J.D. Solomon
Great Facilitation Agendas: What Little League Baseball Taught Me
Baseball coaches and facilitators often share the common problem of developing an agenda. And if one meaning of facilitation is to make...
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J.D. Solomon
- Jan 31
Applying ISO 31000 to PFAS and USEPA Risk Assessments
PFAS is an issue filled with complexity, difficulty, and uncertainty. The good news is that the USEPA does a good job with technical...
J.D. Solomon
- Dec 30, 2022
How to Improve Strategic Plan Facilitation by Reviewing Dashboard Design
The Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) business leader was frustrated. Three years ago, the organization moved to a new...
J.D. Solomon
- Dec 21, 2022
Less than Obvious Tips That Will Boost Your Project Milestone Reviews
Four basic things to improve project milestone reviews Autopsies and Improving the Dreaded Project Milestone Review provides insights and...
J.D. Solomon
- Dec 7, 2022
Controversial Thoughts on Operationalizing Asset Management for Better Results
Are you drowning in the many activities related to what to do in your asset management program? Are you spending valuable resources and...
J.D. Solomon
- Nov 18, 2022
Master Plans Are More Important with Persistent Inflation and Looming Recession
Two years ago, updating your master plan was a good idea because the world was getting back to normal and to position your organization...
J.D. Solomon
- Oct 25, 2022
Can Understanding Risk Appetite Help a Project Manager's Career?
New project managers and young professionals often struggle with the concept of risk appetite and how it impacts decision making. The...
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- Oct 10, 2022
How to Evaluate Human Error Is Coming to SMRP in Raleigh
The session is titled "How Baseball Teaches Us Everything We Need to Know About Human Error" and is scheduled for Wednesday, October 19,...
J.D. Solomon
- Sep 5, 2022
Why Considering the Likelihood of Failure is Bad for Business Risk
An incredible number of technical professionals believe that effective asset management can only be performed with a meaningful...
J.D. Solomon
- May 13, 2022
Seven Helpful Tips About 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...
J.D. Solomon
- Jan 20, 2022
Operationalize Risk by Making It More Understandable To Front-Line Staff
Think about the greatest risk you have encountered in the past five years. Maybe it was related to physical injury or serious sickness....
J.D. Solomon
- Dec 8, 2021
Better Data Quality is a Significant Outcome of Forecasting Lifecycle Costs
A lifecycle replacement forecast provides a financial forecast of the total investment needed by an organization to keep its facilities...
J.D. Solomon
- Nov 15, 2021
Tips For Including Rare Event Risks Into New Project Development
Rare event risks make or break any capital project because we handle them poorly. By contrast, traditional project risks are handled...
J.D. Solomon
- Nov 8, 2021
Success Or Failure Determined by Addressing Rare Events
Rare events produce the greatest risk to facility and infrastructure projects. Traditional risks, often called project risks, are...
J.D. Solomon
- Nov 5, 2021
Eight Tips for Improving Your Risk Matrices
Risk matrices are one way to perform risk-based prioritization. The approach is qualitative, or describes the quality of the risks, and...
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- Nov 3, 2021
ASQ Richmond: Improving Risk Matrices
"What's Wrong With Risk Matrices & How To Improve Them" will be JD Solomon’s topic at next Tuesday’s (November 9) ASQ-Richmond chapter...
J.D. Solomon
- Sep 6, 2020
The Top Five Sites For Evaluating Your Hurricane Risks
Understanding your risks relative to an uncertain future usually involves some type of model.
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