One thing to keep in mind is that you're not the only customer of the vendor. You might have a specific representative from that vendor as your go-to, but the vendor may have other orders for products...

I believe that the disconnect was a larger issue in the past. I feel that companies (at least in my limited experience) actually are actively removing that disconnect. It's a big issue to have. Reward...

These are all fairly obvious reasons for leaving a job to move to a different one. I'm actually curious as to the other, maybe less common, reasons why people leave. What about those who need to leave...

I will add another fact, that american workers get less vacation than other workers in other countries. One aspect of why they work more that I haven't seen above is that they want to make a good impr...

I will reinforce an aspect of motivation (as many of you have said above). The main thing a manager needs is to ensure that their subordinates feel like they have a personal stake in the project's suc...

This is a very interesting study and I wish i could find more about it. When was it taken, how many people, what age group, etc? All of these are factors on the percentages of each answer. I did expec...

I'll add to what's been said above. People who work QA usually work with the people who are writing SOPs, change controls, etc. They're in the office making sure that all of the paper work and paper t...

Reactive management is sometimes unavoidable. Proper planning is crucial, but there will always be issues that arise that either you couldn't or didn't foresee. Things happen. Having a robust system t...

I doubt that changing positions mid-project is something that happens often. If it does, I would still think that they would continue their role in the project or at the very least assist the person w...

I'd disagree jb678. It really depends on how much it would cost. Being behind schedule costs money, just as being over budget. Being behind schedule might cost just as much if not more. As said before...

Well there's a few factors that affect this. What level employee are you? Managers may have a harder time taking off if they cannot get the appropriate person to hold the reins while they're away. A l...

I agree with jb678. I feel that it's easier to control creep in some projects rather than others. For example, mirroring a manufacturing facility is easier than building one from scratch. Yet, there a...

From what I've seen in industry the changes have varying degrees of difficulty. Changes during the design control phase are easier than when the system is in production. At any time, SOP's seem to me ...

I may not be as experienced as other people in this class so I can only speak as to what I've seen. I've never seen a phase skipped over to start the next before the completion of the previous. I don'...

I agree with most of what you've said, but it seems you haven't addressed setbacks, major or minor. Weekly planning meetings, from my experience, deals with changes to the schedule and accommodates an...