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knd26 replied to the topic "How to manage and train low performers in common companies?" – 2 years, 11 months ago
I have not been in a situation like this one, but if I was a manager of the team, I agree with many of the posts above; I would first sit down with them and have a 1:1 meeting and… Read more»
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knd26 replied to the topic "Understanding Project Management as a Non-Project Manager" – 2 years, 11 months ago
Great question! I think many of the skills presented in this class carry through in terms of being a good team member. Learning how to listen to other people on your team, thanking them for helping you, and communicating with… Read more»
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knd26 replied to the topic "Skills Learned in this Class" – 2 years, 11 months ago
Like a lot of the above-mentioned posts, I think one of the biggest ideas that this class taught me was that to be a successful project manager or team member in general you must be good at listening and dealing… Read more»
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knd26 replied to the topic "What’s Your Motivator?" – 2 years, 11 months ago
I would say that my biggest motivation is myself and my future. I like to challenge myself to be my best and produce the best work I can. If I produce anything less, I feel as though I am cheating… Read more»
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knd26 replied to the topic "Why do people work?" – 2 years, 11 months ago
I like many others on this chain am not surprised by the results of this study. I find that throughout my experience, many people enjoy their work if they get along with their co-workers. People could hate what they do… Read more»
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knd26 posted a new topic "Quick, Fast, Good? Pick Two" – 2 years, 11 months ago
When planning a clinical trial, you cannot have it all. In the lecture, Dr. Simon states that you have three options when creating a clinical trial: Good, cheap, and fast. The catch is that you can only pick two of… Read more»
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knd26 posted a new topic "Project Cost Management : Top-Down vs Bottom-Up" – 2 years, 11 months ago
In the project cost management section of the lecture, Dr. Simon talked about two different ways to come up with a budget: analogous estimating (“top-down”) and bottom-up estimating. Analogous estimating is much faster, however, less accurate because it is tweaking… Read more»
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knd26 replied to the topic "Discussion Topic: Scope creep….when your project changes" – 2 years, 11 months ago
In the field of research, I feel as though scope creep happens more often than a project stays on track. In the current lab I am working in, projects change rapidly as the results of experiments come back. Many times,… Read more»
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knd26 replied to the topic "Human resource management" – 2 years, 11 months ago
I agree with many of the responses in the forum above. Depending on the size and resources available to the company, this could also play a large role in the way the team is able to handle the situation. If… Read more»
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knd26 replied to the topic "Figuring out tasks." – 3 years ago
When I interned with the Navy, a large portion of my time was spent in classes teaching different teams how to implement Scrum or different agile thinking methods to improve productivity. To prioritize the way that tasks were sequenced in… Read more»
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knd26 posted a new topic "Premature approval and rushing products to market" – 3 years ago
In this week’s project simulation, a marketing manager gave a product to another company to try before the product finished all the verification testing. The simulation states that you signed off on the license even though it was not finished,… Read more»
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knd26 replied to the topic "Improving Team Performance" – 3 years ago
I agree with all posts here, that communication would be a very large part of getting the team back on track. In addition, I agree with @ridmehta, in having a sit-down meeting with each team member individually. I would want… Read more»
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knd26 replied to the topic "Personnel evaluation when succeeding project but delaying." – 3 years ago
I agree with a lot about what was said above, as many delays are due to bigger issues outside one individual’s control. This would mean that if team members are blamed or blame themselves for problems outside of their control… Read more»
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knd26 posted a new topic "Different Types of Monitoring and Controlling" – 3 years ago
This week we learned about the general topics that need monitoring and controlling. Out of all the groups on the list, which do you think are the hardest to change after a project has started? Has anyone had any experience… Read more»
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knd26 replied to the topic "Making connections between people and schools" – 3 years ago
Hello,
My LinkedIn page is attached! Looking forward to connecting with you all.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-dicristina-186b14156/
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knd26 replied to the topic "Communication during a project management" – 3 years ago
The two major platforms that I have seen being used on this forum is Slack and Microsoft teams. I have used both with different internships and found that Microsoft teams is great in a work environment because it tells you… Read more»
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knd26 replied to the topic "Executing Process Progress" – 3 years ago
I would also do the same as my fellow classmates if I was in a position where the vendor was no longer responding to emails. I would first try and contact someone else from the company to ensure that not… Read more»
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knd26 posted a new topic "Difference in communication when working from home" – 3 years ago
An important point that was brought up by Dr. Simon in this week’s lecture is the importance of communication for a project manger during the execution phase of the project. During the pandemic, many people transitioned to working from home… Read more»
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knd26 replied to the topic "Penalization for Going Over Budget and Time?" – 3 years, 1 month ago
I agree that if delays occur or the project goes over the allotted expenses that the penalties if any should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. If any person mentioned above was negligent or trying to cut corners and causes… Read more»
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knd26 posted a new topic "Career Path to becoming a project manager" – 3 years, 1 month ago
There are different career paths that can be taken to achieve different jobs. Some people spend time working as engineers before going back to school for an MBA and switching over to the management side of engineering. Other people know… Read more»
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