I fully believe that a project manager’s level of motivation affects the team’s productivity and motivation level. If the project manager is very passionate about the project then it will rub onto the...

Project management techniques differ from company to company because it is due to availability of resources and past experiences. Larger companies will more resources to work with, and I’m sure they h...

I would prefer to be an engineer and then transition into a manager role once I’m more experienced and have more knowledge of how the industry I am working for works. I first want to be an engineer w...

I’m not too surprised by these results, but I thought fair pay would be higher than just 32%. Some people of talked to wanted as much pay as possible, but I guess it varies from person to person. For ...

I think Americans are putting in more time for a variety of reasons. Some could be because they are motivated to work on the project and are “workaholics”, others because deadlines are coming up and t...

I guess for me the challenge and the reward is what motivates me to complete a project. The challenge aspect is important to me because it brings fun and excitement to the project. It engages me to re...

For a class project in my undergraduate studies, I had to research plastics for use in the product we were designing. Plastics we researched included polypropylene, mylar, polyethylene, etc. I learned...

In my opinion using the same supplier for two different products doesn’t fully satisfy the dual source requirement. While yes it does provide an alternative product in case the primary one isn't avail...

One of the project I worked required us to use specific captive bolts. The shoulder length, tread size, knob type, etc. all had to be a specific value. I researched companies for a while until I found...

From my experience working at my current company, during the closing phase we have a few tasks that need to be done. Close up any loose ends with our vendors, typically ensure that they have the most ...

I’m with ks629 on this one. EV is only one part of the project and represents only one aspect of it. Any EV estimate whether under budget or over budget will need to be accompanied by something to bac...

Increasing project risk should be avoided as much as possible. In the mini-sim example, decreasing the animal experiment time would be very bad. From these studies we will see how well the product per...

In this week’s lecture we learned about different kinds of changes for a project. They were non-essential design change (NDC), design change number (DCN), and engineering change order (ECO). So my qu...

I agree with srg36 and hc255 view that they are important parts of a project but may not necessarily be the absolute most important. They are only one part of a large process when developing a project...

During one project I was on at my company, the WBS wasn’t executed well. One particular mechanical engineering team was overloaded with many tasks, the other teams had a more reasonable workload. The ...