# PDX Webinar Trailer, Engineering Project Management

- Show: [Being an Engineer](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer)
- Published: 2026-01-12
- Length: 3m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2026-01-12-pdx-webinar-trailer-engineering-project-management

## Summary

Mike Landis, Director of Engineering at Pipeline Design & Engineering, presents a practical project management framework for engineering development projects, emphasizing the importance of tracking budget, schedule, scope, and risk. He introduces the 'Project Traveler,' a proprietary spreadsheet tool refined over 20 years of real-world use to help teams surface problems early and avoid projects drifting off course. The webinar offers a walkthrough of this tool and live Q&A, targeting engineers who need to balance project constraints without relying on academic methodologies.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2026-01-12-pdx-webinar-trailer-engineering-project-management#t=0) Introduction: Mike Landis and Pipeline Design & Engineering's Project Management Philosophy

## Topics

- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Pipeline Design & Engineering (company)
- Project Traveler (tool)

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- [184 - Program Management in Pharma & Devices: Phase Gates, Risk Planning, and Project FMEAs Explained](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lets-combinate/2025-04-16-184-program-management-in-pharma-devices-phase-gates-risk-planning-and-project-f) (Let's Combinate)
- [From Vision to Reality: Product Roadmaps in Embedded Development](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-pragmatic-embedded-podcast/2026-08-04-from-vision-to-reality-product-roadmaps-in-embedded-development) (The Pragmatic Embedded Podcast)
- [#359: Project Management in MedTech](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2024-04-04-359-project-management-in-medtech) (Global Medical Device Podcast)

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