Retaining good talent is important, especially within medical device companies where historical knowledge of the product is very valuable. As stated in the posts above, the key to retaining good emplo...

An excellent point that ks629 brought up is that historical knowledge of the products at a medical device company is invaluable to the company. If a company has a culture where engineers are hired onl...

While it may be beneficial to have a broad communication management plan defined in an SOP, I think that communication management plans tailored to individual projects are more beneficial. This allows...

One of the most important things to have included in a vendor contract is the condition that they need to notify your company about any changes that they have made or are going to make to the componen...

Changes can be made to design control documents, SOPs, DMR, BOM, DID, DDP, DSD, verification/validation protocols, and the risk management plane. Changes will go through a design review process during...

An additional factor that I would add onto the list that Aasutosh suggested is performance. While resources (people) may be available, if the work is not satisfactory then things will need to be redon...

One thing to consider when handing over a product from development to production is to think about the person that will be assembling the device. During development, the product is generally being ass...

In the last project that I worked on, a major source of delay for the project came from lack of project resources. Resources which were needed in the second half of the project were promised to the te...

As stated in earlier posts, Planned Value is the expected value (or amount completed) for the project on a certain date, and the Actual Cost is what the project actually ends up costing. These two val...

In my project team, we have a tab on our project dashboard with the vacation schedules and proxies of every single member of the team. This allows everyone to be aware of any planned vacations ahead o...

Successful project execution relies upon completion of the activities in the WBS, following the guidelines in the DDP, and completing tasks and work packages. In the role of Project Manager, it would ...

As cs22 had mentioned, the response to a failure depends on the severity of the problem. Throughout the project it is important to meet the requirements that were laid out in the beginning. If failure...

I agree with f-dot and msc52 about the suggestion of adding an "Updates" step to the steps of project scheduling. This allows for the project manager to be aware of any potential delays to the origina...

In this week's Simulation 2, we are working for a company called BoneFix, which is partnering with company called FactoSet to create a competitive product that delivers a growth factor that aids in bo...

Another thing that might be included in a verification report is sample traceability. In the reports used at my company, there is a place to fill out part numbers, lot numbers, and production date of ...