The ability to deal with failures and learn from them is a necessity in one's professional career. In order to deal with failure one must find the root cause, evaluate any impacts the failure may have...

As a project manager the ability to separate work and life is critical to stay successful, refreshed, and not compromise life outside of work. To help ensure this I believe it is important to stay or...

Similar to your situation my capstone team and I also struggled to classify our device when asked to do the same assignment. As group, we probably changed our devices classification two or three times...

Communicating with stakeholder's through out the project life cycle is important to the success of the project. Communication between stakeholder's and the project manager/team helps build support for...

Yes, I believe it is possible to recover a project that is behind schedule and over budget. As a project manager the first step to recovering the project would be to find the root cause of the schedul...

Project managers should look to satisfy both the stakeholders and project team. Project managers should strive to balance the needs and expectations of both groups to ensure that the project is comple...

To be a successful project manager one needs to lead their project teams effectively. In order to do that, it involves being flexible especially with the team that the project manager is managing. Mem...

This was a great question as answers to this post seem to be fairly split between what is more important to a project, time or money. I would have to say that time is more important to a project than ...

In my first year here at NJIT, way back in 2018-2019, I witnessed how poor planning had cost NJIT millions of dollars while building the now state of the art Wellness and Events Center. I was told tha...

As discussed in this week's lecture the common risk response strategies are avoidance, mitigation, avoidance, and transference. Although I have little experience in the medical device industry, I woul...

In my academic experience I have only ever experienced one risk that needed to be taken to complete a project. This situation arose in my senior capstone project. For this project we needed to design ...

Hello all, My name is Keegan Ford. I am a master's student studying biomedical engineering at NJIT. I will be graduating this May 2023 and look forward to connecting with you all. LinkedIn Profile: li...

This is a very similar issue that my simulation group is currently experiencing after our first simulation as well. Although we solved the issue after just one attempt, we have made three alterations ...

I think in order to get a realistic schedule and ensure the project is on schedule is to talk to the people who will be doing the work at each stage of the process. As said in earlier posts, the plann...

Is leadership a trait or a process? What makes a great leader are traits like accountability, excellent communication, focused, humble, and passionate. Some of these traits are learned through experie...