Motivation from projects comes from the PM themself. If they are sluggish, it can bring down the energy for the whole team or if they are very hasty it can make team members less enthusiastic to reach out and communicate. …   Read more»

While never have had experience in a lessons learned document, i think this should be applied before every meeting of a big event, or every time the team meets to discuss updates of the project. Having the lessons learned document…   Read more»

Recently just graduating from undergrad and now almost done with grad school, working as scientist has been most fitting since I am still learning different roles, and the “work culture” along with getting to know my position. Currently, learning how…   Read more»

The biggest takeaway from the class is communication and working in a team. Being in R&D or the industry in general, nothing can be completed without an entire team. Communication comes in the form of meetings, emails, or just even…   Read more»

The statistics provided aren’t surprising at all because people are working with the expectation of growing int their careers. Additionally in order to grow in their careers, they ned to work with people they like, enjoy their environment, and be…   Read more»

Our culture and society has put on this “norm” of working Moree to produce either progress or compete with coworkers. Society has placed this norm on us that if we aren’t working hard or being the best at what we…   Read more»

My motivation to do work and work overall is firstly being in an environment which challenges me and sparks my interest. These two factors go hand in hand because if I didnt like what I am working towards I would…   Read more»

A project where a big problem pushed back on our time was my capstone project during the peak of the pandemic. My team couldn’t get all the resources we needed to finish our project, along with if we had everything…   Read more»

  Quality assurance is the process/procedures implemented in the project which shows the overall objectives, specifications and measurements.    Quality control is the overall focus on the outputs of the project. Analysis/testing is done in this portion to make sure…   Read more»

Last semester I took a precursor for this course with Dr. Simon, and midway through this semester I started studying for the CAPM. Majority of what we learned in both courses actually helped me feel very prepared to take the…   Read more»

@anthonynjit  I can agree with Anthony, on how using Linked in gave opportunity to be added onto a project for “additional resources”. I think this method helped a lot as an undergraduate since it gave a lot of opportunity to…   Read more»

The simulation showed that the product was cytotoxic, and the first thing to do would be to go back to see the risk analysis to see if this was a high risk to begin with to ensure it was taken…   Read more»

When the performance reports are low, firstly as the PM I would see where the scores are low, and what specific part of the project is performing low amongst the team members. Then I would meet with all members of…   Read more»

I think overall a big impact on the supply and chain optimization with the need of everything being done quickly and by machinery instead of manually. This changes how devices are made because they need to not only be done…   Read more»

For group meetings and communication, we frequently used google hangouts because it was versatile for any server (since some members had Mac or Windows it was compatible for both and also was able to schedule into your personal calendars +…   Read more»

Project penalization should be dependent on the situation. Essentially a project managers job is to make sure each deadline can be met at an attainable goal. They also need to allow for some slack in their timelines, and have optimal…   Read more»

When working in a group project virtually recently, we had to come up with a different way of finding a solution to organization and participation without it feeling rushed, isolated, or unorganized.  How our group did our project was first…   Read more»

Slack Time needs to be given to a project to take into account any sort of emergencies or missed deadlines. A big issue we saw recently was chain and supply issues, hence projects needed to have more slack time to…   Read more»

I do agree with @leshan‘s statement of depending on the project, if time or money should be placed firsthand. A project that has more severity, such as an internal implant would definitely be a more time focused project rather than…   Read more»

I believe at this point in time i would like to be apart of a larger company, where there is a set standard and i could learn from to learn a fundamental role such as risk management or understand how…   Read more»