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Comment on Proposed Offshore-Drilling Safety Institute: Help or Hinderance? by Aaron D. Hall, Twin Cities, MN Attorney

Aaron D. Hall, Twin Cities, MN Attorney — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 01:58:21 +0000

As a lawyer operating out of Minneapolis, your blog is a benefit to my legal practice. I appreciate your good content.

Aaron D. Hall
Twin Cities Law Firm, LLC
http://www.aaronhall.com/

Comment on Can We Sustain Global Energy Demands? by DIY Solar Panels

DIY Solar Panels — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:01:58 +0000

Thank you for posting this, it’s been really helpful.

Comment on Can We Sustain Global Energy Demands? by Building Solar Panels

Building Solar Panels — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 14:02:13 +0000

More people need to read this and act on it. Great post.

Comment on Can We Sustain Global Energy Demands? by Building Solar Panels

Building Solar Panels — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 06:27:13 +0000

I absolutely agree with your view on this, I just wish more people had the same perspective.

Comment on Competitive Advantages of Utilizing Best Practices by Gilbert

Gilbert — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:37:34 +0000

You make a good point with this article. Many project managers present project schedules to their stakholders as demonstration of control. The high failure rate begs the question … are they used as a tool, or are they “wall art”? A good risk management program within the project will assure success!

Comment on Proposed Offshore-Drilling Safety Institute: Help or Hinderance? by Gilbert

Gilbert — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 23:08:38 +0000

While the idea of creating an “independent” organization that supports and tracks drilling and production operations supporting SEMS in the Gulf of Mexico sounds good; what roles do API and BOEM play?

It sounds like redundancy and extra expense to me! Will the lessons learned from this added organization really add value to the industry above that already benefitted from API committees?

What are the metrics for measuring the success of this proposed organization?

Comment on Is It Possible to Reduce Your Arbitration Costs? by Andrew Sall

Andrew Sall — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 00:44:49 +0000

The point on re-education costs is huge! Start and stop, disjointed presentations are very inefficient. In the interest of fairness it is important for opposing experts to be scheduled close together. If too much time lapses between experts, the last expert tends to be the most clearly remembered by the arbitrator.

Comment on Problems with Typical Project Cost Reporting by Jonathan Kraatz

Jonathan Kraatz — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 23:27:51 +0000

I think 1,2 and 4 are the most common, but totally agree that measuring against projection has it’s issues. Using this as a starting point is important, but to get a true grasp of a project’s success measuring actual results versus projected/desired outcomes is critical.

Comment on Problems with Typical Project Cost Reporting by Duke

Duke — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:31:21 +0000

Great point that most executives don’t dig into.

Comment on The change in capital markets and the effect on capital projects by Bill

Bill — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:43:30 +0000

I just would like to say howdy and to let you know that I really like reading your blog, it is very well written and articulate. Keep up the good work!