The story is a constant one. I saw it again just last week on a big program. In that case, one of the project managers saw an incident as...

The purpose of a useful life estimate is to determine how long an asset will remain in useable condition. "Useful life" is not the same...

North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore has reappointed JD Solomon to a third term on the state's Environmental Management Commission...

The 2023 SessionLab survey on facilitation is based on over 1100 responses from facilitators worldwide. Responses came from 93 countries,...

Facilitating with FINESSE: A Guide to Successful Business Solutions is a practitioner's guide for ten common applications that...

Facilitating large groups can be intimidating. As always, successful facilitation starts with doing the basics well. Special attention in...

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

Baseball coaches and facilitators often share the common problem of developing an agenda. And if one meaning of facilitation is to make...

Root cause analysis (RCA) is a collective term that describes a wide range of approaches, tools, and techniques used to uncover the...

Facilitating public workshops and comment sessions are typically conducted by public-sector organizations. These sessions are intended to...

The Chance of Rain Most people do not understand what the chance of rain means. Some believe it means it will rain "30% of the day,"...

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 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.

Probability Distributions The probability density function (PDF) is applied to continuous random variables, whereas the probability...

The stakes are high. The problem is difficult. We search for the facilitation approach that rises to the level of the problem. Not so...

Asset management for facilities and infrastructure has fallen into the leadership realm of gearheads and data managers. The result is...

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

JD Solomon serves as a co-author with Dr. Diane Lauritsen for this paper at the 2022 Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting (JASM) in Grand...

The foundations of systems thinking and facilitation apply to business cases because the analysis requires a group to establish the...

The foundations of systems thinking and facilitation apply to capital programs because the analysis requires a group to establish the...