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A great strategic planning tool used in business for analyzing an environment for a new project is the SWOT analysis:  Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats.  Business planners know that in order for a project to

Due diligence is as important to engineers as water is to a fish.  By definition, due diligence is any number of concepts or processes involving an investigation of a design, engineering calculation, contract, or some

Starting an Engineering Company This is a guest post by Brandon Lee Walter where he discusses the process of starting an engineering company. I decided to try to make the move to a company that

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 2 of my soon-to-be-launched book Engineer Your Own Success: 7 Key Elements to Creating an Extraordinary Engineering Career: Your credentials represent measurable accomplishments in your career, which include

In military terminology, “being on-point” means to assume the first and most exposed position in a combat formation.  You’re out front, leading your team into hostile territory and therefore, fully switched-on and in tune with

If you are trying to decide among a number of skills which one you wish to improve, improve your writing.  For certain having good skills in speaking, managing a program, or negotiating a budget are

This isn’t an article about time management.  If you want that, go to Amazon.com and buy one of the 20,985 books on the subject.  This is an article about investing your time.  Management implies control,

Engineers by-and-large have a bad rap when it comes to understanding business.  That is, the art of using engineering skills to create value for others, and themselves.  If you’re like I am, your first introduction

From my experience in the engineering industry, and really the corporate environment in general, I realized that there are two types of managers, I refer to them as managers and LEADERS.  There are leaders who

Stress and anxiety are very common among engineers.  This article includes a list of techniques that engineers can use to help manage their daily stresses and anxieties. At times, we have to deal with stresses and anxieties

  Featured Guest Blogger: William Merunka Follow me on my journey to become a great engineer. Let’s connect on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/williammerunka Life is a journey, and sometimes during our journey we hit dark, murky territory

Did you ever take the time to stop and think, “What is my ultimate career goal?” It’s an open-ended question with tons of possible answers, but it will certainly force you to think about your

Featured Guest Blogger: Robert Mote Every major project carries out an exercise to determine the Lessons Learned for future projects based on the design and execution of the present project. When a project approaches maturation,

Apathy, is a killer disease that affect many professional engineers through circumstances, culture and their career. No one is immune to the shadows it can throw upon oneself. But how do we break the cycle? Speaking for myself, I have found my answers in my work environment and my passion for engineering respect.

What tools do you use to craft your calculations? Do you use MathCAD because it is precise? Or do you use Excel because you can? Is one faster than the other, or better? I am Excel user and a practising engineer. Whatever you use, is it appropriate? For most engineers, in the battle between Excel and MathCAD it is a blurry. In the hands of a master, Excel wins. Learn how you can do that.

Hello all, I thought this week I would share 7 tips to help rapidly advance your career.  These tips are based on my own experience as well as the many books I have read on