I really would like working for an engineering role because I would like being the one that preform test engineering, fabricating, etc. but as of right now I see myself first starting off as a management role because they would be the ones that direct the project path. Management roles will be working with other departments which would expand ones…[Read more]

I agree with everyone, tunnel vision isn’t something that people should have because it will be limiting your option, it will prevent one to be creative. There are many solutions out there in the world but tunnel vision will veer to one solution, which may cause problems because the solution may fix one problem but arise many other. There could be…[Read more]

This course was very helpful because it helped with real life simulation experience. It slowly progressed harder as we tackled each simulation. The lecture helped giving me more background on management process of project and that project managers are responsible for many things. The simulation are key because it gave me more team experience. We…[Read more]

There should always be a backup plan if this situation every happens and I don’t believe that someone can leave without month or two week notice. But even though this happens I would have contact info from former worker and ask for all the notes, tests, plane,etc. preformed so for and if he was waiting for results from someone, so I would update…[Read more]

Both quality assurance and quality control ensure the safety. Quality Assurance focus on the planning process and how closely the project is following to prevent any risk from arising . Quality Assurance verifies if everything is as plan. Quality control is the validation it is where the the product is deemed to pass or fail after looking at the…[Read more]

I believe that communication has to be implemented to everyone but the project manager should enforce and create a safe environment for everyone to be comfortable to communicate. However, if one of the members from the project group is still not communicate, it is the project manager to see what is the problem because he has to know the daily…[Read more]

As many stated, weather, missing member due to sickness, vacation, or personal problems, resource problems, and budget problems can cause affect schedule variance. All these issues can cause work delay. These can be unpredictable but the risk management should help assist in the problem. The project manager should be prepared for all issues and…[Read more]

Both plans are good but I believe that when SV is neagative and cost variance is positive would be a better plan because you would be under budget. The work being done is slacking but it could be fixed if the project manger adds reinforcement or puts more pressure on his team to worker harder. The first option is ok but I don’t think it is a…[Read more]

If an employee is absent due to vacation or personal problem then the project will be delayed if no planning was made prior to the employee leave. The project manager should get a head notice before the employee has to leave so they would have time to change the schedule. Communication is key for the schedule to be intact and so there wouldn’t be…[Read more]

Scheduled variance equals earned value minus planned value. If the planned value increase making the solution negative then the project is behind in schedule. There is anything that can delay the project whether being testing problems, weather problems, employ problems, vendor problems, etc. In order to resolve, I believe the first decision should…[Read more]

Time is money and in order the project to run, money is involve. Monitoring and controlling phase will take time and there is a planned dates where a predicted value is targeted and reached as plan. After everything is completed there is an actual cost of what the project ends up with. This is the final cost where the cost is gather through the…[Read more]

There is not just one important technique, there are varieties. Project plan, Performance report, and change request are the main components in monitoring and controlling the project. The project already has a plan from the start and if something is not right then the team must investigate to see what is the problem. This is where the performance…[Read more]

I would hold a meeting regarding the situation with all vendors and project departments involve and devise a plan to resolve as quick as it can. The first plan would be testing each part of the product in order to determine what is the cause of the defect and making sure that during inspection process nothing has defected the product. Once the…[Read more]

Design validation is important in design management. The reason being is that it helps make sure that the product passes all test protocol. The test that that are preform during the validation process, examine shelf life, health protocol, efficiency, etc. There are specific requirement that a product must need to be in order to be ready. The…[Read more]

What I would do is hold a meeting between research group and other departments. Here we will discuss, what methods we can use and make a new time schedule so we can be able to fix the problem on time with less risk in take. The meeting will help departments communicate between each other and make a new plan faster because they will see which plan…[Read more]

I agree that delays are unavoidable. There will always be an obstacle in the way whether being a product problem. But if there is a scheduled plan on how to go about the project then the risk of delays will reduce. The plan shall consist team mates schedules, test plan, fabrication schedule, and other like buying materials. There should also be…[Read more]

Logging works is very important because it helps keeps track on what is happening and who was responsible for what has been done. I remember in my capstone class, when my group and I were creating an electrospun mat we had record the skip procedure in how to create the solution for electrospinning. We had to record the voltage flow rate that we…[Read more]

Planning is one of the important phase like many said. It is basically the game plan if the team does not have a plan, there will chaos because there is no order which they can follow. The team will be walking blind and the project will not be done and/or there will be many errors done. The Planning phases helps distribute all task making it…[Read more]

I agree with other stating that it the scope should be clarified in the beginning of the project but also throughout the project because as stated by ks629 someone might want to sell the product oversea. The company needs enough time for change preferable before the product is ready to be released in the origin country because if the decision to…[Read more]

I agree with everyone that says that the project manager should discuss with each member throughout the duration of the project. In the beginning, Project managers should already have schedules of all members. If there is an emergency, I would suggest hold a meeting with the member. Ask them who could replace he or she for the emergency and ask…[Read more]