[ Judgement ]

Judgement is defined as the “ability to make considered decisions or come to sensible conclusions”. The problem with that definition is its subjectivity: who decides what the sensible conclusion is?

It’s hard to teach “judgement” in the engineering context; and how to develop the skill is a bit murky. Being exposed to situations requiring judgement might be the best way.

Examples requiring judgement include monitoring the quality of other peoples’ work fairly, diagnosing performance deficiencies, or detecting impending failure of systems, assets, or processes.

Having good judgement is valuable to you and your workplace while being a thriving, effective engineer.