysis has some key limitations that make the technique a major cause of concern for new project development. This article discusses four contradictions that every organization should be aware (and beware) when developing new capital programs. A balanced approach using qualitative and quantitative techniques is advised. Caveats O

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Four basic things to improve project milestone reviews Autopsies and Improving the Dreaded Project Milestone Review provides insights and...

Two years ago, updating your master plan was a good idea because the world was getting back to normal and to position your organization...

The main benefit of regionalization is that it better leverages the resources of two or more water systems. Water utilities can use five...

The shorter, more practical answer is that risk appetite exists in every organization, but it is more implicit than explicit. Context (timing and your position) significantly affects risk appetite.

Current project managers and decision makers have not grown up in an era of rising construction escalation and economic inflation. The...

The answer is somewhere between 5 to 18 percent of constructed project costs. And it is more complicated than simply the percentages. If...

Three of the essential things to know about capital project prioritization are: The selected approach should consistent with the maturity...

The 2022 Safran Project Risk Conference provided helpful tips on capital project delivery, program management, and project risk. These are seven helpful tips about project risk from the Day 2 presenters at the online 2022 Safran Project Risk Conference. From Samuel Steiman and Joshua Wargo: 1. Understand your customer’s key drivers. Cost may not always be the primary consideration. 2. Complicated quantitative analytical techniques (i.e., integrated cost schedule r