Project Management

• Matrix Technologies Project Services Division

  Matrix Technologies – Project Services Matrix Technologies can provide much more than Project Management. Our Project Service Department includes Capital Project Planning, Project Delivery, Project Controls and Project Management services. Our customers have many phases to a project and we are prepared to provide solutions to each of these phases. A successful project begins with […]

  Read MoreRon England, PE, PMP / Capital Project Planning  / Construction Management  / Design-Build  / Earned Value  / EPC  / Project Controls  / Project Delivery  / Project Management  / Scheduling 

• Ability vs. Availability: Outsourcing Engineering

  Ability vs. Availability: Outsourcing Engineering A common thread that runs through the requests we receive from our clients is, “We would do this project ourselves, but we’re slammed with other work.” Of course, that “other work” is doing the day-to-day tasks necessary to get product out of the door. As a lot of us at […]

  Read MoreDanny Henderson, PMP / Automation Engineering  / Construction Management  / Industrial Automation Engineering  / Manufacturing Process Control  / Outsourcing  / Project Management  / Schedule 

• How an effective kickoff meeting sets the stage for a successful project

  How an effective kickoff meeting sets the stage for a successful project Getting the right people together to discuss the right topics is key to success An important part of any project – one that can sometimes be taken for granted — is the initial kickoff meeting. With nearly 40 years of project management experience, […]

  Read MoreRob Goldsmith / Industrial Automation Engineering  / Kickoff Meetings  / Manufacturing Operations Management  / Manufacturing Process Control  / Project Management  / Management  / Improvement 

• Earned value provides powerful forecasting tool

  Earned value provides powerful forecasting tool Earned value is a tool for tracking real progress of a project that allows for more accurate forecasting and provides a sense of urgency early in a project, before things have gotten out of hand. The key word in the previous sentence is “real.” In the past, project performance […]

  Read MoreJason Perry, PE / Earned Value  / Engineering Consulting Services  / Forecasting  / Industrial Automation Engineering  / Manufacturing Operations Management  / Project Management  / Planning  / Data Management