It's a new year, which means we're all looking for ways to improve- both in our personal lives as well as in business. Here is our favorite post from 2017 that has some great insight on how to create self-motivating teams and how accountability can...
Transparency is a word that has been getting more and more attention lately. Customers, clients, and employees, in general, have shown that they value when a company has some sort of open-book policy. While there can be many benefits to having an open-book policy, there...
When organizing a project at the beginning, most would agree that it is important to break the project up into tasks, groups, milestones, touchstones- whatever your organization might call them. However, when you’re organizing a project into specific tasks and milestones, it’s important to make...
Having the right indicators, measurements, and gauges is critical to making the right decisions and making sure everything goes as it should- in project management just as much in life. Eric, a previous navigator on a U.S. Air Force KC-135 airplane, learned the importance of...
As a project progresses, one of the most valuable practices you can instigate within your project management is reforecasting the estimated hours it will take to finish the project while it is still ongoing. While it may take some more work, it will give you...
Regular, accurate communication with your customers can help you through just about any situation. Even when things are going poorly, the more you inform your customer about the status of things, the better it is for everyone. What method works best for updates is between you...
One of the most difficult tasks a project manager faces is serving as guardian of a project’s scope. Making sure that the team delivers the agreed-upon features is hard enough. But if he or she doesn’t succeed in policing scope creep, they will never bring...
We are proud to sponsor the 2017 ASTM F24 Conference, and ASTM, an organization that helps safeguard the experiences we deliver in the industry. ASTM Committees are made up of dedicated volunteers from industry, consumers, government and academia. As Setpoint, safety is paramount and deeply embedded...
Strategic partnership between Setpoint Inc. & Simtec Systems GmbH “The philosophy of both companies to deliver reliable, safe, and honest engineering services fits perfectly” On November 1st, 2016 US based company Setpoint Inc. and Simtec Systems GmbH based in Germany signed a strategic partnership agreement. Setpoint Inc., with...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='24' color='#303030' background_color='' border_color='']S[/dropcaps]Setpoint Inc. and Simtec Systems are proud to be Platinum Sponsors of the EAS Euro Attractions Show and the 2017 IAAPA conferencce in Berlin, Germany. Both companies are also pleased to announce their sponsorship of the Opening Ceremony on September 26...
