Welcome Professionals…

…I am a big fan of checklists. They are such a simple and yet a powerful tool. Every pilot, every maintenance engineer and every commissioning operator uses them. Not sure if every consultant has them in place.

In our company, we just finished a checklist for the initial briefing process with every client starting a new project. Since this is a regular process, you should expect us having a project startup procedure. Well, everybody had some bits and pieces somewhere, but we did not have a final consolidated version of a list. Until today.

It is quite useful, because no matter how much experience one has, it is always possible to forget about one or two items. It is a waste of time to go back and clarify those things after the event. On the contrary, it appears much more professional to have a well prepared checklist in front of you at every initial client briefing. These lists can even be used to be sent to the client upfront for preparation.

As I said, I am a big fan of checklists. I even have checklists for packing my suitcase for business trips. It adds to serenity and clears some brain capacity for more important usage.

Thursday Night Flight post written. Ticking the box!

Malte

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