https://medicaldevicecourses.com/members/benjaminrofail/activity/ Activity feed for BenjaminRofail. Sat, 16 May 2026 13:16:49 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 bf0a5173e3866ef09a932b987f4ea778 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/31547/ Mon, 05 May 2025 02:30:05 -0400 I personally believed that compensation was a larger part of why people work. It was both comforting and motivating to see that people work to make a difference, to help others, and to feel fulfilled. This is the exact cause…   Read more»

]]> 27f455326c1053ebc8d24387737615fd https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/31486/ Thu, 01 May 2025 23:04:32 -0400 Many people have different kinds of motivators. It was very interesting and uplifting to read what motivates different people. As is demonstrated in human history, and a very funny television series, the three great motivators for humans are money, fear,…   Read more»

]]> 50aee5327b4aad01e944d80270186b62 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/31485/ Thu, 01 May 2025 22:38:50 -0400 This question truly depends on the individual and their skillset. Certain people have the skills of managing people and being a good leader, while others do not. This kind of person, along with a team, would greatly benefit from this…   Read more»

]]> aa8678889dd246987cbf92422442c8f8 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/31421/ Sun, 27 Apr 2025 20:55:02 -0400 I have witnessed certain people leave, and want to leave, due to many varying reasons. These have varied from compensation to the relationships with different forms of management. I do not think it is wrong. It may be the fault…   Read more»

]]> f68df0624b6a12cdfda86071bbd70fb0 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/31420/ Sun, 27 Apr 2025 20:43:04 -0400 Sometimes, it is difficult to gauge employee engagement. This is especially true when team members work from home, or there is no new “thing” to gauge. Usually, the manager of project manager just sees the engineers doing work. Employee engagement…   Read more»

]]> 0800c434c5d10745ebe120f912e68187 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/31419/ Sun, 27 Apr 2025 20:31:44 -0400 A project manager can motivate his or her team in a variety of ways of ways. The little ways include recognition in front of other team members, encouragement, and maintaining a friendly and professional attitude in common interactions. Also, the…   Read more»

]]> 5cdb90c6c87fc41374eb33f64cac8179 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/31340/ Mon, 21 Apr 2025 02:59:55 -0400 It is difficult to state that only one person can do a certain job. One person can certainly have more experience and knowledge, but is not the only one capable. This person going on maternity leave can hold training sessions…   Read more»

]]> d7cbfd33dc5b38db5fa1b3a481bd2080 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/31337/ Mon, 21 Apr 2025 02:45:27 -0400 It is an excellent idea to go over each member’s role before beginning work. This “precious time” that might be seem that it is taken away from time to work is indeed “precious”. What is the purpose of having more…   Read more»

]]> 30a41fb78bf297b35e2bbc1712887eda https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/31334/ Mon, 21 Apr 2025 02:25:28 -0400 Team development is a controversial topic because it is questionable whether or not employees are required to interact outside of work hours. While it is true that team members can bond and develop friendships, or get to know each other…   Read more»

]]> f94c6aaac02513afe9b3794cb2867b98 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/31256/ Mon, 14 Apr 2025 00:50:54 -0400 It seems as the punishment for missed milestones or a failed project is that the project failed. This can result, as aforementioned, a decrease in bonuses or additional compensation. Also, it is a burden mentally to carry the blame for…   Read more»

]]> 91e12c61436f12bd7eb26ae5cdc3155a https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/31255/ Mon, 14 Apr 2025 00:35:09 -0400 The best methods to store information about lessons learned at the end of the project is through a method by which all team members can contribute to their experiences. This can be in the form of a slideshow presentation that…   Read more»

]]> ff77a82a9e48bfeb377d312ad89e8722 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/31246/ Sun, 13 Apr 2025 20:19:46 -0400 Based on your experience, I have only seen and done three forms of communication: Microsoft Teams messages, email, and verbal dialogue. All three are extremely effective when used correctly and with the right people. I do not believe there are…   Read more»

