Roberto Pineda

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RE: Why do people leave work?

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 challenge...

In forum Project Management Application: Clinical Trial

8 years ago
RE: Engineer vs. Manager

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 and you will...

In forum Project Management Application: Clinical Trial

8 years ago
RE: Disconnect in rewarding motivation

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 mo...

In forum Project Management Application: Clinical Trial

8 years ago
RE: Let's Be Motivated!!!

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 ve...

In forum Project Management Application: Clinical Trial

8 years ago
RE: Why do people work?

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...

In forum Project Management Application: Clinical Trial

8 years ago
RE: What’s Your Motivator?

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 p...

In forum Project Management Application: Clinical Trial

8 years ago
RE: Discussion Topic: Scope creep....when your project changes

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...

In forum Project Management Knowledge Areas

8 years ago
RE: Organizational structure

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...

In forum Project Management Knowledge Areas

8 years ago
RE: Integration PM

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 forum Project Management Knowledge Areas

8 years ago
RE: Ideal PM Processes vs. Real life

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 ...

In forum Project Management Process and Medical Device Development

8 years ago
RE: Design Review Meeting Culture

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 que...

In forum Project Management Process and Medical Device Development

8 years ago
RE: Risk Management

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...

In forum Project Management Process and Medical Device Development

8 years ago
RE: Design Review Meeting

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 ...

In forum Project Management Process and Medical Device Development

8 years ago
RE: Work Logs and FDA Audits

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 mentio...

In forum Project Management Process and Medical Device Development

8 years ago
RE: Cost Analysis of Project

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, duri...

In forum Project Management Process and Medical Device Development

8 years ago
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