Recent content by ommerson

An interesting comparison is what happens in the IT industry, where 'waterfall' project management approaches (also sometimes called 'stage and gate') are highly discredited. The main reason for this is that requirements changes generally occur late and require the phases of the project to be...

The only sane way to control risk is with normalised risk data. Such data could be fatalities per kilometre traveled by a mode of transport, or perhaps the annualised risk of death experienced by train drivers from level crossing incidents. Engineers asses the efficacy of measures to mitigate...

EMT's wifi is clearly backhauled *only* onto GSM/Edge/3G Data - the availability of an internet connection on their (paid for) Wifi service is roughly the same as with using a mobile phone in the carriage - only you're not sharing the connection with the rest of the train when using your own...

Let's hope that they follow the example of St. Pancras (and the redeveloped KX - I suspect, by their absence) of having a no downmarket-fast-food restaurant policy.