I sincerely feel American workers are motivated to work as here if you put in the hours of work you get paid more. I don’t think they are under any pressure from there peers, its all about going up the…   Read more»

I agree that which CRO to be chosen should depend on the size of trials, the resources, manpower required other than that the cost that they will be charging as well as we have to see if the CRO does…   Read more»

The role of an engineer and a manager is very different in terms of the responsibilities each one has to handle, the engineer just has to do the task whatever has been assigned and when done just move on to…   Read more»

I think the survey is a mix of people from different age groups, different level in the work pyramid and hence it is likely to be diverse and also everybody needs different things in their life but the result dint…   Read more»

My motivation is the satisfaction that I experience after I have completed a certain task that is outside my comfort zone as when I handle such tasks I learn a lot of new things and that gives me a sense…   Read more»

Communication is very much important in the project, the communication management plan is set up so that there is proper communication within the project team as well as with the stakeholders. The project manager should do all the communication between…   Read more»

I should know what are the requirements of my project and what is the role of the material that I am getting from the vendor and see if the product matches the specifications desired. Also, it could be great if…   Read more»

I agree with jl959 that even though the project team would agree on a certain communication plan, there needs to be proper communication with the stakeholders as is it would be very late if they suggest a few changes when…   Read more»

If it was an emergency situation then nothing could be done as it this was not planned and hence the project will lag because of that but, if it was a planned vacation then the employee would have previously finished…   Read more»

I feel it depends on the project we are working on if the project is going to be of great value when it will be on the market in it is ok for me to go a little overboard on…   Read more»

Verification is a process to check if the input is equal to the output and every input has to have an output. Verification phase has to be in the execution phase since by that time most of the basics are…   Read more»

The scheduled variance could be ahead of the schedule if the planning of the project is very safe in terms of the number of days allocated for a particular stage is more than actually required. Also sometimes people work overtime…   Read more»

Documentation of change is required after it is approved as people leave the project in the middle and it is necessary that the person replacing the one ho worked previously knows why exactly was the change made and will be…   Read more»

I do not have much of industry experience but I don’t think it’s possible to skip on to the next phase just to be on track with the pace of the project as it is necessary to complete all the…   Read more»

I think time management is the most challenging one for a PM to handle as there are many phases to the project and each phase has to be allocated a specific time, though the PM keeps extra time for some…   Read more»

The project manager should look at the track record of the primary vendor and if it is not satisfactory he/she should be on a lookout for another vendor who has a better track record with other companies getting similar kind…   Read more»

Manufacturing, Designing a Medical device is a complex process and there are many factors to be considered. There would be cases where few things won’t go as per plan, I think for each failure there should be different plans to…   Read more»

I was working in a medical device manufacturing company where my role was of sales and service of the device that my company used to manufacture. This course has helped me understand the various stages of Medical device development, the…   Read more»

As a project manager depending on the complexity of the project should allocate proper time for the research phase to be ready in time. Since it will be a breakthrough if they are able to do it, it would be…   Read more»

Logging your work is very important when you are working on a project as a team as there are people working on different parts of a certain project and projects take time. Logging/commenting will help when people leave the project…   Read more»