Scope verification is the acceptance of the project scope which is different from design controls verification. These are the objectives, deliverables, milestones, technical requirements, limits and e...

Most companies use estimated deadlines and progress reports to look into whether the project is progressing properly or not. As per the lecture this week, status review meetings are done to review pro...

With my undergrad experience and at my current place of employment, team development is important especially for project plan execution. With undergrad, the senior project involves building a medical ...

The preliminary tests should be dependent on the risk factors, the cause for failure, and implementing fast, yet low-cost methods. As seen with this simulation, time is of the essence due to the partn...

The closing process group is generally responsible for concluding all activities to formally complete the project, phase, or contractual obligations. The lessons learned are also part of the organizat...

With what many users have posted and collectively agreed upon, having a group of hires that have broad skill sets that can be more versatile in their role would be the most ideal group and make a stro...

Project slack is the difference between the late finish and the early finish. As long as the project is finished within that range, the project is okay. During project slack, the schedule can be juggl...

Scheduling tasks really depends on how difficult it is and how it affects the sequential events that come after that task or what needs to be done before or after that task. Most can be calculated wit...

For my senior project during undergrad, my team and I had experienced the pitfalls of costs and resources. The academic project served as a way to allow biomedical engineering students to understand w...

In the lecture, the risk management process involves assessing, evaluating, managing, and measuring. You assess the situation with what can go wrong and make a list. Then, you evaluate the list to see...

During the lecture, Dr. Simon had explained and defined these three inputs that make up the initiating process group of PM. The Enterprise Environmental Factor is everything you know about the organiz...

A project manager chooses the people for a project team and that is part of the planning process group. They choose these people based on their skill sets, availability, knowledge, and sometimes compa...

The only industry example I have is in a biotechnology company, but with medical device development, I have an example for when I worked on creating a medical device prototype for my undergrad senior ...

The best way to avoid this type of situation is communication. Communication plays the biggest role in project management to relay messages or any sort of changes in the project especially due to the ...

Business needs and customer satisfaction should both be markers in the goals they want to accomplish in project management. For example, with running a biotechnology business, the company's needs are ...