I feel like this will depend heavily on how the standards and regulations compare between the two countries. For example, since the European Union has a specific set of regulations it is easier to export a product from one EU…   Read more»

Project management knowledge helps all team members in a project for several reasons, not just the project manager. One of these is that it helps people understand the importance of their role in the team that they normally would not….   Read more»

In the case of the initiating and planning stages I am sure the changes are not drastic other than the timeline being much tighter than it would be normally for products that are meant to aid in the pandemic. As…   Read more»

What motivates me changes from project to project. This may sound silly but sometimes I am motivated by spite for the project. So when I was doing research at NJIT on making drones I remember sometimes I felt so hopeless…   Read more»

As many others have said it is possible to have many priorities but two things must be true for this to occur. The first is that you can not prioritize everything so you need to pick a few things to…   Read more»

I think I would like to be an engineer I don’t really see myself going into a managerial role since I feel like it is more fulfilling to be the actual engineer doing the project than managing it. It is…   Read more»

I have never had much experience with this, however, in my opinion, I feel as though bottom up is superior to top down since this has more input from the project team and they are the ones who most likely…   Read more»

As with some of my peers I feel like my biggest weakness with this is my leadership ability. I feel like this stems from not being taught this in school so therefore the lack of exposure makes it something that…   Read more»

I agree with many of the other answers. The case I will make for cost management is that money makes the world go round and makes a project successful Managing costs is very important for the success of your project…   Read more»

I work at RWJBH as a Service engineer so I get to work on a lot of medical devices on a daily basis. Just from talking with the engineers at particular companies I’ve heard good things about Philips, Hologic and…   Read more»

Of course the  two will be different since one deals more with providing a service to patients while the other is about creating a product. However there is an overlap where in medical research you may have to deal with…   Read more»

It could still be possible to finish the project despite the issues with both the schedule and the budget. The fact that we are behind as well as over budget tells me that both time and money are being wasted…   Read more»

Hello,
My name is Adam Czyrsznic. I am doing my masters in BME at NJIT and am working full time as a QA Technician for RWJ Barnabas Health.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-czyrsznic-3b5347198/
 

I feel like of those aspects listed by my fellow classmates that the hardest to change as the original comment asks would be the scope. This is because widening the scope over the course of the project can require more…   Read more»

For me personally I much prefer working in person rather than remote. This is for several reasons. The first is connected to the work life boundaries you mentioned. Having to do work in my usual casual setting can be very…   Read more»

I would do two things in this situation. The first would be to contact other vendors that make the same or a similar product that we need. This can even include retailers that may have the product that we need…   Read more»

I agree with some of the responses above. While it is impossible to make a failproof verification test it is important that you make sure you have a realistic verification test. Here you have to find a good balance between…   Read more»

I feel like it is more important to start on the engineering side and have a good background in that. This path may take longer to get to become a project manager but I feel like it is crucial to…   Read more»

I agree with tgt6. The most important thing is when ranking tasks is to prioritize those that need to be done before other steps. Within that you should then prioritize which of those have a bigger effect. For Example: if…   Read more»

In the past I have always used GroupMe at least for research for communication. It is very useful since it allows you to make groups or just send direct messages if you only want to talk with one person. It…   Read more»