I think people in America are perfectly worked, not specifically overworked. If I did have to lean one way I would say overworked is more true that more motivated. People don’t work more hours per week because they are motivated…   Read more»

In general, I think the main negative reason that someone would leave their job is having their boss not show appreciation for their efforts. It can be the most challenging and engaging job, but in the end a person does…   Read more»

It is definitely true that showing motivation as a project manager is an important when it comes to motivating your team. As a team member you wont want to work as hard on something your boss hates and doesnt care…   Read more»

I’m really excited to do something that will actually be noticed by the world. I have so far done a couple things on my own or with a team that has been cool, but nothing that has really affected anyone’s…   Read more»

I’m about to graduate so nowadays I find myself thinking about jobs a lot as before I was a graduate researcher at school but now I have to go get a job. The main thing I am excited for is…   Read more»

I would definitely go to the managerial role, only because when I look at where I want to be years down the line,  it would be in a more managerial than hands-on, engineering role. I would think that to get…   Read more»

The only experience I have with reactive management is at my last internship where my boss was put under a lot stress from it. Me and him were very casual with each other so I would see him and he’d…   Read more»

1) In my opinion, the project leader or person accountable for the thing being emailed about should be the person to communicate. They would probably want to be the ones communicating anyways because they want to make sure everyone hears…   Read more»

I think because the nature of maternity leave gives some notice ahead of time, the company can hire a temp as some other classmates replied above. I can think of some scenarios where finding a temp could prove difficult as…   Read more»

I think you are moving backwards but that doesn’t mean you are doing the wrong thing. If you moved forward with the project it would probably have gone under budget or too slow for the original schedule. It is best…   Read more»

The actual cost is what the planned value is trying to predict. It is important to catch these early in the project development phase as it tells the company how much they can afford to spend on a project. Further,…   Read more»

I think the easiest way to deal with this as a project manager is to give a certain amount of sick days and PTO days that an employee can use. It’s important for everyone on the team to feel equal…   Read more»

I feel like I used to always hear from project managers at my old job how hard it is to get people with the right education to stay at the job because for some jobs that are really high in…   Read more»

Even if the product checks off all the boxes, if it does not meet well with customers it wont have sales. This will reflect really poorly on the project manager. The project manager is supposed to be looking out for…   Read more»

I think part of the project manager’s job is to look over what the employees are doing and their submissions of work. So if the someone says a certain task will take them a week and you have no idea…   Read more»

When making a team it is obviously important to make sure that a person can complete the job they will be tasked with, so it is important to know what they will be doing. If a person can not be…   Read more»

WBS is a good practice for managing a company’s workforce. It is basically taking a task, breaking it down into smaller tasks and then assigning these tasks to workers. My capstone was building a lower arm prosthetic. I was in…   Read more»

Metrics is one the most important things to keep a company afloat as it they are measurements of anything a company does. Nowadays companies can access a ton more metrics than say 10 years ago because everything online can be…   Read more»

Well after the obvious of calling them, emailing, texting, google hangouts-ing, and pretty much trying the appropriate ways to reach the person, I would say to just keep records of every time you try to reach out to the person….   Read more»

When a project assumes some risk, it is normal and there are ways to litigate the risk to make it okay. Disclaimers and other legal methods can be put in place. However if the risks exceed the scope of risk…   Read more»