Maintaining work-life boundaries can be difficult but it helps to time block your schedule to avoid meetings outside your comfort zone and force you to ensure you get a proper lunch break. Personally, I like working from home as I…   Read more»

I feel a project is successful if it completes the task in the dedicated period of time. Completing more in shorter period of time is even more exceptional though not required at all. However a project that may not have…   Read more»

I think it’s important to meet with each team member to discuss their individual motivation techniques as each individual responds differently to different rewards. Some may prefer verbal recognition, some may prefer free merchandise, others may want more opportunities for…   Read more»

I recently read that a project is successful when it is completed at a cost equal to the budget that was allocated, it’s within deadline, and all of the delivery of the required functionalities were met, and I immediately thought,…   Read more»

Posted by: @nk434 This past week, we spoke briefly about closing a project. Closing is important (whether the project is successful or not) in order to be able to continue to the future works.  What would classify a successful project,…   Read more»

The difference between project management and functional management is that project management is the process of initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing the work of a project to achieve a specific objective. In contrast, functional management is managing the routing…   Read more»

Project management in healthcare is an organizational process that improves how medical facilities function. Its purpose is to resolve issues in the current operations and implement policies that enhance patient care and foster positive relationships with stakeholders. I agree that…   Read more»

Some ways to improve the team’s performance are: Diversify your team Lead with gratitude and share yours regularly Be authentic and vulnerable Prioritize well-being Clarify each person’s role Ruthlessly prioritize Communicate with context Make the daily workflow more efficient Another…   Read more»

During the Pandemic, I was not granted the opportunity to work from home. However, I recently was diagnosed with Covid, and working from home had a double-edged sword. I completed a great deal of documentation without interruptions, but I missed…   Read more»

Debating between the documentation process and the verification process, I think the verification process is the most important in design control. I say this because checking the product before it goes off to production determines if the product is ready…   Read more»

The design control process is extremely important in the medical device industry. While it may seem like a never ending process with many steps, each step is imperative to ensuring the medical device makes it to the market. By not…   Read more»

While I do not have any experience in the industry working with verification and validation, I have learned a lot about the processes in this course. Verification is the check phase of the design control process, which checks if the…   Read more»

@hodafattel  My job is completely remote, however, I have worked in an office doing the same job, I find that when you are at home and have to ask a question of a co-worker when using Microsoft Teams when your…   Read more»

@leshan  Hi, I would like to say that I agree with you on that approach, in addition to that I would also allow individuals to meet with, in some cases team members who have personal issues that they do not…   Read more»

If I were involved in clinical research, I would want the role of Principal Investigator. I would enjoy being directly involved in the study and being the person that performs screening for the subjects and enrolls them in the study….   Read more»

Double-blind trials make for a more accurate and less biased study. In a double-blind study, the information of which treatment was given to whom is withheld from both the participants and the experimenters. The reason that I think this is…   Read more»

I believe placebo-controlled trials are very important and necessary in the clinical trial process. By using a placebo, researchers are able to ensure that none of the changes that occurred to the subjects happened by chance, through the placebo effect,…   Read more»

Posted by: @efields30 This week we learned multiple types of clinical study, Retrospective, Blinded, Randomized, etc. Research a clinical study you are interested in and describe which type of clinical study it is. I am interested in retrospective studies. Retrospective…   Read more»