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RE: Skills Learned in this Class

My background is in electrical and computer engineering therefore I had zero experience with project management. Apart from the obvious project management materials and concepts that I learned in this...

In forum Project Management Application: Clinical Trial

3 years ago
RE: Project Manager Decisions

Another important factor that a company should consider before making a mass order is the time that this order will need to be completed. Even if a product is cheaper, taking more time to build can le...

In forum Project Management Application: Clinical Trial

3 years ago
RE: What’s Your Motivator?

My biggest motivator is self-improvement. I take great satisfaction in realising that I have learnt something new and that I have picked up or improved a particular skill. Even though this is my grea...

In forum Project Management Application: Clinical Trial

3 years ago
RE: Overworked Americans vs. Motivation

First of all, even though the US is a country where people tend to overwork, I think that this fact has been exaggerated sometimes. Based on the data that I share below, there are many countries that ...

In forum Project Management Application: Clinical Trial

3 years ago
Covid 19 Vaccines

During the pandemic, we witnessed vaccines that were being developed, seemingly satisfying all 3 of the fast, good and cheap properties. Is this really what happened? Do they indeed possess all those...

In forum Project Management Application: Clinical Trial

3 years ago
RE: Quick, Fast, Good? Pick Two

I agree with all the previous points. I just want to add that those traits are not binary. They rather live on a spectrum. So you might have a product that is good and overall satisfies its goals and ...

In forum Project Management Application: Clinical Trial

3 years ago
RE: Areas of Management: Resources vs Procurement

Also, procurement management is a subset of resource management. Resource management refers to all resources whether they are people, skills that employees possess or materials. On the other hand, pro...

In forum Project Management Knowledge Areas

3 years ago
RE: Procurement Management

In the mini simulation, procurement management was not affected because the qualities that a vendor should possess were already determined and remained unchanged. What changed in the project was the s...

In forum Project Management Knowledge Areas

3 years ago
RE: Risk Responses

A general way that you can deal with risks is to perform a risk-benefit analysis. This means that you calculate as accurately as possible the possibility of the risk and also the potential cost of thi...

In forum Project Management Process and Medical Device Development

3 years ago
RE: This Week's Simulation 3

Hi, releasing a product that has not yet passed all the necessary verification steps is a very serious issue. This can jeopardize the credibility of the company let alone its overall reputation. In ad...

In forum Project Management Process and Medical Device Development

3 years ago
RE: Making connections between people and schools

Hi all, I am a PhD student in the BME department at NJIT. Here is my linked in profile

In forum Project Management Process and Medical Device Development

3 years ago
RE: Personnel evaluation when succeeding project but delaying.

If the project has been delayed then we cannot say that the project has been successfull because following a timeline is part of successful project planning. Therefore in that case, personell evaluati...

In forum Project Management Process and Medical Device Development

3 years ago
RE: The power of the board of directors

Also, the board directors are mostly responsible for the general direction that projects must take and the goals that they should achieve rather than the technical details for particular projects and ...

In forum Project Management Process and Medical Device Development

3 years ago
RE: Work breakdown structure

Just as most have mentioned the most important factor is team communication and breakdown of prerequisites and necessary time to complete each task. After this timeline has been created a pipeline lik...

In forum Project Management Process and Medical Device Development

3 years ago
RE: Figuring out tasks.

Yes, but I was wondering if there is an algorithmic way to break a project into smaller chunks. DevDesai mentioned one way which if I understand correctly focuses on the subject area. Different areas ...

In forum Project Management Process and Medical Device Development

3 years ago
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