The WBS lays out all the small tasks required to be done for the completion of the overall project. In order to have a plan set for all aspects working together, which is necessary for product develop...

In my experience with procurement management, it is necessary to have a very clear idea of the plan of the project and the specs of the materials needed. This is where procurement management becomes i...

Communication should be present between all people in every branch of product development. Communication is the key for success in the development of a project and if even one part of a team is slacki...

Planned value and actual costs, relating to the overall budget is one of the most important factors, if not the most important, in product development. While it would be nice to say money doesn't matt...

It is a common theme that different phases of product development can flow into one another. This is the same case with design verification. However,due to the nature of design verification being to c...

It is a very important aspect of the planning phase for the team to ensure they have covered all the ground and assessed possible risk from every stakeholder. There will be varying opinions about pos...

A planning phase is essential to the product development timeline. Having a good idea of budgetary needs, timelines and deadlines to meet, and team member duties is necessary for success. However, I l...

I personally do not have any first hand experience with this situation. However, based on what I have learned in this class, I can imagine that if this were to happen, it could cause a variety of prob...

Much of this weeks lecture revolved around financial estimations in regards to how much work has been done vs how much was scheduled to be done in the planning phase. During the Monitoring and Control...

As stated in previous forums and lectures in this class,, communication is the key to a large part of the product development process. In the case of the miniSim, both major delays seemed to have the ...

Design validation is incredibly important in the product development process because it is what actually tests to make sure you fulfilled your goals. In the early phases of planning, a list of necessa...

Agreed, at this point it will not be possible to not delay the project, unless the quality of the product is sacrificed, which is the last thing any company would want to do. So as for minimizing the ...

Like said in another forum post, a large challenge that all project managers face is communication. It sounds simple, but all projects, especially larger ones rely on so many people to complete their ...

This is a very important task in planning out the ES, EF, LS, and LF dates for a task, because it sets the timeline that must be followed for all progress made on the project. If the range is too broa...

Communication is a key aspect of both managing a team and operating as a member of a team. As the PM, having a member who is unresponsive and lacks either communication skills or the desire to make an...