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How Do You Define Reliability? (and a case example from Tampa)
Reliability is one of the most overworked and misunderstood words in the world of facilities and infrastructure. Reliability is also one...
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Oct 5, 2023
Two Powerful Workshops on Technical Communication at SMRP in October
The 31st Annual SMRP Conference joins maintenance, reliability, and physical asset management professionals from around the world on...
J.D. Solomon
Jun 19, 2023
Improve Team Dynamics by Modifying This One Simple Technique
Fist to five is a simple and effective technique for improving team dynamics and gauging consensus. In this simple method, participants...
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Apr 17, 2023
Johnston County Approves JD Solomon Inc and B&V for Phase II Regionalization Assessment
The Johnston County Board of Commissioners approved JD Solomon, Inc and Black & Veatch for Phase II of the water & sewer regionalization...
J.D. Solomon
Jan 27, 2022
Observed in Practice: 5 Reasons for Not Doing Written Business Cases
Organizations are constantly frustrated in the capital projects planning process and developing appropriate Operations and Maintenance...
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Jan 24, 2022
Johnston County, JD Solomon Inc, and B&V Begin Regionalization Assessment
On Tuesday, January 18, 2022, the Johnston County Board of Commissioners approved the contract to evaluate long-term water & sewer...
JD Solomon
Jan 18, 2022
Ask the Experts Replay: Building Better Business Cases
Get more of what you want by doing business cases. Better yet, you will not get out-positioned competing department managers who are...
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Jan 9, 2022
Getting Your Boss's Boss to Understand at 68th International Reliability & Maintainability Symposium
RAMS is still on-go for the end of January. Organizers report strong registration numbers, despite COVID cases and usual high...
J.D. Solomon
Jan 3, 2022
Facilitation, Soft and Hard
There is a lot to unpack in the standard definition of facilitation. "A facilitated session is a highly structured meeting in which the...
J.D. Solomon
Dec 16, 2021
Communicating with FINESSE: Getting the Boss’s Boss to Understand
The critical issue is a technical professional's inability to communicate to decision makers in the face of complexity and uncertainty. ...
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 5, 2021
Drinking Water Contaminants Impact Project Development
USEPA’s draft Contaminant Candidate List (CCL 5) includes 66 chemicals, three chemical groups (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances...
J.D. Solomon
Oct 29, 2021
Improving Strategic Plans
Most organizations have weak Strategic Plans. It is easy to lose focus if your Mission, Vision, Values, and Strategic Goals fall into...
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