The future of work is changing due to COVID-19 and impending new technologies. To mitigate the future of work risk, high school and college students should consider careers as a Project Manager. Workers who are currently in jobs that are in jeopardy should contemplate upskilling to become a Project Manager. The question becomes How Do I Get A Project Manager Job? Continue reading
A black swan event has a very low probability of happening but if it does the consequences are devastating. The black swan event for Texas was the weather and the consequence was catastrophic to their power grid. Prior to the February 2021 snowstorm with freezing temperatures, you must go back to December 1929 to find the last historical Texas snowstorm. The storm lasted for 24 hours dropping 12 inches of snow with freezing temperatures. But they did not have natural gas, windmills and solar panels to worry about like today. Continue reading
What does the future hold for project management? Remote and flexible work arrangements were trends prior to COVID-19. The pandemic greatly accelerated the trends and a lot of it will be permanent well after the virus is tamed. Remote work arrangement means any work you do that dose not require commuting into an office. A flexible work arrangement are alternate arrangements or schedules from the traditional working day and week. Employees may choose a different work schedule to meet personal or family needs Continue reading
Studies show that the majority of companies today outsource up to 60-70% of their work scope to subcontractors to stay competitive. As a result, subcontractors are a major source of risk to a project.
How to minimize the subcontractor risk on a project is addressed in this paper. The approach to do this is based on my 30 years of project and project risk management experience and knowledge. Continue reading
John Ayers has a BS in Mechanical Engineering and a MS in Engineering Management. He is a member of Project Management Institute. He has managed large highly technical development projects for the private sector and the Department of Defense. Professionally he has held positions such as Director of Programs, Director of Operations, Project Engineer and Design Engineer. He writes a weekly column for CERM. He also writes a monthly blog for Association of Project Managers. His book “Project Risk Management” is available on Amazon. Continue reading