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Chapter 10

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In general this chapter was a lot of explanation about how to model your hunch and try to make it as realistic as possible.

One of the most important things about this chapter in my opinion are first Dr. Jamid’s point of view of how to improve predictions of how the work is going to be done by making a hunch and to know exactly what your hunch is you can use a hunch model where you try to quantify your predictions and then let the project continue and start compare it with the actual results and see what things you got wrong and improve it.

When Mr. T and Dr. Jamid started to argue about how Mr. T can implement a hunch model they talked about something very interesting in my opinion on how ten people in a team can complete a certain project in twelve months but twenty people can’t complete the same project in half of the time given to the team of ten first because the first days the new people takes the time of the people that have already experience working at that project in order to learn and then the interaction penalty increases because people in the team have to spend more time talking and planning what to do with more people, but with time the people in the team start to know each other and this process is faster.

Chapter 8

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It was funny when Lahksa suggested meeting Dr.Rizzoli but she said that he was going on his free will sort of? In this chapter I can reaffirm that Lahksa is dangerous and can do anything for the project, but I can’t believe that Mr. T helped.

When Mr. T and Dr. Rizzoli were talking about how to increase productivity it was interesting how Dr. Rizzoli said that there is not a short term fix to increase productivity, the only thing they can do is to think in a long term way and make things better for their successors. So in order to improve production you can focus on how you managed time to avoid unnecessary wasted time.

I agree when in the chapter they mentioned that managing an engineer project was more like managing future problems, planning what to do in case of each risk you can imagine, the cost it would take to surpass that problem or risk, is important to hear the people of the project to see future problems and most important don’t have a culture of fear, because thanks to that people would be sacred of tell you the problems that are present in the project and at the final stage all the problems would become a bigger one.

Chapter 9

At the beginning of the chapter I agree with NNL when he said that one of the most important thing about a manager is to respect the team, but you have to be careful with that people because it can be just appearance when they said that.

In the part when they go to the ex-general it was a bit confusing why he maintained all that people working in something that have been rejected, if I were an employee there I would be mad about

Chapter 6

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While I was reading chapter 6 I consider very important the questions he ask himself about take that job like the basic parameters workable, if NNL can be trusted (in my opinion no but if he trust in a kidnapped why not trust to a tyrant able to use violence), if the work is correctly rewarded, these questions I consider are important to take in consideration before accepting a job or a project because if you are not prepared it most probably will fail.

The sitting around concept I consider is important to make mention of because when Waldo ask Mr. Tompkins he answer that he didn’t make decisions alone, and he had trusted group of peers and subordinates to discuss possibilities and I agree with this way of taking decisions because in large projects taking decisions alone can be harmful in some cases if you don’t consider certain aspects that can be important to other people that have different point of view.

One of the most important thing about the chapter are when they are talking about management comparing it with some part of the body, when you are dealing with people decisions you have to trust in your experience and in your impressions of that person(Trust your gut), is important to be nice to people that is working for you because if you are nice with them and you respect them it create a good relation(heart) and last but not least the environment people are to create a good community, where they can trust each other and everyone feels part of the team this is important first to make the people feel comfortable there and to make communication a lot more effective(The soul).

Chapter 7

About this chapter I like to mention first when they interview the first

Chapter 3

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After Lahksa kidnap Mr. Tompkins in this chapter finally we are told with what purpose Lahksa did that, if I were Tompkins I would be very scared of Lahksa because she even know the name of his cat, but to wake up in a suite can compensate that.

Some things that I consider in this chapter are first when Tompkins complain about dealing with impossible schedules, I consider this important because some times employees are given a lot of work in a short period of time and that makes them to burnout, in other words they finish their job very stressed out and without motivation what leads to one of the main topics of the chapter two of maintaining the team motivated.

Investment in people, other concept touched in this chapter was the big investment you have to put in people to develop a project and when Mr. Tompkins started to select key persons he mentions the importance of have all the staff in the same place, because you never get something done if people are all in different places, but that means a lot more money has to be spend to recruit people.

Chapter 4

In the chapter 4 at the beginning were mentioned again the Four Essentials of Good Management 1. Get the right people, match them to the right jobs, keep them motivated, help their teams to jell and stay jelled. And it was important to me because in my opinion is a good idea to write a Journal with all the important thing you have learn during the day.

One of the thing that call my attention in this chapter was when Mr. Tompkins starts talking with Mr. Mopoulka about the CD-ROM plant and how he was worried about everything, first he couldn’t start working in

Economic engineering

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Economic engineering is knowledge that help a manager to be effective and make easier the decision making. Normally an engineer would say that the only thing he has to know is how to program or how to solve a problem specialized in their field, but that is not true.

When the engineer starts making decisions on how and what is necessary to solve the problem it involve money and knowing some basics of economics are needed to take decisions based on the benefits, inflation, risks and costs and with all that information decide if the project is viable or not.

Some concepts that I consider important are:

Initial cost: The cost that is expected to get the project started.

Maintenance cost: The cost that is needed to update the product.

Interest Rate: The rate received from an investment.

Finance: allocation, management, acquisition and investment of resources in other words risks, time, taxes,

Accounting: The ability of someone to know the results of their investment, like profit expected or looses.

Cash flow: the movement of money into or out the business or project, this concept is important to take decisions because without it the business can’t have a clear vision of how much money they have to spend and how much money they are receiving.

Inflation: The same things costs more than before.

Taxation: Money request by the government called income taxes, this is important to consider because it can lead to problems of thinking that a project can be very profitable but at the end it was not because the high income taxes that the business has to pay.

In my opinion all these concepts of economy are important to know as a engineer to make some decisions about a project and minimize risks and be more immerse with the Continue reading "Economic engineering"

Chapter 1

--Originally published at Erick learning experience

One of my first impressions while I was reading this chapter was that this book is going to be just theory and that stuff but when I start reading more the chapter was kind of funny, the most interesting was when Tompkins start talking with Lahksa Hoolihan about who was she and start talking about the importance of knowing who to kidnap, when she start talking like about that I start thinking about what I was reading and in my opinion if someone tell me that is kidnapper I would not accept a drink of that person but in the shoes of Tompkins it was a good idea because it was Dr. Pepper and most important it was a diet Dr. Pepper so why not?

Talking about more serious thing about the first chapter I agree in the part that one of the most important thing about a company is to get the right people but is one of the most complicated thing because get those persons is not cheap but is a crucial part to make a company a success.

Chapter 2

I start this second chapter hoping to know what happen to Mr. Tompkins and I agree with Tompkins that this chapter it’s like to be on drugs, becuase in my opinion they are explaining some important stuff in the manner of Project Management in a very strange but interesting way, the things that I keep as the most important of this chapter is the importance of bring attention to the people, teach them how to make teams, make them feel as part of the team, make sure they stay healthy, the importance of letting express themselves.