If I myself was one such underperforming employee one of the things that I would like to help me improve is to be given specific direction to work on. Giving vague ideas and motivational speeches are ...

Most of research works on a prestige system where your studies are used to get more grants to fund further studies. Many people who get into research are probably looking to be challenged and recogniz...

Having worked in a lab that was currently working with investigators to collect preliminary data regarding traumatic brain injury, usually "good" and "cheap" are selected over fast. It is usually well...

If I was in charge of the budget I would mostly use a top down estimate and have a factor increase that is calculated depended on the largest investment. So if the top-down budget is $10 Million dolla...

I chose to have a singular vendor as it made it much easier to control the specific attributes, such as the percent concentration of the hyaluronan. With a single vendor backup the possibility of thin...

Usually in small projects the product is made quickly to fix a stop gap and is not a permeant solution. Many small projects that result in a product are usually handmade and have quality control built...

When I had started my thesis project I initially did not have a plan set out. This caused many deadlines to be stacked on top of each other creating many stressful weeks. Though I was able to handle t...

Many companies that you may purchase equipment from usually have a sales specialist that is specialized in the equipment or item you are purchasing. This specialist usually are people who have worked ...

Many time speeding up a process create more problems than they solve. They also can inherently increase the risk of the project. Speeding up things many time means cutting time from somewhere else. Th...

Though I have not had experienced any large set backs from poor planning I do believe that planning ahead is one of the most important part of the initiation of any project. I have seen what poor plan...

I think the person who has the most influence on the time line would be the primary investigator of the technology or project. In the case of a new medical device it would be the people who are direct...

Along with the points made above. Falsifying progress will only hurt the person reporting as the project deadlines come to a close. Not only will they have to show proof of the work done but they may ...

Estimating deadlines for projects can be very hard as not all project are alike. If a tasks has multiple dependencies then it can further mask the actual time required to complete project. We talked a...

A great tool for exactly this problem that we talked about previously was the Gantt chart. In Microsoft project one can assign dates, dependences, tasks and roles to different parts of a project. Thes...

I think that it is strongly suggested that some engineering experience is necessary for being to understand what is needed to be a project manager. Most project manager would benefit from having that ...