As has been mentioned above, communication is the key when handling the majority of issues when it comes to team members and personnel. Transparency and communication when it comes to leaves of absen...

As has been mentioned above, the general selection of a vendor for a given supply is probably considered in the planning phases of a project, but not finalized until the execution phase. However, no ...

This course has echoes many of the things I experience on a daily basis at the company I work for. As a small medical device company, each team member has expanded roles and responsibilities. Althou...

One of the largest considerations when taking a company global is meeting various international regulations. As an employee of a medical device company that has reach in Europe and Asia, much of our ...

During project planning, consulting with the members of the various teams would help to develop more accurate project timing forecasts. This is something that I experience at my company rather freque...

As previously said, budget cuts will be detrimental to project cost estimation. I believe that the timing of the cut can determine its ultimate damage to the project. Essentially everything downstre...

Working for a small company results in an environment in which failure to plan or forecast budget demands can become catastrophic. Unexpected costs can result in project cancellation midway, resultin...

The company that I currently work for is notorious for unexpected issues that move "extraneous tasks" onto the critical path. One recent example was in the production of a prototype gel pad. The pro...

A particular product I swear by is the Sleep Cycle app. It is an alarm clock that uses the accelerometers and microphone in your phone to monitor your sleep (by function of breathing patterns and mov...

I tend to agree with sentiments shared above. And I do especially agree with Myton and Hiren's responses. I believe that there should be a hierarchy of sorts. Starting with a knowledgeable and comm...

I tend to agree with Agnieszka's assessment of product life cycles. While the need does not decline, the product that fulfills it will eventually go through all the phases of its life cycle, includin...

Regulation tends to be a very tricky topic. The stances on what should be regulated and how much it should regulated seems to vascillate with each individual. As such, I believe that a flexible poli...

As other individuals have mentioned, my first experience with design control came from my Capstone Senior Design class at NJIT. Our course instructors and team advisors performed the role of external...

I tend to agree with the above post. I believe that the responsibilities of a project manager are largely similar across most industries. BB254 listed the primary ones: identifying requirements, cre...

The organization I work for is primarily organized in a functional setup. The company is primarily separated into 4 functional teams: quality, process, operations, manufacturing. Employees of each f...