Posted by: @ak977 Design Verification entails that the product you put out is what was actually requested and what the FDA has said is acceptable.Let's say that the customer wants a product that addr...

Customer input and managing the expectations of project deliverables are very similar in that it is important for the customer to understand the limitations and boundaries within a project. If they do...

I have seen the problem with scope growth in my limited experience working at Johnson & Johnson. While at Ethicon, some individuals on my team get pulled from their normal day-to-day tasks to take...

At where I work, Johnson & Johnson, one of the many organizational process assets we have are task and approval matrices where we document the order/timeline of a task if it undergoes any importan...

According to the lectures from Dr. Simon, a risk is the probability of a hazard which (which is an undesired consequence) of occurring. They are important to discuss when managing a project as it can ...

It can be quite difficult to estimate task duration if the wrong personnel are not responsible for allocating time for the tasks. For instance, during our mini-simulation, one of the team members who ...

Posted by: @mg482 Posted by: @devarshi-joshi After the development of team how do the execution process works or what does it do during the absence or vacation of an employee or with an personal p...

This is my first time taking a course by Dr. Simon, but the knowledge is already so valuable to my brief experiences in industry. I work as a global supply chain data management co-op at Johnson &...

In agreement with hc255, metrics are important to showing progress on any project and revealing important trends in data within the project that would normally go unseen. Metrics inform management of ...

Before a project even begins or a team undertakes a task, it is important for the entire team to be on the same page by setting expectations for how the team will communicate, share information and na...

It is extremely important to verify and crosscheck current knowledge and updates in procedure with the old planning procedure. This way, the process will always have the highest efficiency in completi...

If one employee is absent due to a personal problem or any other issue, it is the duty of management to reallocate the tasks for that individual to the rest of the team. As such, they should be ready ...

Posted by: @ajm73 I believe one of the most important techniques/activities in monitoring and closing is conducting Design Change Requests. It is in this process that documents and processes are brou...

@vcf3 I disagree as I think designing the timeline is the hardest step if there is no prior successful timeline with a related project to compare it to. The PM must be cognizant of his/her team member...

One thing that I have not seen discussed as much is everyone on the team having a complete understanding of who controls the project flow, timeline or schedule. It is usually the project manager, but ...