The planning phase of a project is one of the most critical stages in my opinion, because proper planning can make or break a project. If we take the example of time allotment like you have in your po...

I would disagree that the portions you listed are the most important. I think some of them, like the managing of vendor relations, are key components to the whole process, but I think a disproportiona...

I have found that both this class and Dr. Simon’s other class to be very insightful and useful. The knowledge gained from this class has helped me several times through my classes. I am currently comp...

Risk is something that is very hard to quantify and accurately describe before the product goes out into the public because it is impossible to prepare for every single eventuality. The grey area is a...

Scope management is used to ensure that a project does not just keep expanding and expanding until it becomes impossible to take to market because it is so massive. Scope management means that through...

One of the biggest challenges a project manager will face will be differing personalities within the project team. Being able to manage the members of the team and keep them on schedule and working we...

In estimating project time I think having a team that has worked together before and a leader that has a good understanding of how the members of the teamwork will best remedy the issue of poor time e...

Similarly to your example about your capstone project, I too have been extensively commenting code that I have written for my Master’s thesis. I am working on a prototype of a diagnostic device, and I...

The Gantt chart is much more reflective of a “perfect” schedule than it is how the project will actually occur. Things overlap because those specific tasks are independant on one another. With tasks b...

In the lecture this week, Dr. Simon spoke about the scope management plan. This is a good way to attempt to control scope creep by predicting areas where the scope may grow and having preset methods f...

Design validation is an important part of the process of completing a project. Shipping a device without properly testing it can cause a number of issues. Without testing, there is no way to determine...

In the initial phases of my Senior Design project during my undergraduate degree, it was determined that Infra-Red LEDs (IREDs) were needed to illuminate the eyes of a subject for the device we were w...

To define one method to cover every experimental failure is quite tough. Each experiment will have its own unique needs and plans for evaluation. But as a sort of outline of the steps would need to be...

Face to face meetings are definitely the best method for getting the work defined and delegated, but as Dr. Simon said, they can definitely lead to a situation where the meetings can take up time that...

Obviously this type of catastrophe will have massive ramifications in a world where the majority of manufacturing is conducted in China. A loss of supply of any key raw materials of finished goods can...