In order to understand all the tasks that make up a project one would need to fully understand the fundamentals of the product as well as all variables involved in its production. Next, one can look a...

If the situation called for time pressing acquisition of product, I would immediately begin to contact other vendors. In most cases, I would assume there was a preliminary list of vendors being consid...

I believe this is a more complicated task than originally intended because its "impossible" to create a verification test that can't fail. That would be similar to assuming a newly built car will neve...

The expected duration of a task can be calculated by referencing previous projects and tasks of similar proportion. It is rare that there would be an assignment that can not be compared to anything ev...

I believe work-life boundaries can be made starting with management or roles like a project manager. If higher up positions do not ask or expect work to be "done until completed" and instead finished ...

Verification protocols are the steps one needs to take to ensure proper guidelines, tolerance values and consistency is met. The protocol will list certain actions that need to be performed as well as...

I believe what you are describing is "slack". The difference between the earliest finish and latest finish can be calculated by measuring your skills, workload and external project variables honestly....

Both are equally as important, however if one option had to be chosen I believe the manager is more important. A good manager can effectively utilize company resources in order to complete project on ...

Slack is important for any project because miscalculations and errors are bound to happen. Of course no one should rely on slack time, however there will always be the chance that a task takes longer ...

I do not think stakeholders should be involved in the project process. As mentioned their role should be limited to financial oversight and they should leave the project to those they have entrusted t...

As previously mentioned there isn't exactly one answer to this problem. One of the factors that I would consider is the importance of the project. Is this project a precursor to another project or a ...

I would prefer working in an environment where I have a more roles in a design process. Disregarding any change in workload I think it is beneficial not only for my career but project design skills to...

I feel working in a smaller team better suits more project types. Often time with large teams everyone's vision for the goal of the project becomes blurred as there are many opportunities to get lost ...

I believe the most common approach is to divide the project into equal parts for everyone. The discussion would begin with a team meeting where a plan can be made that would detail the direction of th...

Working with difficult team members is always a challenge but I find taking a step back always helps. When difficult teammates are head strong about their idea I won't make the discussion an argument,...