As mentioned above, I believe there are several factors when analyzing employee retention and productivity. Job satisfaction is definitely an important factor that I hear from many people in the work force. Many have been offered positions where they…   Read more»

I agree with everything mentioned above that it honestly depends on the nature of the task the project manager is dealing with. Good definitely should always be a number one choice because although time is an important factor the number…   Read more»

  I think this is actually an important topic to discuss that should be mentioned more often. I believe all reasons mentioned could serve as a reason that people work 40+ hours a week. But peer pressure may lead as…   Read more»

Although ensuring that everyone has an understanding of what everyone project entails may take away time from the deadline I view it as a necessity. A project team can be defined as a group of individuals that work with each…   Read more»

Both quality assurance and quality control exist under the quality management system. Quality assurance is defined as ” quality management focused on providing confidence that quality requirements will be fulfilled” where Quality Control is defined as ” quality management focused…   Read more»

  Unfortunately when dealing with projects its hard to avoid some kind of risk. The best measures to minimize risk utilize the risk management plan properly along with communication. When going through each task it’s important to keep risk documented….   Read more»

Although I don’t have experience with working on actual project team, there have been instances where I was apart of a team that did not properly train well. Due to poor training the team was unsuccessful and unable to obtain…   Read more»

I agree with the majority that both stakeholders and project team members should be prioritized equally but unfortunately that is easier said than done. Although stakeholders provide funding and the resources needed to have a successful project; without a project…   Read more»

Although I do not have experience in being a project manager I think it would be important to have a team with both members to be most successful. For example in the mini simulation that was just given there was…   Read more»

As many have mentioned above it is important to find the origin of the failures. It is important to mention that each project is different and requires a different plan, scope, etc. With that being said the strategy to determine…   Read more»

@ac825 made a great point. If the project is over budget and behind schedule there must be a disconnect amongst the team, improper management, or the initial plan was flawed. There are very seldom times where a project is ran…   Read more»

Project managers should be involved in every aspect of the project to ensure the team is completing tasks in a timely manner. With that being said there also needs to be balance. Although the PM should be aware of everything…   Read more»

Hi!
I’m Ja’Carra and I am currently a master’s student at NJIT studying Biomedical Engineering. 
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Looking forward to continuing discussions with you all!

This is a very interesting topic that could go in either direction. Although I believe time is definitely more important, without money there is simply no project. I think there needs to be a balance and this is where the…   Read more»

As mentioned before it is important to have active communication with the primary vendor and express concerns as they arise. It is also important to have estimates from other vendors as well just incase a vendor doesn’t work. I would…   Read more»

As mentioned above, it would be ideal to try to compare the device to others on the market that may be different but have similar function or methodology. Dr. Simon mentioned in the first lecture of the semester that it…   Read more»