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gingeranderson
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RE: Organizational structure

While working at General Dynamics Electric Boat in the electrical engineering dept, there was a shortage of software engineers. Whenever someone finds...

8 years ago
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RE: Discussion Topic: Risk Analysis methods

As a nuclear engineer, I have experience working at nuclear plants in probabilistic risk assessment. At one particular nuclear plant, they use bayesia...

8 years ago
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RE: Discussion Topic: Scope creep....when your project changes

While working at General Dynamics Electric Boat, I was tasked with just replacing a component on a system on the submarine. It was just a simple chang...

8 years ago
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RE: Risk Management

As a nuclear engineer who worked on submarines, a part of the job is lowering radiation exposure or risk for the navy (the customer who works on the p...

8 years ago
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RE: Ideal PM Processes vs. Real life

In my experience, one generally starts following the process ideally: Initiating Processes, Planning Processes, Executing Processes, Closing Processin...

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RE: Design Review Meeting Culture

While working at General Dynamics Electric Boat, the culture for the design review meeting was rather relaxed. The design review meeting is schedule a...

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RE: Design Review Meeting

While working at General Dynamics Electric Boat, I held several design review meetings and they were usually fairly quick. This was due to the fact th...

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RE: Engineering change order

ECO gives the chance for a team to admit a mistake was made or a design can be approved and effectively, document and execute that change. The process...

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RE: Importance of Logging Work

While working at General Dynamics Electric Boat, I would hold bi-weekly teleconferences with all parties involved in the project. This included people...

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RE: Challenges PM face

Another challenge that PMs face is personnel resources or enough people with the right skills to do a job. Sometimes you have a job and you either don...

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RE: PM: Handling Team Issues

When reading this question, the term "enterprise environmental factors" comes to mind which relates to the companies culture, people available and sof...

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RE: Source Selection in Executing Process

I think source selection should be done in the executing process. In the planning phase, you are developing many aspects such as the DDP which include...

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RE: Are Missed Milestones really Bad?

I believe that missing a milestone is really a bad thing in industry. While working at General Dynamics Electric Boat, milestones are set and those ar...

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RE: Experience Breaking Down A Project

While working at General Dynamics Electric Boat, I worked on projects that were broken down into departments and other projects that were broken down ...

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RE: PM Internationally

I think the biggest difference would be the regulations that you have to follow and know in different countries. The plan.do.check.act cycle, PM proce...

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