Tag: project management
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Never Start From Scratch – Design Inspiration
You aren’t designing anything from scratch, and if you tried, you ought to be fired. For one, you don’t have sufficient expertise to design from scratch (neither do I). Second, your project likely doesn’t have the time and budget to design from scratch (e.g., building from scratch). But be comforted—you aren’t solving a new mechanical…
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The Cold Hard Reality of Engineering, the Iron Triangle
“Can XYZ project be done?” Before you can answer, you have to ask yourself, does XYZ break any of the laws of nature? If not, it can be done. If so, it cannot be done. The only real consideration is whether the resources are available for doing the project. Projects require resources such as time,…