In any company ISO 9001 certified, managing non-conforming materials is a must. It is a must not only to satisfy the ISO requirements, but also to reduce costs and ensure product defects are recorded ...

The project sponsor is the person who pays for the project. Because he or she is paying for the project, they get to decide on the project scope, schedule and budget. They’re the ones really taking th...

I believe that priorities can be more then one. As we studied in the pert chart that tasks are interdependent on each other then you have to complete both the task with same priority in order to accom...

To maintain good relations with vendors the manager should keep in touch with them regularly at the first place. Contacting them at regular intervals and often meeting them in person. Checking on the ...

I Believe that american workers maybe working a good amount of hours but not because of any peer pressure. They work because they are motivated as well as they get paid what they deserve for their wor...

I will choose to be a project manager. I would like to work as a manufacturing engineer for first to get experience in an industrial environment. I need some technical experience to know how it works ...

The matrix of power can help out here. The most powerful person according to the matrix has to communicate as everyone relies on their orders and so is mostly listened to in the whole project team. Th...

According to different simulations we have done till now I have learned that its all about the working and proportion of the chemicals used to make a solution or coating. If the chemicals used in coat...

According to this weeks simulation the thought process of procurement management has been initiated. I had a good clear process for the selection of goods, sources as the vendors and their costs. Find...

The tasks are interdependent so the overlapping is done in same category to track both of them. While in the different categories there may be subprojects,subprograms or subportfolios that can be depe...

After the team selection the project timeline is decided as a pert chart or gantt chart. Since the timeline is based on the days needed to work on every single tasks of the whole project a gantt chart...

planned value is the value that should have been earned during that term. It defines that a percent of work should have been done in a particular given term. This value when calculated helps to determ...

The project manager, system analyst and the device designer all should review each proposed designs and change according to what action is needed. The following topics should also be considered: Desig...

I belive that the measurements and control meetings are are great way to keep everyone updated. There are updates to every chage in design, documents and also the work done is discussed. This are the ...

As per the given formulas of schedule variance and cost variance. The schedule variance if is positive then you are ahead of schedule and vice versa. For the cost variance positive the project is unde...