One factor this can easily boil down to is the amount of resources that a company has. Should the company have the time, manpower, and money to invest in a trial, they should certainly undergo the trial themselves rather than…   Read more»

I can definitely understand why not getting enough praise or recognition might cause someone to leave their job. Human beings naturally want to feel appreciated for what they do. When you spend a lot of effort and time doing something,…   Read more»

For me, one of the biggest motivators to work for me is the sense of satisfaction in the excellence of the work I have done. It brings me great satisfaction to look back on a project, deliverable, or any other…   Read more»

For myself, the three results that are listed that motivate me to work the most are having great people to work with, challenging work, and supportive boss/manager. I have had experience on the positive and negative sides of each of…   Read more»

I highly think this is due to the culture around work and the value system found in the workplace. Often times, the worth of an employee is measured by how much they can output/get done. So, in a competitive environment…   Read more»

A project can definitely have more than one priority. However, in these projects, it is best to determine the order of those priorities (which one is more important and such) so that proper allocation of resources can be done at…   Read more»

Ideally, all members of a project should be communicating with each other and the project manager. If that were not so, there would be no way for the PM to know what was getting done, or for different members to…   Read more»

Unless I’m missing something here, according to the MiniSim, the AquaWhoa coating IS from another supplier: HyrdoSurf from Conmodic, AquaWhoa from AND. I agree here with the point made that much of the purpose of getting another supplier is to…   Read more»

jr377, I would have to disagree drawing from experience. There have been people who are on a project with me doing a certain task who, for various different reasons, get transferred to another project. The reason for this often has…   Read more»

Asking all stakeholders to identify potential risks is quite important. As said before, different stakeholders from different parts of the stream offer varying perspectives of the industry. While it’s important to include all potential stakeholders from the start, it is…   Read more»

I’ve had experience with vendors where during a manufacturing process validation they become uncooperative. In our case, we were trying to find all of the steps of manufacturing that contain water in our product components. We can only document so…   Read more»

I believe the best way to avoid scope creep is to define a scope and then stick to it. Any deviations should become new changes or projects separate from the one that you are working on. For example, in a…   Read more»

In the company that I work in, engineers would open up something called a Change Order (CO) within a project to allow space to create changes to what ever documents need to be changed. The person would then redline the…   Read more»

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 brought up to spec allowing to include several updates to a project that…   Read more»

It is important to document the lessons learned during the course of a project. Documentations of decisions made or decisions/actions that would have been better if done are crucial to transferring the knowledge of the team members of others in…   Read more»

When a calm and productive resolution can’t be reached in a situation like this, it is most important to try and stick to the facts and reconcile with what reality is. If something is impossible to be done in shorter…   Read more»

From what I have seen these processes are followed pretty closely in terms of project management. What does not always stay consistent is the difficulty of the processes and how long they will take, particularly in the execution phase. Many…   Read more»

In relation to the miniSim that was done this week, it would be best to find those who have closest knowledge of these tasks (have done them before typically or something of the like) and involve them in the conversation.Like…   Read more»

I would say that the planning phase is one of the most important phases for a project. It is one of the most critical phases in terms of getting a project started. This is not just the case in terms…   Read more»

@alexandrabuga I don’t think that this is completely accurate. Depending on the company and how it is structured, sometimes employees wear many hats at once, being the critical members for many, many projects at the same time. This often is…   Read more»