16 August 11
Engineers as project managers and the conflicts they face
Last year Engineers Australia launched a new Code of Ethics. Here you can read an interesting article in Mechanical Engineering about the conflict that exists ‘in combining the engineer’s role with that of project manager’.
‘Over the past 50 years, with the flattening of management, engineers also must balance budgets and meet business demands. The challenge remains for each engineer to balance the P.E. and PMP responsibilities. The requirements to meet technical needs (functional specifications, public safety, reliability, etc.) and business (such as budget and schedule management) are frequently conflicting in nature, even when they theoretically serve one another.’
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