Two years ago, updating your master plan was a good idea because the world was getting back to normal and to position your organization...

New project managers and young professionals often struggle with the concept of risk appetite and how it impacts decision making. The...

Probability Distributions The probability density function (PDF) is applied to continuous random variables, whereas the probability...

The stakes are high. The problem is difficult. We search for the facilitation approach that rises to the level of the problem. Not so...

Asset management for facilities and infrastructure has fallen into the leadership realm of gearheads and data managers. The result is...

Three of the essential things to know about capital project prioritization are: The selected approach should consistent with the maturity...

JD Solomon serves as a co-author with Dr. Diane Lauritsen for this paper at the 2022 Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting (JASM) in Grand...

The foundations of systems thinking and facilitation apply to business cases because the analysis requires a group to establish the...

The foundations of systems thinking and facilitation apply to capital programs because the analysis requires a group to establish the...

This article discusses five ways to effectively facilitate block diagrams by conducting pre-session exchanges, asking powerful questions,...

SOAP can result in staff time savings of up to 70% compared to traditional methods.

Organizations are constantly frustrated in the capital projects planning process and developing appropriate Operations and Maintenance...

Think about the greatest risk you have encountered in the past five years. Maybe it was related to physical injury or serious sickness....

RAMS is still on-go for the end of January. Organizers report strong registration numbers, despite COVID cases and usual high...

There is a lot to unpack in the standard definition of facilitation. "A facilitated session is a highly structured meeting in which the...

MPW Board Chair Rick Crosby, former OWASA General Manager Ed Kerwin, NASA's Tim Adams, and JD Solomon will host a half-day workshop on...

A lifecycle replacement forecast provides a financial forecast of the total investment needed by an organization to keep its facilities...

JD Solomon will provide his 8-hour workshop at the 68th International Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS) in Tuscon,...

Risk matrices are one way to perform risk-based prioritization. The approach is qualitative, or describes the quality of the risks, and...

The alignment of an organization’s capabilities, information support systems, and decision making defines its organizational capacity.