Yes, I strongly believed that verification can takes place at any time in a project and most importantly during the execution phase. I think even after the project completion, verification should still be conducted, if even if the changes might not be edited, it will provide an idea of how to amend future similar projects.

Although I strongly believe that good communication is key to the success of any project. I think, a clarity in the planning phase of any project plays a tremendous role in the overall success of the project. Having the team, with the right expertise, who are motivated enough can also be very advantageous for the project. Before highly motivated…[Read more]

Design transfer involves transferring an approved design into production, which itself requires a far-reaching set of procedures to arrange numerous tasks at the same time. Experience, professional techniques, and careful survey are the keys to a successful change. I think one of the main issues lies in increased customer demands. I believe that…[Read more]

I don’t quite see the difficulty in designing a timeline, more than I see the difficulty in executing that timeline. I should be important to identify tasks that are most likely going to be either/or time consuming and complex to execute, and provide a larger time frame for those tasks. Moreover, the timeline should be updated as the project…[Read more]

The goal of schedule variance is to determine whether a team is behind or ahead of schedule, while cost variance ensures whether or not the team is under budget or over budget. These variances provide essential data about the project’s progress and feasibility.Some factors affecting the schedule variance are: poor baseline schedule, s…[Read more]

I think one of the major mistake in management is to assume full availability of the all the team members. I think management, should include a board with all the team members availability and expected absences. And according to those absences, management should work on finding replacement as to avoid delay in project’s timeframe.

As Dr.Simon mentioned, if you failed to plan so you planning to fail. Planning phase is the most important phase of a project as every other phase of a project is dependent upon by this phase. Planning involves a lot factors before putting into practice this involves checking on a lot of things that involves availability of employees and the…[Read more]

The QA and QC both are embedded in Quality Management system. While QA focuses on defect prevention, QC deals with identification of those defects before hand.

I think the team should hire a new person to do her job only if the other team members seem inadequate at covering her work with the same level of efficacy and timeframe as she would have done. Although hiring a new face might be slightly costly for the company, it might provide the most advantageous result: the same level of work efficient, since…[Read more]

I believe that of a small organization is looking for outsourcing, then it should go for smaller vendors to cut down on the cost and to maintain flexibility rather than going for larger players as they may not provide that much attention to a smaller client. As explained in this week’s lecture for procurement planning before choosing your v…[Read more]

I believe an importance aspect of a fruitful work environment is genuine enthusiasm.I think a project manager should always display the greatest enthusiasm possibly specially when dealing a failing aspect of the project.The level of motivation that he or she displays can directly influence its team member’s motivation about the project. I also…[Read more]

I thought “fair pay” and “benefits” would rank higher up since we largely depend on our work financial compensation to survive ( nutrition, shelter, and much more). I don’t know who was survey for this experiment, but i think the result will be slightly different depending on the social-economical class. For people from lower economical stratum…[Read more]

Before taking this class, I had no desire to work as a manager, mainly because I didn’t have a solid understanding of what exactly that position entails. I could see myself working as a manager after some years of experience in the industry, as I don’t believe to have enough knowledge to handle large projects or to manage heavy tasks. After my…[Read more]

My biggest motivation is my past. Where I come from, I wasn’t provided with all the resources that I have today. I am always driven to go above and beyond and accomplish what couldn’t have been possible if I wasn’t living in America. I like to push my own boundaries. I always have my own ambitions, confidence and passion to drive myself to go…[Read more]

There are various reasons why people might leave work, among which , I think, financial compensation and loss of enthusiasm are primary. Sometimes, the motivation to leave can be family-related, ( for instance with military families, non-militaries spouses frequently change jobs due to relation of the other spouse. Some time, the work environment…[Read more]

At the term of This course, my views of project management slightly changed. I used to think that it mainly revolves around filling out chart and assigning works to team members. Now i realize that it involves a much deeper interaction that previously thought. It teaches how to plan and organize, communicate with team members, utilize various…[Read more]

At the core of these two terms, “project manager” and “clinical project manager”, the underlying definition is that these two individuals are responsible for the coordinating the different parts of the life of a project team such as,regulatory, design, execution, monitoring, quality controlling. However, while a project manger tends to focus on…[Read more]