Posted by: @rjs84 Part of the executing process involves information distribution, solicitation, source selection, and managing vendor relations. Most of the time and money of the project go into its...

Posted by: @djr32 In this week’s lecture, we learned about the term Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), which a hierarchical breakdown of tasks performed for the project. I have not yet had the opportuni...

Posted by: @tn58 Hi Guys, So I know we all have been posting discussion questions regarding simulations and all the lectures each week. However, I wanted to get your input on what you think so far ab...

Posted by: @amin-sadig From as early as the mini sim we were told to consider outside factors such as vacation times for inspectors when planning a schedule so we don't get delayed unnecessarily. Bec...

Posted by: @jordankayal 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 pers...

Posted by: @ial4 Hello everyone, Suppose you're leading a project aimed at updating the packaging for a product line. You begin the planning phase by estimating your project budget and completion dat...

I would highly rely on communication if I was a project manager. I believe that effective communication is the most important characteristic a manager should have. A project could easily fail if the m...

I believe that having overlapping tasks in different categories is a way to help move the project along. To get the project done in a timely manner things have to happen at the same time or else it wo...

These factors are each individually important for a project to succeed. Most important factor would be effective communication. I believe this because communication is the key to successfully completi...

I think customer input should be taken into account when making a DID. Since the DID does not need to be specific an engineer would not be needed as much as the customers needs would be needed. The DI...

A very important aspect in the planning phase would be creating the Project Team. The project manager would have to be chosen as well. This is a very important step because you need to make sure the m...

I do not think it is worth shortening the time if that means the risk will increase. If time is becoming an issue it should not be taken from the animal trials. The project will never succeed if the r...

This is a very good question I was thinking about the same thing. You basically have to be able to sell a product that is not even designed yet to some important people. I also thought of how the prod...

I think meeting face to face could allow for the problem to be identified faster. Being able to work together in a face to face setting allows for hands on work, such as being able to look and touch t...

I think that most importantly the team needs to understand fully why this failure happened. Then use that information to understand the problem they need to tackle. They need to understand fully why t...