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...

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 smo...

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, j...

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 fo...

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 o...

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 bein...

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, b...

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 proc...

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 ...

I don't believe that shortening the time span is worth increasing risk. I understand that in some cases the time span must be decreased for emergency reasons, but at the same time, if the project fail...

When executing a project, it is important to plan for set backs and failures. This is why the execution phase should be planned out thoroughly to give the group an allotted time to repair errors and c...

As stated in the lecture, the steps to the closing phase are as followed: 1. close out contracts 2. Pay whomever needs to be paid 3. Give final performance reports 4. Log what you learn 5. Hand off pr...

Communication is the most important part of working in a team. Everyone has their own life and own responsibilities but they must also understand that their team needs their commitment as well. When o...

I believe the best way to meet deadlines for the specific simulation would be to compensate for potential error. The team should take extra time with the planning phase and research to ensure problems...

For my senior capstone project, we are required to follow a schedule we made with Microsoft Project 2016. There have been a few times this semester we've missed milestones because of 3D printing delay...