I would have to agree that the most important phase is the planning phase. It is what the other phases ride off of. In the planning phase, the project blooms. It is defined. In my company, during the ...

The planning phase in our company is crucial for any project. This is because the projects we take on are government funded projects and any mistake in the planning phase would risk us losing the enti...

Logging work is beyond important. In my company, we also write a lot of scripts so it's very helpful to keep documentation on how to use each script. We also have to keep track of certain things we te...

The first thing that should be done when looking at change requests is the reason behind them. We receive a lot of change requests on projects we work on. Some of these requests are unnecessary becaus...

I had a coworker that worked in the company for 14 years. Since the day I started working, she did nothing the entire time but talk to other coworkers and sit on her phone. She had no communication an...

Within my company, project managers go through numerous challenges. Some of the main challenges are communication, managing styles and organization. Communication is usually the main problem a project...

In the planning phase of a medical device, some more aspects that should be discussed are: stakeholders, roles and responsibilities, scope, schedule and cost, management plan, staffing plan, quality a...

Delays in a project can be a major factor for the failure of it. There are multiple solutions around this however. The solutions are specific to what the time delays are caused by. But in general, mos...

If a manager or team member has a personal connection to the project, and that project looks like it will not succeed, it can be very challenging to pull it off. If a risk management team decides that...

I believe the most effective method for resolving an experiment failure is more testing. This gives you the opportunity to try out different parameters and see their interactions. It will become clear...

I believe that in the case of prioritizing projects, a company shouldn't move everyone from one project to the next according to prioritization. But they should decrease the number of employees workin...

I think the best way to get fast approval from the committee at the design review meetings is to present the proper material and hold them at the right times. For example, a design review should occur...

I would personally pick matrix organization. This is because it incorporates more of the team aspect. Teams get a bigger say in the project and the outcome than managers and functional heads. The prob...

Writing a successful project proposal can be very tedious. This is because, you have to deliver something that might seem ingenious to you to others and have them see the same thing you see. To do so,...

I first want to emphasize what the difference between verification and validation is. Verification is intended to check if the product meets the design specifications. Validation is intended to ensure...