As some of the posts above mention, a lot of people leave their jobs because they simply don’t like to get used to a routine. Instead (especially in engineering fields) workers prefer to get challenged by the daily work. I…   Read more»

I agree with most of the posts above, in the point that you have to start in the bottom and then rise up. It is key to start as an Engineer because you will be dealing with a lot problems…   Read more»

You have raise a good point but I am not surprised by it. Although we are taught at school that the best workers should get the promotions, I personally even took an Engineering Ethics class on how most of these…   Read more»

As explained above, the project manager is the main factor on how the motivation of the team varies as the project gets done. For example: there was this time that our team was trying to get done a very hard…   Read more»

I believe that there are a lot of things that motivate a coworker to give a good performance at work. I am surprised though that only 32% people, mentioned that they were motivated by the fair pay. I think this…   Read more»

What motivates me more when completing my work is the impact that I am causing in society when doing my job. Our community has to continue improving in every aspect of life so I just think of how my project…   Read more»

For my capstone design project, my team and I were in charge of designing a wearable watch and an app in order to help autistic children incorporate into society. The team was doing everything on time. However we applied to…   Read more»

Yes, you have raised a very good point, I experienced that when I was working on a project for a company called SEL. My team consisted of 4 people and we were electrifying a community really closed to our installations….   Read more»

When I used to do projects for an electrical engineering company, the Project Manager of the company would let me create the electrical circuit diagrams based on the location, and needs of the people in the community where I was…   Read more»

I do think that a pathway such as the one you mentioned is followed most of the time. However, no matter how hard you try there will always be delays. From personal experience, our team was providing electrical power to…   Read more»

The only design review meeting I have been present in was conducted by the leader who would be moving from point to point in the agenda. The other members would be adding important comments and/or questions to whatever points were…   Read more»

In my personal experience as an electrical engineer, I have used the technique of mitigating the risk multiple times when connecting electric transformers in multiple communities. The company I worked for, had specific workers whose job was to make sure…   Read more»

As some of my classmates stated above, the review design meetings I have been involved have been very fast. The lecture suggests that you send out the document some time prior to the beginning of the meeting. However, when you…   Read more»

Hello Lamiaa, you have brought up a very good point. In my personal case, I have not dealt with any of those problems, however a close friend who works in the accounting department of a company mentioned to me that…   Read more»

You have raised a very interesting point, before taking this class I did not know all these terms, I used to only say that we were under budget, ahead/behind schedule, etc. In my particular case, during my capstone project, my…   Read more»

I can see that the scenario you are bringing up is similar to the one in the mini sim 2. Personal differences will always occur, but the as a Project Manager you need to make all your team aware that…   Read more»

You have brought up a very interesting point. There will always be obstacles when doing international business/projects. However, the difficulty of overcoming some will be harder than others. For example: Language could typify a high obstacle between the countries trying…   Read more»

Hello, I understand the point you are trying to bring up. There is no doubt that the real business does not happen when a customer decides to choose your company to do a project, the real business happens when that…   Read more»

Being a project managers is not easy, it is a position that requires a lot of experience, responsibility and good organization skills. My boss is a project manager with a very broad experience in Electrical Engineering projects. There was this…   Read more»

As an undergraduate student here, I never talked about the FDA from my freshman to junior years. However now in my senior year I have been able to understand how projects are actually done in the Industry because of this…   Read more»