When placing a mass order for a project there are many different factors that go into making such a large purchase for a large quantity. The shape and design need to be verified to ensure that they are the correct…   Read more»

An important factor when dealing with a large project is time and money and as mentioned previously the financial state of a project is very important. But as stated in the question, I do believe that good quality holds an…   Read more»

These results don’t really surprise me because when I look over them and reflect on myself, I can agree that these couple attributes would be important for me. Out of the results shown I would have to agree and say…   Read more»

I do believe there is an air of peer pressure in the workplace. There seems to be a silent peer pressure to work as everyone else works and match their pace and timeline to not seem like the odd one…   Read more»

One important concept I learned in this class was communication is a key factor to any assignment and in some occasions may be harder to maintain than people originally believe. In this course there were multiple simulations in which we…   Read more»

It is possible for a project to have more than one priority. When starting a project there will be one overall goal to complete and then this goal is sectioned into different pieces to make it more manageable and allows…   Read more»

Communication ensures that there is nothing left to assume and everyone has a handle of what the other team is doing. It wouldn’t be a waste of precious time to ensure that the teams understand what the others are completing…   Read more»

Hopefully an occurrence like this is not prevalent but in this case the best course of action may be to get another person to take up the role and its tasks. In some situations it may be very beneficial to…   Read more»

Quality control may be conducted in larger companies and projects because the outcome has more on the line rather than small companies. In most cases the large companies are planning to sell a larger amount to the general public while…   Read more»

The project manager should be involved in each aspect of the project so that they are able to make the major decisions. This doesn’t mean that the project manager should be on completing tasks in each aspect of the project…   Read more»

An important benefit of an Engineering change order is that it allows the product development team to be on track and making sure that the product information is as accurate as possible. It may be tedious to put another set…   Read more»

One of my most current experiences with dealing with a long term project would be my capstone project. And due to the fact that capstone was one of the first instances of a major timeline project for a majority of…   Read more»

I think some of the most difficult parts of a project would be the initial stage and, like the previous comments, the research/clinical trials. The initial stage would be difficult because if part of the discussion it could be challenging…   Read more»

As the previous comments stated, it is better to have a more flexible plan that can adapt. Many projects won’t run completely to the plan, there will always be ups and downs. Even if there is risk management, there is…   Read more»

One way to ensure that the team is receiving the most complete and efficient solutions would be to ensure that each team member has the same information. One way to do this is to ensure that at the beginning meeting…   Read more»

During my senior capstone project, we were assigned to have a mock design review project. In this project each team member was assigned a role like a moderator or a scribe to note down the criticisms of our design report….   Read more»

As others previously mentioned, the project manager now needs to focus on the research and development side of the project. There needs to be additional protocols as to why the balloon systems did not work. Additional tests need to be…   Read more»

When dealing with failures in testing, each aspect needs to be taken note of, to see how many different ways the project could have gone wrong. For example, in this simulation the main issues lay within the storage and contents…   Read more»

The person who would have the most influence on the timeline would most likely be the person who assigned the timeline or in other words, the person who started the project. They would have the most influence because they are…   Read more»

One way to improve this method for organizing tasks is to organize them by time, by using a Gantt Chart. In a Gantt chart, major steps of the project can be given their specific deadline and once that is decided…   Read more»