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RE: In planning, the method to calculate each task duration.

As shown from the Mini-sim, scheduling is anything but easy and one mishap can lead to the other. Calculating of course is tailored depending on the situation in hand, but it all comes down to experie...

In forum Project Management Process and Medical Device Development

3 years ago
RE: Communication during a project management

As you mentioned communication is key to getting the ball rolling with any type of group work. Internally in a company setting, we used jabber to communicate and teams to work interactively. however w...

In forum Project Management Process and Medical Device Development

3 years ago
RE: Executing Process Progress

Contrary to some of my peers I wouldn't start reaching out to other suppliers immediately but I would already have other vendors lined up and backup/substitute plans for emergency situations such as t...

In forum Project Management Process and Medical Device Development

3 years ago
RE: Difference in communication when working from home

I've experienced working from home with minimal commuting, working in an office with a normal commute routine, and then fieldwork where most of my day is commuting and the accompanying paperwork or ra...

In forum Project Management Process and Medical Device Development

3 years ago
RE: Career Path to becoming a project manager

Contrary to most of my peers I believe that it can go either way, in that whether you start off as a team member or go straight into management comes down to you and your personality skills more so th...

In forum Project Management Process and Medical Device Development

3 years ago
RE: Penalization for Going Over Budget and Time?

Being penalized for going over time and more particularly the budget should be punishable only under certain circumstances. What I mean by this is sometimes a project manager, employee, group leader h...

In forum Project Management Process and Medical Device Development

3 years ago
RE: Organizing tasks

I agree there should be one place virtually for ideas and notes to be accessed too. Technological advancements through apps such as google drive, Microsoft teams, etc. There are also Gantt charts as D...

In forum Project Management Process and Medical Device Development

3 years ago
RE: Project Slack Time

There is no question that slack is necessary because stuff happens, and unexpected hiccups in any project... should be expected. As the professor mentioned accounting for slack in a project's timeline...

In forum Project Management Process and Medical Device Development

3 years ago
RE: Unique Project Challenges for Medical Device Companies

So I currently work with GE Healthcare and their Medical devices and one of the biggest concerns hospitals always have when setting up these devices is patient records/data. Some hospitals prefer to u...

In forum Project Management Process and Medical Device Development

3 years ago
RE: Time vs. Money

This is an interesting question since an argument could be made for either choice, and I agree with my peers that a balance between both is key and specifically the comment made that "Time is Money." ...

In forum Project Management Process and Medical Device Development

3 years ago
RE: Pros and cons related to risk management and project management

Well one of the biggest pros of diving the risk management and product management team, as some of our other colleagues have alluded to, is that there wouldn't be that biased from those who were invol...

In forum Project Management Process and Medical Device Development

3 years ago
RE: Probability of failure

As Dr. Simon mentioned before one of the steps of marketing a new device is analyzing similar devices and being aware of what's out there in the market. As new as an item may seem there's always some ...

In forum Project Management Process and Medical Device Development

3 years ago
RE: Best Processes/ Phase

Since every project is different and ranges in sophistication and complications so there will definitely be one phase or process that will outweigh the other when comparing projects. However, it makes...

In forum Project Management Process and Medical Device Development

3 years ago
RE: Power and Regulation

As many of my peers have mentioned the FDA's role is to put things in check by ensuring safety. You should definitely have the choice to make a decision when it's regarding your own life however when ...

In forum Introduction to Project Management

3 years ago
RE: Verification and Validation

That's a very good question I actually had before too and upon taking Dr. Simon's class from last semester I got the proper response. So essentially Verification is making sure that all the specs were...

In forum Introduction to Project Management

3 years ago
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