Here at Momentum, our process for
completing projects is a little more
holistic than a lot of
engineering companies. We are very
interested in starting with what types
of projects make sense for a customer
rather than just answering the question,
can we do your engineering? We'd like to
start with the question, does this
project make sense?
The methodology that we use for planning work and executing projects is an Agile project management
methodology called Scrum. For our company,
what that looks like is that we plan all
of our work in two-week sprints so every
two weeks we sit down and we plan out
what we're going to complete in that
two-week chunk of time and those
specific things go all the way back to
this list of tasks that needs to be
completed from the very beginning of the
project. As we start executing we get a
feel for how fast the pace is that were
traveling at - that's called velocity in
Scrum terminology. Once we have
established our velocity, then we start
to understand better what's been
completed, what's left to go, and at that
point we're able to much more clearly
identify from any point in this project
schedule, how far it will be until the
project is completed.
We like to work with complete, distinct deliverables
wherever possible. A completed mass
properties report would be the first
step in a lot of projects. We'll complete
that report, we'll issue a draft report,
we'll send it to the customer and then
we'll set up a time to review it, ask
questions, find out if there are any
revisions necessary. What this staged,
step-by-step approach does for us is it
allows us to keep work into discrete
chunks but allows us to identify areas
where we may have a different
expectation than the customer right on
the front end before we get hundreds of
man-hours into some kind of effort
before the customer sees it for the
first time.
We take all the deliverables, whatever
form those may be in, and we package them
all together, we assign latest revisions,
we keep any old working files, and
provide that to the customer. Doing
engineering projects is what we really
enjoy here. If in the course of listening
to how we approach work and how we think
about projects speaks to you, if it
appeals to you, if you say hey, these guys
really, I think we could get along. By all
means give us a call. We'd love to talk
about your project and see if we could
help you start it off in the right direction
