Posted by: @djr32 Suppose you are a project manager in a medical industry. What are some ways you would motivate the team members you are managing? Does a project manager’s level of motivation affect...

Posted by: @talha-chaudhry For the lecture this week, I was fascinated by the results of the study Dr. Simon referenced. The study asked employees why they stayed and worked at the company they are e...

The Sponsors are positioned above the project manager in the company hierarchy.The project manager is accountable to the Sponsor to implement the sponsors vision, to seek approval from for scope, budg...

Posted by: @bb254 A lot of people may say that they are motivated to do work because of their family or wanting to help their community. I on the other hand have always been driven to push my own bou...

I would like to be in a technical leadership position. I have worked for many year as an engineer.At this point I would like to gain more visibility into product development. So I would like manage pr...

Posted by: @ak977 As Dr. S listed for us, the roles of a clinical project team are as follows: Clinical Project Manager, Clinical Research Associates (CRA's), Monitors, Regulatory, Statisticians, Inv...

I agree that the course is of much help. I have worked in medical device industry for a while but had little understanding about medical device product development from business or regulatory perspect...

Posted by: @devarshi-joshi After learning about Monitoring and Controlling phase we learnt about metrics. My question is how is this metrics important in project? Metrics is important to a project b...

Posted by: @rjs84 Part of the executing process involves information distribution, solicitation, source selection, and managing vendor relations. Most of the time and money of the project go into its...

Posted by: @devarshi-joshi If we talk about planning phase in a project of medical devices, according to me one of the important aspect is to find out user needs. Sometimes user needs are bit vague a...

Posted by: @bb254 Companies have different procedures in order to submit a design change request. Share your experience on the steps needed to complete a design change request at your company. At Maq...

I agree with the point regarding money being the central issue.Additionally, I will borrow from a related question about feasibility.Below I have listed the steps recommended for feasibility.These are...

Posted by: @la82 The process of validation and verification is very important in device development. with that being said, when is the best time to carry out these two important steps during the proj...

The site projectmanager.com recommends the following steps for a feasibility study: 1. Conduct a Preliminary Analysis2. Prepare a Projected Income Statement3. Conduct a Market Survey, or Perform Marke...

Posted by: @krp76 In the week 3 lecture we are introduced to the concept of Product Life Cycle and the different phases that constitute this cycle: Development, Introduction, Growth, Maturity, Declin...