For me, goals are what keep me motivated. When what I am doing aligns with my short term and long term goals, it makes me passionate about the work I ...

I think that an interesting thing to add to this thread is that while many people put in extra hours to increase productivity, research shows that it ...

Every project and team is unique. For example, certain projects may be straight forward and predictable while other projects are more complex and risk...

While an outline of a communication management plan documented as a SOP can be beneficial to keeping the entire company on the same page, I think it i...

A WBS should be a break down of every project task and deliverable defined by the project scope. If the WBS is poorly constructed the following can oc...

I think another thing that is important to address in a supplier contract is to clearly define responsibilities. For example, if something goes wrong ...

I think it is important to have some buffers in the schedule to account for any unexpected delays for any reason. The time frame and budget is set whe...

One important component of closing is creating a project closure report. This project closure report lists every activity that is required in order to...

This semester I am in part 2 of my capstone project. We have all of our protocols written to begin construction and testing but we are missing one key...

I think one of the main issues lies in increased customer demands. When the design team first hands off the project to the manufacturing team, a certa...

I agree with everything that is said above. In addition, I think there should be a re-evaluation step which happens once the project has started to ma...

If a problem in the planning is identified mid-scope it should be reassessed with the entire team present, taking into account resources and timing. P...

While I think all of the above are important, I think it is important to assess the situation. While a team member that is not good at communicating a...

I am currently working on a capstone project. We won a $3000 URI grant to design and fabricate our device. This grant must be used only for this proje...

In my experience, at design review meetings, everyone attending the meeting reads the document beforehand. The meeting starts by everyone saying their...