As others have mentioned it would vary for each country/region. I imagine it would look good for a product to have promising results in the US for example when marketing in the EU, however the tests required in the US…   Read more»

I see myself as finishing my career in a managerial type role. As I start my career I plan to be more technical oriented especially being fresh from college. Maintaining a technical role will allow me to better understand company…   Read more»

My greatest motivator is remembering the overall purpose of what I am doing. Without purpose most tasks would feel meaningless or mundane so remembering the bigger picture helps me push through what I am working on. Additionally, completing tasks is…   Read more»

Isolating the reasons as to why the employee is underperforming should be the first step for any manger or supervisor. Afterwards, a 1:1 conversation should be had discussing future goals of the employee and how they plan to improve or…   Read more»

This class was a closer example to how life will be like after college. My prior education was more technical in the sense it encompassed biological, chemical, material and engineering principles that are related to the BME field, while this…   Read more»

A project can encompass multiple priorities at a single time. Often times multiple priorities will meet at one larger goal, but the constituent tasks to achieve that goal are important and lengthy by themselves. In most cases the priorities will…   Read more»

In an ideal world the bottom up approach should be preferred. In my mind, the only major limiting factors to a bottom up approach is securing funding and hard project deadlines, which is what an “ideal world” would eliminate. As…   Read more»

I believe that a bottom up approach is the most useful in allowing each project task to be completed in the correct amount of time while not running into expected delays. In an instance where the project completion date is…   Read more»

Its possible that smaller projects need to focus their budget more closely on the scope of project rather than the extrinsic details. Surely you can argue that without quality control the product is likely to not meet expected tolerances and…   Read more»

I believe the information in @crysv1226msm2022 ‘s post to be fairly accurate. At first confrontation with a risk the problem should be assessed in its entirety before deciding on a solution. Often times I see “mitigating” and “accepting” to be…   Read more»

Speeding up the problem solving process usually happens by doing two things, increasing the time spent on said project and/or involving more people on the project. Increasing the time spent on the project may allow more ideas to flow rather…   Read more»

In my experience, LinkedIn is a popular place for businesses and people to consult on projects. There are numerous consulting services, courses and people that will post that they are offering to help with really any stage of the project….   Read more»

I believe that the project scope/goal is the hardest portion of a project to change. Funding, scheduling and resource allocation are all very difficult to change after a project has started as well, but these factors are all directly tied…   Read more»

Project management the same for medical research and health care management? Project management varies between medical research and health care management. In medical research the project is within the scope of what you’re studying and the timeline that needs to…   Read more»

If a project is running behind schedule I would first look to adding additional resources onto a task. If a current project only has 3 people working on it, possibly adding 2 additional temporary personnel would help catch the project…   Read more»

In order to understand all the tasks that make up a project one would need to fully understand the fundamentals of the product as well as all variables involved in its production. Next, one can look at each specification and…   Read more»

If the situation called for time pressing acquisition of product, I would immediately begin to contact other vendors. In most cases, I would assume there was a preliminary list of vendors being considered by the company before ultimately deciding on…   Read more»

I believe this is a more complicated task than originally intended because its “impossible” to create a verification test that can’t fail. That would be similar to assuming a newly built car will never have any problems on first startup….   Read more»

The expected duration of a task can be calculated by referencing previous projects and tasks of similar proportion. It is rare that there would be an assignment that can not be compared to anything ever done at your company. In…   Read more»

I believe work-life boundaries can be made starting with management or roles like a project manager. If higher up positions do not ask or expect work to be “done until completed” and instead finished during the time frames of the…   Read more»