Ignorance is Not Bliss

Posted on Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

I decided last fall to run for the board of my local energy coop, Cobb Electric Membership Corporation (Cobb EMC). After reading a series of stories in the local newspaper about the coop’s plan—misguided in my opinion—to join with other coops in Georgia to build a coal-fired energy generation plant in the central part of… Read on

Managing the Project Lifecycle

Posted on Thursday, April 28th, 2011

The chart shown below is an eagle-eye view of project management. I use it to explain how to prevent problems which may occur during implementation by devoting some extra attention to the first three phases of the project lifecycle. Too many times I’ve heard the statement, “I’ve got the concept, let’s go.” This approach is… Read on