I think that the most useful part of this class was that it offered a more practical course as compared to the majority of courses that are strictly academic. I think that it is important to have pra...

Depending on the project, I think that it is possible to focus on more than one priority. It would be important to rank each priority of the project - low, medium, high so that the highest priority p...

I think that this course was very useful and provided a lot of useful information for anyone who plans to work in the medical device industry in the future or even people who are currently working in ...

Retaining key employees is an important consideration for a company to be successful. Retaining these key employees also retains all of the knowledge that person has from working on past company proj...

I stay motivated by setting and reaching goals. Short term and long term goals are a good way to stay motivated for the long haul. Setting a short term goal and achieving it requires someone to stay...

I think that there are many reasons someone may leave a certain job including finding a better opportunity elsewhere, being frustrated with their current work assignments, or issues with people in the...

Communication management is very important in the success of a project and an organization, making the communications management plan a very important document. The communications management plan set...

I think that reducing turnover and retaining top employees are important considerations for an organization especially in the medical device industry when it comes to human resource management. Retai...

Accurately breaking down the work breakdown structure is a very important aspect for a successful project, because it breaks down and organizes each task of the project. If the WBS is not well constr...

All five of these factors are critical for the project to be successful, but I think that the most important out of those is effective communication. Effective communication between all parties worki...

The different kinds of changes made during the monitoring and controlling phase include non essential design changes, design change numbers, and engineering change order. Non essential design changes ...

During the closing phase of the monitoring and controlling phase some of the important processes include: closing out contracts, paying all people who need to be paid, giving final performance reviews...

Metrics offer a way to quantitatively describe the project as it moves along. Metrics can be used to evaluate the success of the project and also compare the project to the original estimates made fo...

The schedule variance could be affected by many factors such as how accurate the project manager was when first establishing the schedule. It is possible that the project manager overestimates the am...

I don't think there are many cases where it would be acceptable to increase project risk to shorten the time duration of the project. Depending on the project adding more risk to an already moderate ...