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Living Dangerously in Peru

The three most dangerous things that I do in Peru.
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Lima’s World Class Bad Traffic

Lima has world class bad traffic. Why?
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Being a Tourist in Peru

I spend some of my time in Peru just being a tourist. Here are some trips we took in 2025.
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Shopping in Lima

Lima provides all kinds of shopping experiences: everything from street vendors to high end department stores in elegant shopping malls.
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Crime in Lima

Crime – and the fear of crime – has shaped the urban landscape of Lima in many ways.
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SE for Medical Devices

Four aspects of systems engineering – regulations, ethics, iterative improvement and communication – may not be covered in academic coursework.
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Mentoring Modeling
I presented my experiences mentoring modeling to a group of systems engineering students at the University of Utah during a meeting of the Wasatch Chapter of INCOSE.
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Working with the Worlds of the Workplace
Your workplace may contain many worlds, including management, sales, testing, manufacturing. Learn to work effectively with the worlds outside of your specialty.
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Schedules are Models

Schedules are models. A poorly designed schedule will not model the progress of a project with much accuracy.
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Parkinson’s Law for Schedules
Parkinson’s Law explains why a schedule that is used to set deadlines will always result in a project that is behind schedule.