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RE: Skills Learned in this Class

I really learned about communication and problem solving through this class. (specifically through the simulations). While I have dealt with similar t...

3 years ago
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RE: Engineer vs. Manager

Honestly I think, at this exact moment in my life, I am happy being a researcher/engineer. I do not have the skillset to lead others yet. I've only ju...

3 years ago
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RE: How was this class helpful

As someone who has really only done research in academic settings, I find this class helpful since it provides insights that I would not have been abl...

3 years ago
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RE: Avoiding Tunnel Vision

I have a huge tendency to fall into tunnel vision. I think its partially based on hyper focusing on a specific part of a project and also based on stu...

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RE: What’s Your Motivator?

It's funny but I am very rarely motivated by competition, personally I find it stressful and somewhat demotivating. I have ADHD so motivation and exec...

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RE: Let's Be Motivated!!!

As a graduate student who oversees a small hoard of undergrads, I have a bit of experience in motivation and how motivating others can modify their wo...

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RE: Discussion Topic: Scope creep....when your project changes

My capstone project for undergrad focused on creating a continuous passive motion device (CPM) for the hand. We underestimated a lot of the completion...

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RE: Changining staff

Honestly, it depends on how this individual leaves the project. If the person is leaving the project abruptly then there will need to be major changes...

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RE: Importance of Human Resource Management

I think your definition of HR pretty much answers your question. HR: reduces turnover, hires well suited-individuals for the job, and improves employe...

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RE: Importance of Logging Work

I am currently pursuing my Masters in a lab! When I was in undergrad I did a terrible job of logging my work: I often assumed that I would remember si...

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RE: Closing Phase

I think for the closing phase to be carried out effectively, it is essential that all parts required for the closing phase are clearly monitored and t...

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RE: Monitoring & Controlling Techniques

I agree with several of the commenters above. I think communication control may be one of the most effective and necessary parts of Monitoring and Con...

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RE: Project Execution

My biggest emphasis would be on COMMUNICATION. Even with this week's simulation, it was clear that communication can directly impact how a project pla...

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RE: Project failure

A specific or main cause of project failure is difficult to pinpoint. While I agree that communication seems to be a major factor in the success of a ...

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RE: Discussion Topic: The critical path

When I was working on my capstone project in undergrad we made a lot of assumptions about how easy it would be to program our device. The aim of the d...

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