Practical Project Management for Engineering Teams
Thursday, January 29, 2026, 8:00 AM PST – 9:00 AM PST
Virtual event
Hosted by Pipeline Media Lab
This free PDX Webinar is designed for engineers working on real development projects with real consequences. Register now before space fills up: https://www.thewave.engineer/store/product/35-practical-project-management-for-engineering-teams-webinar-with-mike-landis/ Mike Landis, Director of Engineering at Pipeline Design & Engineering, will share the actual project management framework Pipeline uses every day to manage dozens of concurrent engineering development projects, where budgets are significant, schedules matter, and scope creep can quickly derail outcomes. A central focus of this webinar is a project budget and schedule tracking tool that Pipeline has refined (the Pipeline “Traveler”), iterated, and improved over literally decades of real-world use by multiple engineers across multiple companies. This is not a template pulled from a book or software tool, it is a battle-tested spreadsheet built specifically for the realities of engineering development work. Used properly, this tool helps teams: [ml][ul][li indent=0 align=left]Proactively identify budget and schedule risk early; before problems become expensive[/li][li indent=0 align=left]Detect scope creep as it happens, not after the damage is done[/li][li indent=0 align=left]Make informed decisions sooner, allowing teams to pivot or course-correct[/li][li indent=0 align=left]Maintain visibility into labor, material costs, and overall project health[/li][/ul][/ml] For teams managing expensive engineering projects, the ability to surface issues early can easily save tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars. And in this session, Pipeline is simply giving this tool away. Beyond the Traveler tool itself, Mike will share practical tips, lessons learned, and best practices that Pipeline has developed over more than 16 years of engineering development work - the same approaches used internally to manage customer projects successfully. This is a candid look at how another engineering company actually does project management in practice, including the tradeoffs, constraints, and realities engineers face every day. This webinar is valuable not only for current project managers, but also for: [ml][ul][li indent=0 align=left]Engineers who expect to manage projects in the future[/li][li indent=0 align=left]Younger engineers who want practical tools to prepare for leadership roles[/li][li indent=0 align=left]Engineers who may not manage projects directly, but want to influence how their organization runs them more effectively[/li][/ul][/ml] Even if you don’t adopt these tools directly, you’ll leave with concrete ideas and insights you can share with project leaders at your company to improve how engineering work gets planned, tracked, and executed. Every attendee will receive a copy of Pipeline’s Traveler spreadsheet, along with the context needed to understand how and why it works.