]]> 43c50446bf18c589f182b1a96fd9b7fa https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/31158/ Thu, 27 Mar 2025 22:47:48 -0400 The project manager needs to take into careful consideration all areas of management as aforementioned. This can be accomplished with careful documentation and assessment of every area. There needs to be a change control process that tracks every change in…   Read more»

]]> 1c4775de069bc706744537e4c33489ce https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/31157/ Thu, 27 Mar 2025 22:26:09 -0400 This can be a tricky question for many project managers. Often, the argument hiring internally is that familiarity with the company. This is familiarity with all aspect of the company, including people, processes, documentation, and product. Therefore, there would be…   Read more»

]]> b82232761cf6116c824f9e2fb0323cd4 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/31156/ Thu, 27 Mar 2025 22:15:34 -0400 Often times, fatigue cannot be avoided as it is a natural part of the change process. As documentation changes and designs change, it is important that all team members are updated on these changes, and are trained to the changes…   Read more»

]]> 6eda61ba90ebfdae6cf07e264f68c17e https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/31084/ Mon, 17 Mar 2025 00:58:19 -0400 The types of risk mentioned in the original post of this thread, financial risk, schedule risk, resource risk, and quality risk, are all important components of the project. It is ideal to minimize risks so the project can progress according…   Read more»

]]> 968c6ece083bf2bc26d19ee751227339 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/31057/ Sat, 15 Mar 2025 16:44:27 -0400 Both email and Teams come with their advantages and disadvantages. Also, they are not direct substitutes for one another since they are completely different tools for different purposes. On Microsoft Outlook, there are amazing methods in organizing one’s inbox and…   Read more»

]]> c403cd76b59bc433c1a16c410543e802 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/31056/ Sat, 15 Mar 2025 15:48:05 -0400 As the original post mentions, email can be an effective method for communicating without setting up time consuming meetings. This type of discernment is needed by the project manager in order to maximize working time, while at the same time…   Read more»

]]> 5de7020ea32e552128138238c0bd6b2c https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/30968/ Sat, 08 Mar 2025 17:16:05 -0500 Based on the original post in this thread, it seems as though all projects, whether viewed as successes or failures, are actually successes. It seems as though any learning experience is a success, because some type of learning was done….   Read more»

]]> fbd909e5b879ae4a86e269ceb52fe3c8 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/30967/ Sat, 08 Mar 2025 02:11:15 -0500 Cross functional work is extremely important, but relies on the members of each party effectively doing their part and communicating. Often times, there is laziness in reaching out to research and development, regulatory, and the stake holders. There can also…   Read more»

]]> 69046040560792ee91936968204e88b4 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/30966/ Sat, 08 Mar 2025 01:57:22 -0500 Communication is of the utmost importance during the duration of a project. In my work experience, I prefer both teams and email, however, they each have their advantages and disadvantages. For informal communication, such as routine questions or checks, then…   Read more»

]]> dcd32b19653c7b8f43b8a188a918aa9b https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/30906/ Sun, 02 Mar 2025 03:58:32 -0500 I am slightly perplexed as to why the original post in this thread proposed that the less time a project takes, the less beneficial the project will be. How beneficial a product is to the customer is dependent on the…   Read more»

]]> 93bd18f2a6ebf6e127334ffdb49c6693 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/30905/ Sun, 02 Mar 2025 03:36:06 -0500 It does seem that missing milestones is an unfortunate part of the project process. Sure, as aforementioned, missing milestones can lead to overall improvement of the product. That is, if the missed milestone was unforeseen or having to do with…   Read more»

]]> 697fa0a5ce1938d19ed97f97a459711c https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/30904/ Sun, 02 Mar 2025 03:19:07 -0500 It is clear that it is the responsibility of the regulatory departments, as well as other members of upper management, to monitor the trends that the FDA is following. Reviewing health and hazard evaluations from other companies and devices, field…   Read more»

]]> b5642a01fb0e3bdc7c7f281f905de97a https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/30815/ Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:44:12 -0500 It is important for any team member, especially the project manager, to be flexible. This means to consider other people’s opinions as important, and not to be harsh when things do not go their way. However, there should be some…   Read more»

