Stakeholder engagement is critical to the successful completion of a clinical trial and maintaining lines of communication is essential between groups. I think one way that project teams can use stakeholder feedback/insights to enhance project outcomes is by holding regular…   Read more»

I was honestly surprised to see that monetary compensation was not a top three reason as to why people stay or leave their jobs (based on the Career Systems International survey shown in lecture). Money quite literally drives everything in…   Read more»

Whenever I am thinking about how a clinical trial would be carried out, I try to remind myself that one would effectively need an entire clinical institution to do so. For example, there are definitely some smaller companies that are…   Read more»

I think that smaller companies don’t intentionally overlook quality control; however, we’ve seen in this course that quality control planning requires a lot of work, such as the work results, project quality management plan, metrics, checklists, and some additional inputs….   Read more»

Team building projects/activities can be a great opportunity for co-coworkers to interact outside of the workplace and to learn how to navigate different professional relationships. For example, at a non-profit I used to work at, there were monthly team days…   Read more»

I think the PM needs to adjust the level of flexibility for each scenario. For example, a PM may need to be more lenient with younger employees that do not have as much work experience and may require more guidance…   Read more»

Maintaining team dynamics and professional relationships in the workplace is a reality of many project managers. The primary goal of a PM is to ensure that a project is progressing and this can be hindered when team members enter disagreements….   Read more»

I think that industry and academic settings both prioritize patent protection and security of their technologies; however, academia does have a more collaborative approach to scientific research compared to a biotech/pharmaceutical company. Nevertheless, industry and academia rely on one another…   Read more»

This is an interesting point and it wasn’t completely clear. However, I think in larger/more established organizations naturally have short-term goals, but they also have long-term goals that can extend out decades. So in this scenario, the project team would…   Read more»

Overall, I think many projects are unsuccessful and this course has really helped highlight all of the intricacies, knowledge, and skills that are needed to execute a project correctly. Those companies/groups that do take the proper steps with planning and…   Read more»

At a non-profit I used to work at, the mode of communication was different when I came from the greater organization and specifically from my team’s leader. The organization would typically communicate big advancements, changes, requests, etc. with us via…   Read more»

This is an interesting topic and probably one of the most important. Facilitating compromise in the workplace is an invaluable skill and knowing how to navigate professional relationships with different priorities, personalities, and egos is critical to success in the…   Read more»

I think that the appropriate number of PMs for a project should be relative to the project size. You don’t want too many PMs, where there is an overlap in tasks that causes redundancy and ineffective management. However, if you…   Read more»

I can definitely recount several instances where projects were delayed due to underestimating task duration and lead-time for resource acquisition. The startup was interested in analyzing blood samples from aged human donors and it took several months to acquire the…   Read more»

This was definitely a surprising component of this week’s lecture series. Although I agree with many of the previously stated points in this feed, I do think that there could be benefits from keeping the finances a secret from the…   Read more»

I think this is an interesting question because there are probably general trends relating to the expected project timeline based on the type of medical device. It would be interesting if there were statistics that can describe this (I don’t…   Read more»

Although it is important for a project manager to strategically manage the expectations of stakeholders into achievable goals for their project teams, the stakeholders are really the primary foundation of the project (i.e., monetary foundation) and their absence/withdrawal would probably…   Read more»

It’s definitely difficult to come up with exact cost estimates of a project. There are always unexpected changes or hurdles that present themselves and alter the initial project plan. However, I think there are reasonable ranges for what would be…   Read more»