by Pat Sweet | Sep 19, 2014 | Article, Leadership, Project Management, Systems Engineering
As engineers, we love to build things. Big things. Complicated things. New things. And, if we’re honest, we’re pretty good at it, aren’t we? There’s just one little problem – does anyone actually want what we’ve built? Maybe yes,...
by Pat Sweet | Sep 17, 2014 | Article, Professional Development
[Note from Pat: This is a guest post from a colleague of mine, Joel Erway. Joel is an expert in helping engineers pass their Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam, a must-do if you want to become a professional engineer in the United States.] I have dealt with many...
by Pat Sweet | Aug 23, 2014 | Article, Careers
[Note from Pat: Today’s post is from Rebecca Martin on how to get a management position. She is the community outreach coordinator for the University of North Carolina’s MBA online program. Becca graduated from Loyola University in Maryland with a B.A. in...
by Pat Sweet | Aug 2, 2014 | Article, Project Management
In the world of engineering, most of us work in a “project environment”. That is to say, most of our work consists of a series of distinct, unique endeavours to accomplish some specific goal. That could be to design a new product or service, for...
by Pat Sweet | May 14, 2014 | Article, Project Management, Systems Engineering
As much as I hate to admit it, engineers are fallible (Gasp!). I know, I know, we spent years in school learning second order derivatives, every function possible in Excel, and have the Greek alphabet memorized. But still, it happens from time to time that we...
