Month: March 2017

  • 50% time elapsed – does that equal 50% complete?

    15 March 2017 has been and gone, it marked the halfway point for transition to certification to the latest edition of ISO 9001. If the project plan to have all certified organisations transition to the 2015 edition by 15th September 2018 is half complete then where are we compared with the gantt chart or resource…

  • Change in the railway

    Complex systems have inherent risk Whichever one we think about – weather, eco-systems, financial markets or railways – each has hazards and risks that we are unable to control fully due to the number of factors involved and volume of activities that occur daily. Changes to complex, man-made systems are managed to prevent catastrophic failures…