I learned a lot in the course about working within a group. Through our simulations, I’ve had groups where we worked amazingly together, and others where there was dishonesty and lack of communication. Working within a group that is purely online is very new for me; in order for these simulations to work we needed to have constant communication…[Read more]

I completely agree with William. Within a single project, there are multiple parts/priorities, hence the multiple members of the team. Giving each team member a priority allows the project to move smoothly and more efficiently. Focusing on one priority at a time would ultimately delay the project’s progression.

I believe there are many reasons why people decide to work more than 40 hours a week. Personally, when I was able to, I worked as many hours as I possibly could. During my internship, I’d stay late, just because I was extremely wrapped up in my project. I had the stride and motivation to keep going and I didn’t want to lose that feeling. Other…[Read more]

As previously stated in another post, During my capstone project this year, my project manager (the class’ professor) let my team know ahead of time that our customer (the professor we were working for) was disappointed in the past by their capstone group. He told us to make sure we apply significant effort into the project at hand because he d…[Read more]

As previously stated by my classmates, I strongly believe that a project manager’s level of motivation affects the team’s productivity and motivation level. The project manager keeps the team on top of their tasks while also providing productive criticism. When a PM talks down to their team or doesn’t make them feel like the work they are doing…[Read more]

When reading the results of the study, I am slightly surprised, but not entirely. I thought fair pay and meaningful work would be higher up on the spectrum. Although exciting and challenging work being at the top is not surprising at work. Personally, I am extremely motivated when the work that I am doing is exciting and challenging. When I’m w…[Read more]

During this semester in capstone, my team and I had to procure aluminum T-Slot framing material to construct our device. We originally found the website 8020.net and found everything that we needed, but our vendor had to be NJIT approved to utilize our grant. From that point we searched for a university approved vendor that met our needs. We…[Read more]

Quality Assurance: ensures that the approaches, techniques, methods and processes are designed for the projects are implemented correctly. Quality assurance activities monitor and verify that the processes used to manage and create the deliverables.
Quality Control: ensures that the approaches, techniques, methods and processes are designed in the…[Read more]

Each of the five factors listed are extremely important when working on a project:
1. Agreeing on Project Goals – this step ensures that every member of the team has the same priorities when it comes to the completion of the project and the pace they’d like to work in.
2. Effective Communication – the point of a group project is to work together…[Read more]