These results don’t surprise me at all. The social environment that we surround ourselves with has a huge impact on what we do as individuals. Regardless if it is work, school or anything else where motivation is applicable. If I…   Read more»

I agree with the above comments, the project managers level of motivation spreads through the team. The spirit of motivation is contagious and very helpful. The project manager needs to show interest, passion and motivation to allow others to act…   Read more»

Similar to others, challenge and satisfaction motivate me. The satisfaction of achieving a goal that I have been working toward and challenging myself through the process helps my motivation. For example, for my capstone project, I had to learn an…   Read more»

I have had a similar situation to yours where one team member was replaced by multiple. Do you think it is a good practice for companies to hire more than the needed staff by one or two people ?

For my capstone project, I haven’t had to put the whole entire system together yet, but for two major parts we encountered a lot of problems while putting them together. The project consists of mainly a hardware part and a…   Read more»

I don’t have any experience of my own, but my father owns a company and procurement is a major key to a company’s success. I agree with bb254. The points she mentioned are major points in procurement management. I would…   Read more»

An example of a risk I am evaluating right now with my team, is power risk, The device we are working on depends on infrared reflection, and according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards, there is a…   Read more»

I agree with the previous two comments, things like that I didn’t have any knowledge about until this course, it is very important in cases like this to understand which type of change must occur and how that will affect…   Read more»

In my opinion, even if the initiating and planning process was extensive and very detailed, there are always some details, risks or problems that were never apparent until you reach the executing phase. In theory things might fit and seem…   Read more»

For my capstone project, I found it very important to log every step of the process, Even the small details and changes I made to the entire thing. My team and I started was one intention to the design and…   Read more»

I agree with previous comments about what the overall Engineering Change order is the flow of it and how it is beneficial. Since these comments mostly covered the essentials, I would to alternatively add to the discussion the side effects…   Read more»

I agree with dag56. It is very important to keep potential options in the project manager’s mind until it is time to pick for all of the reasons he mentioned. I would like to add that not only in the…   Read more»

there is a huge range of different challenges that project managers could face. Since a lot have been mentioned, and I have read other posts, a major unforgotten challenge was mentioned in one of the other posts. The challenge is…   Read more»

I understand and for the most part agree with both your posts but on the other hand, I have had a personal experience where personal ties to project members with the project managers allowed them to unprofessionally think that it…   Read more»

to reflect on your experience as I had a similar one, where the project I was working on depended on another sector to hand us some chip that will allow us to obtain a signal for us to analyze. Research…   Read more»

I am not really quiet sure how missing a milestone would lead to any success. I agree with other that it greatly depends on the importance of that specific milestone to the project. However, i can’t imagine how having it…   Read more»

This is my second course with dr. Simon. I previously have taken Medical Devices Development (BME684). The amount of information I learned about the paperwork and all the requirements to carry a project in real life. This has encouraged me…   Read more»

I agree with you jp582. Relying on others can be problematic. An interesting concept that I had learn from my previous class with dr. Simon, was that the entire department in real like examples is responsible for the shortcoming of…   Read more»

During a class project, we missed one milestone it delayed the entire project and we had to move faster in other milestones to accommodate for the time lost. The project was an eye tracking device and after accomplishing most of…   Read more»

This is a very important topic to discuss. The work breakdown structure caught my attention when I was listening to the lecture. I have had many projects where communication and time conflict has been a major issue. However, having a…   Read more»