Stage/gate process

How do companies decide which projects to implement, without wasting large sums of money on dud projects?

When you’re working in the project delivery field, you’ll hear of terms such as project gating or phasing system. This is a common delivery approach that systematises what I covered in a previous blog on Making Decisions. I suggest you read that blog so you can understand the fundamentals. It may also help you make better decisions in your daily life.

I’ve drawn up a much more simplified schematic of the stage-gate system.

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

No engineering blog would be complete without reference to the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

I asked my wife the other day what the oldest wonder was and she stumbled. A lot of people don’t realise that the oldest is the one that still stands today: the Great pyramid of Giza. Talk about a design life!

See the simple visual timeline for when each wonder existed.