Author: Craig Champlin
-
Selling an agile approach…
Setup: I came across this question at Discussion: Agile | LinkedIn (account required). In the original posting Myroslava Trotsyuk referenced an article (How Agile Practices Reduce Requirements Risks) by Ellen Gottesdiener which describes 6 project risks that are mitigated by agile practices. In response Lanis Brett Ossman raised the question: Why is it difficult to sell an…
-
Commanding your IM workflows – Part 1: Introduction and scope
Software Terminology I have a software background, and I am concerned about software things, consequently, I use many software terms. If you ever have a question about the definition of a term or concept, either leave me a comment or send an email to craig.champlin@me.com and I will post its definition here. The same u…
-
integrity of chocolate cake
In trying to get at the definition of integrity management, I started thinking outside the world of pipelines. An interesting question comes to mind, how would the PHMSA rules for integrity apply to protecting something precious like my chocolate cake? Briefly put, the Gas IM Rule specifies how pipeline operators must identify, prioritize, assess, evaluate, repair…
acK for pipeline integrity 