Category: College

Tee-Shirt Retrospective

With six cases now in the log, I’d say the bot estimates about as well as humans—and codes with greater knowledge. And we’ve pair-learned together, which is an achievement in itself. 1. Thrashing Several prompts without progress: it happens to humans too. I asked the bot to suggest a reset when this occurred. In one… Continue reading Tee-Shirt Retrospective

Systems Engineering Handbook v5 Community Solution

The SEH Package has been updated for the 2023 version of IEEE-15288, and has a new graphical editor, which helps visualize Processes, Inputs, and Outputs, to recognize priorities for the System displayed. Click here to see the two minute demo here. It runs in Aras Innovator® Community Edition 2025. The Systems Engineering Handbook, is written… Continue reading Systems Engineering Handbook v5 Community Solution

Can Bots make estimates as well as they code?

BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) Now for something completely serious. As the WordPress Whisperer post indicates, Bots help write code. But can they make estimates? ChatGPT with improved memory, has promised to remember a scale and give me a tee shirt size when I start a project. Let’s get estimates and find out how they… Continue reading Can Bots make estimates as well as they code?

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