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 would categorize myself in one of those categories I would say I am motivated by being recognized/valued & respected.…[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 as their leader. If a project manager is not motivated, it will have a huge impact on everyone else on…[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 entirely new software language. the challenge that came with this project motivated me to learn and…[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 software part and within the hardware component we needed to integrate a camera with infrared to use the whole system for eye…[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 like to add from my father’s experience that having a solid back up plan for vendors is necessary. Things come up with vendors,…[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 risk of burning the user’s eye if the emitting power of the infrared is above a certain limit. We are trying to…[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 the entire project. As bb254 mentioned, going back to the planning phase will be a necessity and that will put everything else…[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 perfectly put together and during the planning phase it is all about theory. It comes down to past experiences…[Read more]