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4-R-STEM Manifesto

My interest in STEM comes from the need for our grandchildren to survive (and compete) in our STEM driven world, and my desire to share the experiences from 50 years of working as an engineer, and from riding Moore’s law from one end to the other, applying technology to the engineering process itself. The BBC micro:bit… Continue reading 4-R-STEM Manifesto

Fly Earth Project

This project uses a micro:bit’s accelerometer to read pitch and roll to control 3D view in Google Earth simulating the experience of flying for exploring places around the world. See it in action, in a new tab. With a PC you can try it out with a $25 mbit and this GitHub repo. Here’s how… Continue reading Fly Earth Project

Dashboard Charts with Excel online and Query Builder 

This post was started about a year ago about embedded Power BI reports. But then Dashboards were announced, now in Free 23. Here is an Aras Innovator® Dashboard using Power Query, Query Builder and REST API to put an Excel online chart in a Report. This is how it is done: Click here for details… Continue reading Dashboard Charts with Excel online and Query Builder 

Systems Engineering Handbook Community Solution

Engineers use ingenuity to build things for the common good, “ingenuity” is the root of the word “engineer”. The path from a spark of ingenuity to a safe, reliable engine is rarely straightforward. Over time, engineers have developed ways of smoothing that path. Today, digital technologies enable groups of engineers to address problems of rapidly… Continue reading Systems Engineering Handbook Community Solution

Concurrent editing of Document Files in Innovator

Customers ask “why can’t we have concurrent editing of Documents in Innovator”? Tell them “Yes, you can.” Here’s how: Set Up▪ Add a new state in Document Life Cycle with transitions to and from Preliminary. Make it not lockable.▪ Add a Property to contain the URL of an MS365 or Teams Office document. User Steps for Concurrent… Continue reading Concurrent editing of Document Files in Innovator

4-R Playbook, Second Edition

New chapters “Lessons from History” and “Behavioral Engineering” have new insight for the digital transformation journey. The 4-Rs, Recognize, Rationalize, Resolve, Reconcile, are common sense and aligned with Lean-Agile thinking to provide a reliable process for problem solving. They also help communicate plans with others. The Playbook has checklists, worksheets, and tables for working with… Continue reading 4-R Playbook, Second Edition

PM12.0R1 Import-Export

As a PMP since 2005, I have observed a number of changes in the profession. The PMBOK has got thicker as it embraces more points of view, including Agile Project Management, and technology for PM tools has developed apace. The first version of Import-Export for the Aras PM Application was for Innovator v8.2, it used… Continue reading PM12.0R1 Import-Export