Project Management for Small Engineering Teams: A Setup for One Afternoon
A ten person engineering firm usually has no project office. It has a handful of smart people, a shared drive, a few clients, and a deadline that arrived sooner than expected. The team is often spread over two or three cities, and half of the conversations happen in video calls. That setup works surprisingly well, right up until it doesn't. Usually the first sign is small. Two people have been working on the same drawing. A client asks for a status update and nobody can answer in under an hour. A decision from a Monday call is quietly forgotten by Friday.
