Capturing lessons learnt
After months working with a client on a project, meeting all deliverables, on time and to budget, we know that, in itself, this is a measure of success. But with…
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Shoal Internship 2021 – Our search for candidates begins
Registrations of interest are open for Shoal’s Internship 2021. If you are a student studying maths or engineering at a university across Australia, this could be your opportunity to join…
Shoal re-engineers our future
Shoal is pleased to announce a new corporate structure that aligns our business to bring us closer to our customers. This changes the emphasis of our business from managing activities…
Plan for the unexpected
As the projects we work on often delve into the unknown, we must be open to new information, changing system influences (particularly for projects that span many years) and evolving…
Opening lines of communication
Misinformation, misunderstandings, inefficient information exchange, poor feedback and input mechanisms, lost emails, internal – client collaboration, remote working and distributed teams all add further complexity to an already complex project….
Understanding decision frameworks
In our ‘Reframing our future’ series of articles, Head of Strategy, Greame Dunk, and I have been discussing a National Resilience Framework. Graeme has identified the National need, exploring three…
A shared understanding
This blog is the first in a series on project management, where we share some basics and insights into improving the management of projects. Our experience spans complex projects; those…
Resilience – from policy to implementation
In my previous blog, I highlighted seven categories of the resilient society that we want in Australia: Continuity of government – requires the ability to choose and to conduct free…
Understanding resilience in systems
Recently, I blogged my thoughts on Australia’s response to the current Coronavirus Pandemic through the lens of the The Cynefin framework. These thoughts led me to conclude that there is…
Congratulations to Chris French
In the times of COVID-19, graduation ceremonies have been cancelled, but we didn’t want Chris French‘s achievements to go unnoticed. Yesterday, Chris dropped into the University of Adelaide to pick…
Post COVID vision for Australia
The current COVID-19 crisis has exposed elements of Australian society with respect to our ability to operate, indeed survive, through a concentrated period of national disruption. Whilst the current situation…
National resilience and the Cynefin framework
As a systems thinker, I have been intrigued to observe the Australian response to the current Coronavirus Pandemic and the need for us, as a nation, to be more resilient….
Reframing our future
The Australian response to the current Coronavirus Pandemic has highlighted the need for us, as a nation, to become more resilient. As we step out of damage control and into…
The DOs and DON’Ts of introducing Model-Based Systems Engineering to your enterprise
Kevin Robinson, Chief Engineer We’ve been introducing Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) into organisations for some 12 years now and have learnt plenty of lessons along the way. We’ve used MBSE…