Xiaozhou Yu

Jim is not only new to the company, but also new to project management. He definitely need time to be familiar with the different departments in the company since his team have employees from different background. Also, he need to improve his project management skills both soft and hard skills to ensure that he can manage the large scale project…[Read more]

Communication is always an issue for project management, especially Jim’s team have people from different department and background, they all familiar with business in their field, how to make them communicate effectively and efficiently becomes a challenge for Jim. Poor communication will lead to failed project management and of course the…[Read more]

I agree that schedule is a noticeable risk in this project. The team consist leaders and experts from different department, they have regular job of course, and some of them are even in different location. It is hard to manage the teamwork time efficiently and ensure the productivity to make sure the project can be processed on time.

The first came into my mind is scope creep.
Jim’s team has experts from different background, they all have good ideas as those team member indicated, their might be uncontrolled changes and continuous growth scope that make the project scope harder to manage.

The other one could be stakeholder conflict, with such a great scale project that…[Read more]

It is true that not all components can be outsourced, even their might be organizations producing similar products, companies always want to keep their core technology or products confidential, they want to assure the quality as well.
Also, it is always a complicated process to negotiate the outsourcing with other organizations, it requires a…[Read more]

I agree the idea of potential data breach.
Definitely, when a company is negotiating outsourcing with other organizations, they need to share information and data to make sure the production process works well. However, it is always a question that to which extent should they do. If they don’t exchange enough information, the quality may not meet…[Read more]

My experience at MESA is interesting and challenging. My intern schedule got delayed for a while and went a little messed up at the beginning, which is a huge challenge to make things in control. My instructor and supervisors helped me a lot with this, and I really appreciated their understanding. This is my first time to work remotely for the…[Read more]

What I’ve learn at school are most about professional skills related to my major. I’m able to communicate with classmates, colleagues and instructors face to face or emails and texts that won’t require professional communication skills. However, during my internship at MESA, I worked remotely for the most of time and need to communicate with peopl…[Read more]

I only have one course over the summer and my internships started relatively late compared with my classmates. It is a little hard and intensive try to make things on track and finish my coursework at the same time. My instructor and my supervisor really helped me with the timeline arrangement. I do appreciate their help. I made my own class…[Read more]

What I noticed as essential skills for me to learn are effective communication and problem solving. It is harder than face to face communication, as I assumed it would be less efficient and effective when people communicate via phone calls and emails mostly. However, my supervisors provided me clear instructions and feedback related to my work and…[Read more]

The company culture at MESA is professional, helpful and free. Since I work remotely and meet with my supervisor weekly, there is not much to do with the company culture in terms of constructions and facilities. There are two people I work closely, however, I can learn more about others via the public communication channel of MESA on slack. It…[Read more]

I’ve learned project management skills in MIS3535, it helps me a lot with the project I’ve done for my internship at MESA. Also writing skills I’ve learned in MIS2501 helped me further. My project is related to doing the research on different electricity providers in different areas and found potential customers for MESA. And introducing their…[Read more]

I recently just started my intern as an Data Analyst this summer, I’m hired by MESA Technical Associates Inc, which provides power solutions for telecommunications, utilities and industrial customers.
I will report to the Director of IT at MESA. And i’m responsible for assisting Dir. of IT in terms of verifying data accuracy, maintaining project…[Read more]

Bridget
Bridget.l7qlqkabejuhxukk@u.box.com
Hana
Hana.41jsn3ccj6iae8sa@u.box.com
Rhea
Rhea.dhepwmlsb6pkf9mq@u.box.com

http://eportfolios.fox.temple.edu/xzyu/