]]> e26702264fbb8c0b848790dc045b96a8 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/30814/ Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:09:57 -0500 I do not think that a project should have a separate portion called “slack time”. However, extra time should be added to various steps of the project that are expected to have delay. For example, why apply slack time to…   Read more»

]]> b67c9397413f65541f4532139007783d https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/30813/ Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:18:39 -0500 There are various factors that are asked when the task is to find the root cause. Root cause analysis can be likened to a never ending nested doll stack, where one doll is opened to find another. When the engineering…   Read more»

]]> a9df699b4d5537b7aba69d6c283f7b7c https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/30709/ Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:11:37 -0500 I don’t believe it is wrong to state that there should always be a leader in the group. As life, and many novels and stories will tell us, groups tend to fall apart if there is no leader. Having a…   Read more»

]]> 1e666401f7a160281518322d7455dc15 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/30708/ Thu, 13 Feb 2025 23:59:42 -0500 Based on my experience in the biomedical industry so far, every change in the product should be traceable. Even in basic or routine analysis or documentation, traceability and having a path to demonstrate how a change occurred is necessary. It…   Read more»

]]> cf6cfcf3797fc4b37765a417a37c3ef6 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/30707/ Thu, 13 Feb 2025 23:47:22 -0500 While I understand the viewpoint that budget changes should be expected in a project plan, if the DSD is well specified, large shifts should not be highly expected. Shifts in budget usually occur for products that unexpectedly fail testing and…   Read more»

]]> a9fcfd847be4af845782a7554e7f5cad https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/30617/ Thu, 06 Feb 2025 23:27:49 -0500 Flexibility and balance are needed in every aspect of life, and the same goes for companies and managers allowing both in person and remote work. Both methods of working have benefits, and too much of one method can create unhappiness….   Read more»

]]> 6205bc2df7ca140d5176045aa01f7a6d https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/30616/ Thu, 06 Feb 2025 23:06:33 -0500 There are many things to do in order to ensure that proper communication takes place in the workplace. Although the following step may seem to be counterintuitive, it is extremely important and effective. This step is to listen. The wisest…   Read more»

]]> 48c359ac10e3cd4b7c86e06fca62b72e https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/30615/ Thu, 06 Feb 2025 22:41:38 -0500 Although I myself have not worked as a project manager, my work experience has allowed me to be extremely familiar with the work of a project manager. I worked with some project managers over the course of my career so…   Read more»

]]> ee5d5f08ac2a268f26f80877cc215559 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/30526/ Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:17 -0500 From my work experience, project management is an essential part of any successful working experience. Project management skills of cooperation, team work, conflict resolution, and being approachable are skills everyone should have. For project managers, they are skills they must…   Read more»

]]> c7f4ad8d3c296492be1923aa2908e0c4 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/30525/ Thu, 30 Jan 2025 23:52:37 -0500 I believe leadership qualities are a combination of innate characteristics and learned characteristics. However, the greater portion belongs to learned behavior. If we are speaking with regards to children, a child may learn from anyone they have met how to…   Read more»

]]> 83b6555b3593b112548ee07ae3a22e40 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/30524/ Thu, 30 Jan 2025 23:43:48 -0500 There are several differences and similarities between medical devices and pharmaceutical drugs. Now, whether a pharmaceutical product is a medical device (drug delivery systems) is a separate conversation. Medical devices are usually closely associated with implants and materials that are…   Read more»

]]> 686b72647d66f98b1b9dd6a973875d32 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/30495/ Mon, 27 Jan 2025 18:24:37 -0500 Based on my experience working in the field, I prefer to work in small teams. This allows for everyone to get to know each other quickly and easily, while recognizing different strengths and weaknesses. Working in large teams can go…   Read more»

]]> ba4d4096f062d8292219ae63d03231d8 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/30494/ Mon, 27 Jan 2025 18:00:45 -0500 From my experience of working in the biomedical industry, conflicts between team members can be the reason a team becomes stronger or weaker. For example, if a team overcomes an internal conflict, then it senses invincibility and can conquer any…   Read more»

