Posted by: @patricia Hi Everyone,  FMEA documents can be very lengthy and tedious to review. Often times I find it difficult to start. I attended an FMEA training last year where they recommended to gather all the key members of…   Read more»

Posted by: @llefevre It is estimated that globally, the market for Clinical Trials is in upwards of $44 Billion as of 2020 and is expected to grow by approx 6% over the next 7 years, mostly fueled by the need…   Read more»

Posted by: @mg482 A successful project manager would make sure to include the sales rep from the beginning of the product planning phase because the sales rep would have a better idea of the consumers needs. it helps the company…   Read more»

Posted by: @smitshah When you have to supplier both having good reputation for the things they manufacture and supply but only thing that can distinguish them is the contract they presented. So which factors would you consider to look for…   Read more»

Posted by: @naglaa-hemida In this week’s Mini-Simulation, we were asked to decide whether to have one backup vendor or multiple vendors to the coating material of the catheter. It was mentioned in the Mini-Simulation that as the number of vendors…   Read more»

Posted by: @nakimw Say that someone on your project team changes positions to a different job so that you no longer have said person to perform a critical task for the project. His or her assigned task not being done…   Read more»

Posted by: @naglaa-hemida Project cost is a critical aspect of the project, first, the cost plan is the most important part for investors to make sure they are going to make a profit at the end of the project. It…   Read more»

Posted by: @djr32 In this week’s lecture, we learned about planned value and actual cost. Planned value is the value of the work you are supposed to have on a certain date. While the actual cost is the cost of…   Read more»

Posted by: @jvv6 How much information is needed in order to begin a formal project is solely dependent on what is already known about the the technologies surrounding the prospective project. Like in the above example you provided, the biomaterial…   Read more»

Posted by: @jp582 Project variance reports are expressed as what was supposed to have happened since the last reporting cycle called “current period” and what was supposed to have been done on the project since it started known as “Cumulative…   Read more»

Posted by: @ashleyfitzsimmons One important component of closing is creating a project closure report. This project closure report lists every activity that is required in order to close the project. This report enables the project manager and the team to…   Read more»

Posted by: @jteamer Many different organizational structures take various forms and have various impacts on projects and project management. Based on your own experience, what impact does can an organizational structure have on a project?  One example that comes to…   Read more»

Hi,  I’m a biomedical engineer with about 4+ years of medical device development experience. It’s not a lot, but it’s enough to have experienced something like this. When I graduated college, I began working for a laparoscopic surgical device company….   Read more»