As the PA the first thing that needs to be addressed is the PA’s obligation to the team.  The PA has to have the soft skills in which to be effective in communication to lead a team.  If I was…   Read more»

I reviewed Dr. Simon’s website, Spiral Medical Development (https://www.spiralmeddev.com/)and it is a very nice consulting website. I am not familiar with MD consulting but it is very informative and pleasant to the eye, as well as very well organized. This…   Read more»

I currently work in a field where we constantly have multiple projects going on at once, so we multitask constantly. Prior to Dr. Simon’s course, I have completed Lean Sigma Six and have a basic understanding as well as I…   Read more»

In September 2017, I traveled to the state of Florida in support of hurricane Irma disaster relief efforts with the American Red Cross out of the greater New York region. I volunteered in the mass care department which is responsible…   Read more»

Risk identification can be a difficult task because it is often highly subjective, and no unerring procedures available that may be used to identify risk events and scenarios other than relaying heavily on the experience and insight of key project…   Read more»

Posted by: @ial4 Hello everyone, Suppose you’re leading a project aimed at updating the packaging for a product line. You begin the planning phase by estimating your project budget and completion date.when you enter the buildup phase ,you get much…   Read more»

Posted by: @amin-sadig From as early as the mini sim we were told to consider outside factors such as vacation times for inspectors when planning a schedule so we don’t get delayed unnecessarily. Because the job of a PA is…   Read more»

Posted by: @naglaa-hemida From the point of initiating an idea to be a project to the point we get this project to the manufacturing stage, project passes by many stages, millstones and research that can lead to failure. Poor choice…   Read more»

Quality Assurance and Quality control are almost similar and sometimes mistaken to mean the same, but they are different. As part of the quality management, they are often used interchangeably. Both are related to each other, but they are different…   Read more»

Usually in the two weeks that the team member notifies the team that he is leaving, he would be responsible to teach another member from the same function everything about the project and bring that person up to speed in…   Read more»

Reactive management is very details oriented in order to monitor and review every single task and step throughout the project. I feel like reactive management is somewhat necessary for the progress of the project but to a certain extent. I…   Read more»

This is a very typical situation that happens all the time in the industry. Often times there are some reworks to the organization whether in a department or in a project team. Some project team members are usually assigned a…   Read more»

Reactive management can happen due to a crisis or unexpected situation arising in the company. But a habitual reactive management style is not that good. Reactive management tends to result sometimes in poor quality also you may miss to identify…   Read more»

Posted by: @tn58 My question to everyone who works in industry is, was there ever a case where a major team player was placed on another project and removed from your team? If yes, how did that change the project…   Read more»

Recently, there was a project I was on that had two instruments removed from scope earlier on in the project as this project was worked on by different divisions of the company. The two instruments were removed from scope for…   Read more»

I agree with many who have posted that this does occur more frequently than not on projects. People shift positions or leave a company within the project timeline (especially if the timeline is expanded past two years). From experience in…   Read more»

The risk management plan becomes a very important part of such situations. Having a substitute member trained on essential skills performed by a key player in the team is important. Also having appropriate contingency plans helps. Having identified each team…   Read more»

Six sigma is very popular as it reduces waste by minimizing variations in processes. In a bell curve distribution, 6 sigma ultimately means 3.4 defects for every one million opportunities, or in other words 99.99966% success.  Similarly, another method of…   Read more»

Posted by: @bb254 There are numerous monitoring and controlling techniques which were mentioned in this week’s lecture. Which technique do you believe is the most essential in this phase of the design control and explain why? If you know any…   Read more»

Posted by: @naglaa-hemida When working on a project missing a milestone is a possibility, due to technical issues, environmental causes, or human errors. what are some ways to overcome and get back on track after missing a milestone? Missing milestones…   Read more»