Prior to understanding the concept of motivation it's important to get a grasp on how important the team members are for the project and what role they play. The result of the project is directly depe...

From my short experience in medical device industry it is very rare for a person to switch positions mid project, especially if they are crucial to the project. At the minimum what could happen that a...

Several things come to mind that may increase the cost of the project such increase in project scope, or even increase the resources needed can cause the overall budget to increase. However there are ...

Execution for the project is usually laid to minute tasks but project manager. If an employee goes on vacation or has a personal leave, in most cases it accounted for as slack days. So at the end the ...

The idea behind a Gantt chart is to illustrate or paint a wholistic picture of the project schedule. The basic Gantt charts consists tasks to be performed on the vertical (y-axis) and as always time i...

The final step, the final nail in the coffin closing phase. The most important thing in all experiences including a project is what you learned from it. In the lecture Dr.Simon mentioned "LOG WHAT YOU...

As we all know the severity of monitoring and controlling is very high especially in regards too changes and also to reduce the number of setbacks in the future. There are several right answers to the...

As we all know the severity of monitoring and controlling is very high especially in regards too changes and also to reduce the number of setbacks in the future. There are several right answers to the...

As I have previously stated in another post, that I think all phases have equal importance in their own way. However planning might be more important by 1% as it sets the tone for the project. However...

The minisim did a great Job trying to provide us with an actual scenario. However to answer the question asked, I do not see any situation in which poor experimental data is acceptable for sticking to...

It very rare to find an instance in which when taking a Step back, is actually step forward. Project management is all about practicality so I would have to side with @am2343. Even though taking a Ste...

There are several ways that we can do to avoid going back, quick and easy is one is to just change the overall scope of the project to align it with current results, however you might have to find a n...

The first answer that comes to my mind is very basic and sadly true, every step of the project is important. But after thinking over it for some time, I would have to side with Planning/Initiation ste...

Ryan R asked a very nice question, and something that might have crossed our minds during the lecture this week. This is something that I personally have no experience over, as I have usually been onb...

Posted by: @talha-chaudhry One of the interesting things that Dr. Simon mentioned in this weeks lecture was the concept of team development. When you are a project manager, your project team is not c...