QA primarily focuses on the quality by improving processes and procedures. such as training, monitoring and audits. QC is more focuses on the product. they find the defects of the product. by using software or measuring tools. 

I think people management should be one of the most important parts. People within the project team are the executor for the work and their performance could affect the output of the whole project directly. In my opinion, a successful…   Read more»

I agree with @anthonynjit above – sometimes budget is not there for smaller projects therefore there is less QA/QC support on that end. A company needs to prioritize at the end of the day. I think in this case where…   Read more»

Recently I’ve taken on a role as a production scheduler at my company, so in terms of being a “leader” for one of the management sectors I’ve taken on planning for some of these projects. I think one of the…   Read more»

I chose to have more than one vendors in the mini-simulation. In my opinion, even though the team might need to spend more time and the cost might increase when choosing more vendors. Also,  the width of specifications for the…   Read more»

My decision in the mini-sim was to go with only one other vendor. The ask was for at least one other vendor to source the coating from for the project therefore I thought it unnecessary to look for 2 other…   Read more»

Proactively planning your resource and talent usage accurately is key. It’s important to stick to the initial plan and not take up change requests during project execution as this can result in delays and added costs. Project managers often rely on various collaborative…   Read more»

A project organization is a structure that facilitates the coordination and implementation of project activities. It creates an environment that fosters interactions among the team members with a minimum amount of disruptions, overlaps and conflict.The way your organization is structured…   Read more»

 A project organization is a structure that facilitates the coordination and implementation of project activities. It creates an environment that fosters interactions among the team members with a minimum amount of disruptions, overlaps and conflict.The way your organization is structured…   Read more»

A good example of the importance of trade secret protections is Coca Cola’s recipe, a secret so closely guarded that it’s locked safely away in a vault and is known only to two executives, and these two individuals are forbidden…   Read more»

In an ideal world the bottom up approach should be preferred. In my mind, the only major limiting factors to a bottom up approach is securing funding and hard project deadlines, which is what an “ideal world” would eliminate. As…   Read more»

I believe that a bottom up approach is the most useful in allowing each project task to be completed in the correct amount of time while not running into expected delays. In an instance where the project completion date is…   Read more»

Its possible that smaller projects need to focus their budget more closely on the scope of project rather than the extrinsic details. Surely you can argue that without quality control the product is likely to not meet expected tolerances and…   Read more»

I have never had much experience with this, however, in my opinion, I feel as though bottom up is superior to top down since this has more input from the project team and they are the ones who most likely…   Read more»

As with some of my peers I feel like my biggest weakness with this is my leadership ability. I feel like this stems from not being taught this in school so therefore the lack of exposure makes it something that…   Read more»

  I chose to have just one extra vendor for the coating in the assigned mini-sim, not only because it would increase the time and cost for the project if we had multiple back up vendors, but because it would…   Read more»

  As @mmodi alluded to, I think Integration Management is one of the most important knowledge areas in project management. Not only does is play a part in every single phase of project management, it is the knowledge area that…   Read more»