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In a collaborative approach, project
managers serve as the point of contact for
the client companies and are responsible for
project execution. Project managers lead
multidisciplinary teams of student interns
enabling companies to obtain the overall
expertise needed to meet specific project
requirements. They to analyze the scope of a
project, define project requirements and
allocate resources.
Project managers are the most unique
educational element of the program. They are
degreed engineers with over 170 years
of collective professional engineering
experience.
The product development life cycle typically
includes:
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Budget Tracking
• Conceptual Product Design
• Design Crystallization
• Detailed Project Definition
• Documentation
• Ongoing Client Communication
• Product Delivery
• Project Requirements
• Prototype Development
Project Managers - Key Asset
Successful project management depends on
more than technical management skills — it
depends on effective team leadership. The
project managers build high-performance
student teams through high-performance
leadership in the following manner:
• Manage multiple projects
at various stages of planning, design, and
delivery.
• Create innovative learning
environment.
• Provide overall project
control to adhere to budgets, scope and
schedule.
• Recognize and adapt to different
organizational structures of clients and
communicate
differences with student interns.
Project Managers - Benefit Engineering
Students
Student interns benefit from the knowledge and
experience of working side-by-side with project
managers. They take direction and advice from
project managers who guide and mentor them through
common entry level pitfalls. This opportunity allows
interns to make the transition from exceptional
student to exceptional employee.
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