Changing control in project management ensure that each change proposed during a project is adequately defined, reviewed and approved before implementation. The change control process helps avoid unnecessary changes that might disrupt services and also ensures the efficient use of…   Read more»

The monitoring and control process of the project management consists of the activities involved to observe the process after project implementation, identify problems and risk, and deploy a mitigation strategy to control the new process. Monitoring and Controlling project work…   Read more»

At where I work, Johnson & Johnson, one of the many organizational process assets we have are task and approval matrices where we document the order/timeline of a task if it undergoes any important timeline changes or description changes. We…   Read more»

According to the lectures from Dr. Simon, a risk is the probability of a hazard which (which is an undesired consequence) of occurring. They are important to discuss when managing a project as it can affect the timeline and the…   Read more»

It can be quite difficult to estimate task duration if the wrong personnel are not responsible for allocating time for the tasks. For instance, during our mini-simulation, one of the team members who did not have expertise on the task…   Read more»

My job as a biomedical equipment technician is to work with a team in order to complete work orders for over a dozen different types of medical devices. Recently my team and I underestimated the time period of a project…   Read more»

I agree with the aforementioned that the project team members’ schedules and vacation times should be planned before executing the project. However, in order to remedy emergencies, I would like to suggest that it may help for at least one…   Read more»

One of my jobs as a biomedical technician is to maintain inventory so my coworkers and I can provide a consistent stream of work. Depending on the device, manufacturer, or supplier I am dealing with, the maximum cost may vary….   Read more»

I agree that the course is of much help. I have worked in medical device industry for a while but had little understanding about medical device product development from business or regulatory perspective.This course has helped me understand the intent…   Read more»

My only experience with a work breakdown structure was during my senior capstone project as an undergraduate. My group could have certainly developed a more detailed work breakdown structure which would have avoided delays and dead ends. For example, our…   Read more»

Although it may seem that the executing phase is the most important part of the project, I believe that the planning phase holds slightly more importance due to the greater ease of execution when planning is done right and well….   Read more»

Posted by: @devarshi-joshi After learning about Monitoring and Controlling phase we learnt about metrics. My question is how is this metrics important in project? Metrics is important to a project because it provides feedback on questions like what, when, how…   Read more»

Posted by: @rjs84 Part of the executing process involves information distribution, solicitation, source selection, and managing vendor relations. Most of the time and money of the project go into its execution. I would argue that the parts of the executing…   Read more»

I agree with @sallirab opinion, sometimes circumstances present themselves that no way it could have been anticipated during the planning phase of the project. For example, with the coronavirus Pandemic, most of the companies have asked their workers to stay…   Read more»

Posted by: @ryanrattazzi In the lecture slides this week, we learned about all things risk management. Starting in the planning phase, a part of DDP is to do risk analysis to determine the probability some undesired consequence will occur in…   Read more»

This course has exposed me to regulations for medical devices that I wasn’t aware of. Even the brief part in the course that went over the vaccines/ pharmaceutical companies’ regulations did help me better understand how my everyday job is…   Read more»

I started working in the medical device industry at the same time as starting this course, so I was able to solidify my knowledge from this class to the workplace. I am fortunate enough to use the lessons I learned…   Read more»

So far, this course has allowed me to see aspects from a management point-of-view, which is very useful, especially in industry. Having mostly academia-focused experience, it was interesting in seeing what some important aspects of industry-work is like. I especially…   Read more»

The purpose of metrics is to calculate how to measure things, such as productivity, cost, scope, etc. during a project. Metrics are beneficial for management so they can see if goals are met in terms of cost, productivity, and whatever…   Read more»

Posted by: @devarshi-joshi After learning about Monitoring and Controlling phase we learnt about metrics. My question is how is this metrics important in project? I believe to run a successful project, it all starts with putting metrics for the project…   Read more»