Self-reflection is one of those things that build a person. It draws a line between the person you were, and the person you are now. This allows growth and progress, it forces the person to acknowledge their faults and move on. The end of a class and the drawing near of the semester is a great time for such self-reflection. This class was intended to bring a certain level of understanding, skills, and general knowledge to the students attending. Certain objectives needed to be fulfilled, certain knowledge must have been instilled in order for the class to be complete. These objectives, of course, focus around the course modules.

The first module was "Interpret how operations management influences organizational effectiveness." I will be honest, and admit that I was originally intimidated when I read this objective. It seemed so unnecessarily obfuscated. What did it mean? But, as I began to study, and listened to the lectures, gaps in my knowledge began to fill. It slowly...

Without a good management style and effective organizational ability, any project will be dead in the water.
The second module was "Identify the framework of PERT And CPM." This directly links back to the first module, as PERT and CPM are both great methods of organizing and visualizing a project. Truly, this is my favorite module. This sort of thing draws a great deal of interest, as it puts project management into layman terms, creating excitement for those who usually think of project management as a complicated and confusing occupation. It certainly excited me, as I took the opportunity to learn how to graph and present information in easily understood ways.

The third module was designed to expound upon product life cycle. While I thoroughly enjoyed most of this class, I found it difficult to keep my interest on this module. It just did not interest me as much…