]]> c3d3cc2f089dd7b67944fcb76cd06e4f https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/30493/ Mon, 27 Jan 2025 17:53:46 -0500 It is clear that the main priority of the stakeholders is profit and reaching finance goals, while the customers value product safety and affordability. While there are some times where the values of these two groups overlap, there is a…   Read more»

]]> 297ca5cf2a0f79a5c61d1a8db3bc4c0b https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/30354/ Mon, 02 Dec 2024 03:52:40 -0500 There are several obvious things that companies would agree to keep confidential with a consulting firm. These include parts pertaining to intellectual property, client information, financial data, and any other type of information that the company desires. The agreement should…   Read more»

]]> 99ca2bbf39b24c5c7e43aec5aba80d3c https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/30353/ Mon, 02 Dec 2024 03:36:21 -0500 Verbal contracts seem like a tricky part of the legal processes. There are several ways to ensure that verbal agreements are kept, though it may be difficult. There can be witnesses present at the initiation of the verbal agreement. This…   Read more»

]]> 8af580db7461d4e94f6a8106eef4669d https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/30337/ Mon, 02 Dec 2024 01:31:23 -0500 It seems absolutely necessary to have arrangements for how operations if something unfortunate were to happen to me as the owner or CEO of the company. Unless there is a company policy, prior agreement, or legal issue, I see no…   Read more»

]]> ef8732a455d91cc0657265442a444eaa https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/30246/ Sat, 23 Nov 2024 18:48:46 -0500 Unfortunately, in this organizational structure, there seems to be several issues. From the favoritism to the lack of concern for quality and regulatory needs, there needs to be a re evaluation of how that department or team is run. The…   Read more»

]]> 8f40f0e8859c191cfaeb3b0c219aae19 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/30245/ Sat, 23 Nov 2024 18:27:39 -0500 Upper management and middle management often fall into the blame game when it comes to the state of a company, especially a biomedical device company. As other posts have mentioned, upper management is visionary and seeks relevance in the market…   Read more»

]]> 8ccb62746273f0d25bc0bcc3ad4e8811 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/30237/ Fri, 22 Nov 2024 19:17:52 -0500 The original post in this thread raises an important point, but I believe there is a simple answer. While assembling a project team, it is important to have people with a variety of skills, strong knowledge, and good team work…   Read more»

]]> eadf692e321ab88ba4b85481190422f7 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/30145/ Thu, 14 Nov 2024 02:48:46 -0500 Whether for a certain class or for personal research, I have certainly read some research papers, which after I read, I said “that should not have been released”. One of the reasons why I might have thought that statement to…   Read more»

]]> c03b6a206b2848d1ed2110bc7cc7cc91 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/30144/ Thu, 14 Nov 2024 02:29:58 -0500 The industry and academia is an interesting Venn diagram in the realm of biomedical engineering. In terms of the qualities that one must have to possess, the center of the Venn diagram must include passion. Additionally, one must have the…   Read more»

]]> 73c0269d874e4bc7bad3047ef44380ab https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/30143/ Thu, 14 Nov 2024 01:51:01 -0500 The claim that one wants to perform research that has immediate effects and benefits seems to be somewhat flawed. The immediate benefits of a laboratory study is decided by the results of the study. If the results disprove the hypothesis…   Read more»

]]> 7f1a95a073bc49d0e4f8113fd413f4e0 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/30070/ Thu, 07 Nov 2024 16:14:42 -0500 Meeting minutes are one facet of the diamond I like to call personal responsibility in the workplace. It may seem tedious and unnecessary, but taking notes for every meeting or call is absolutely necessary. This is in addition to taking…   Read more»

]]> 947588fc9581868d141b0d407844ab3c https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/30069/ Thu, 07 Nov 2024 16:00:30 -0500 From my work experience with a biomedical device that utilizes software, software validation is integral to the success of the device in the field. One issue with software that I have seen be dealt with is cybersecurity concerns. There have…   Read more»

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