Medical Device Courses | cdj24 | Mentions https://medicaldevicecourses.com/members/cdj24/activity/mentions/ Activity feed mentioning cdj24. Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:17:23 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 e2796ea37b818edd5a74fcc6ff4ca678 alexandrabuga replied to the topic "Factors affect schedule variance (SV)" - https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/15507/ Wed, 15 May 2019 19:07:06 -0400 As @cdj24 mentioned SV=EV-PV. Where EV is the percent complete* original budgeted cost of task and PV is the vale of the work you are supposed to have on a certain date. I agree as others have mentioned that in…   Read more»

]]> 945c7d6fb51369d528b8de8ff7345d77 alexandrabuga replied to the topic "Team Development" - https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/15395/ Wed, 15 May 2019 19:05:52 -0400 If you’re in the Executing Phase it is the Project Manager’s responsibility to make sure that the team is performing their tasks on schedule and to deal with a team member’s vacation, or absence. As @cdj24 mentions, it should be…   Read more»

]]> cc414dc6bb4877ad7dd7c34561533e56 alexandrabuga replied to the topic "Meeting Deadlines with Research" - https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/15314/ Wed, 15 May 2019 19:05:08 -0400 As a means to save time and money and still hit the product launch, I agree with @cdj24 to get as much research done as possible so that you don’t spend as much time and money on experiments that might…   Read more»

]]> 4426817d5a9db9b9196e9ad95c4fb88d alexandrabuga replied to the topic "Program Management" - https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/14554/ Wed, 15 May 2019 18:57:58 -0400 I agree with @srg36 and @cdj24 that the four categories are in order. Upper management is responsible for developing the strategic plan and how it can be executed. I agree that it can be frustrating for upper management to make…   Read more»

]]> 5d95bc747f62feafcaaf1bd8b5efc0c9 alexandrabuga replied to the topic Executing Process in the forum Project Management Process and Medical Device Development https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/6959/ Sun, 25 Mar 2018 19:40:45 -0400 I personally think the planning phase is the most important phase during a project. It sets the tone for the project and as Dr. Simon mentions if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. For instance if you have gone through the proper steps in planning and have a great plan, if something happened at the company and you could not move forward to the…[Read more]

]]> 0 df7b7371e372ba69420e1dcf7910ff6c alexandrabuga replied to the topic Factors affect schedule variance (SV) in the forum Project Management Process and Medical Device Development https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/6957/ Sun, 25 Mar 2018 19:29:51 -0400 As @cdj24 mentioned SV=EV-PV. Where EV is the percent complete* original budgeted cost of task and PV is the vale of the work you are supposed to have on a certain date. I agree as others have mentioned that in order to have a positive SV which means you are ahead of schedule, you need to have have a larger percent complete than planned. The…[Read more]

]]> 0 71df1256bdb374614f71914bce15bb39 alexandrabuga replied to the topic Team Development in the forum Project Management Process and Medical Device Development https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/6818/ Sun, 11 Mar 2018 17:39:16 -0400 If you’re in the Executing Phase it is the Project Manager’s responsibility to make sure that the team is performing their tasks on schedule and to deal with a team member’s vacation, or absence. As @cdj24 mentions, it should be communicated in the planning phase if a team member is planning to take a big vacation or be absent from work. However,…[Read more]

]]> 0 65058ecaf5e185a4ecf1a93af955e54c alexandrabuga replied to the topic Meeting Deadlines with Research in the forum Project Management Process and Medical Device Development https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/6725/ Sun, 04 Mar 2018 22:20:37 -0500 As a means to save time and money and still hit the product launch, I agree with @cdj24 to get as much research done as possible so that you don’t spend as much time and money on experiments that might ultimately fail. For this week’s simulation our group had many rounds back and forth with having a plan to use a particular carrier and then…[Read more]

]]> 0 2d773c11a5ea0688a31b2b805c7e42f0 alexandrabuga replied to the topic Make sure to cover pitfalls in the forum Project Management Process and Medical Device Development https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/6471/ Sat, 24 Feb 2018 18:18:04 -0500 I agree with @srg36 that even if you use project management tools like Pert charts, Gantt charts, there will still inevitably encounter pitfalls, but you will be able to more effectively manage these scenarios with these management tools. As Dr. Simon mentions in lecture, it is important not only to schedule the tasks but to account for costs and…[Read more]

]]> 0 7b6f787c53dba0732b27083cadbe28cf alexandrabuga replied to the topic Validation and Verification in the forum Introduction to Project Management https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/6110/ Sun, 04 Feb 2018 19:50:29 -0500 I agree with @bnb6 that I wouldn’t consider there to be risks with the V&V process itself, but rather the risks if there was a problem during the verification stage or even the verification was completed successfully that the device could be properly validated. For example maybe all the specs are correct and the design outputs are equal to the…[Read more]

]]> 0 aed50c9b6f2fbe510b0784cdcb4aedb9 alexandrabuga replied to the topic Program Management in the forum Introduction to Project Management https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/5675/ Sun, 21 Jan 2018 20:04:11 -0500 I agree with @srg36 and @cdj24 that the four categories are in order. Upper management is responsible for developing the strategic plan and how it can be executed. I agree that it can be frustrating for upper management to make these decisions without having input from the Project/Portfolio managers who will end up doing the work, but the reality…[Read more]

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