There are different techniques managers use to keep teams motivated during long projects. There should be weekly standups or weekly meetings with their entire team to see where everyone is at and if there are any areas they need help…   Read more»

I agree with everyone that has posted here. The only thing is that the job I am currently at does not align with my studies or passion. As an undergraduate coming out of college, that first real industry job is…   Read more»

Job satisfaction is the most important factor in employee retention and productivity, but compensation and a good work environment are the main drivers of job satisfaction. If those factors are missing, most people would not stay. With compensation, there are…   Read more»

Many users mentioned the Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA). This is a method that can be used to prevent errors, losses, or subsequent issues. FMEA is a method to analyze risk and looks at how something can fail, the…   Read more»

Precious time should be used to make sure that everyone has a working idea of what everyone does. It is important to share what others are doing. Based on personal experiences, it generally feels unprofessional and infuriating when team members…   Read more»

Every post here has a good combination of which three out of the nine knowledge areas are important. Personally, I would say that time management, scope management, and cost management are the most important and most prevalent in medical device…   Read more»

In the industry, there is no such thing as a project being 100% successful with no failure, delays, or something going wrong. There also should not be a 100% failure rate on a project with careful planning, organization, and appropriate…   Read more»

In the real industry, this tends to happen a lot as even though the verification and validation has passed within the company, it can fail with the contracted company’s methodology while prematurely signing a license agreement when the verification and…   Read more»

As many user posts have mentioned, there are benefits to hiring within the company and from outside sources. Generally, it would be better to hire within the company because the employees would know how the company operates. They would know…   Read more»

In addition to the listed items and what others have said, quality assurance/control, risk management, post-market surveillance, and customer satisfaction/user interaction would benefit from monitoring and controlling as well. These aspects should be paid close attention to in all types…   Read more»

It is generally agreed upon that too much monitoring would lead to micromanaging when it comes to project management. Too much monitoring can also lead to overhead. With unnecessary monitoring, the project management team is already wasting hours rather than…   Read more»

The board of directors at any job, being a biotechnology group or a medical device company, are pretty powerful when it comes to running a project. The board has plenty of power because they have the ability to decide if…   Read more»

Scope verification is the acceptance of the project scope which is different from design controls verification. These are the objectives, deliverables, milestones, technical requirements, limits and exclusions, and reviews with customers. The biggest challenge is scope creep and this happens…   Read more»

Most companies use estimated deadlines and progress reports to look into whether the project is progressing properly or not. As per the lecture this week, status review meetings are done to review progress during the project execution. These regularly scheduled…   Read more»

With my undergrad experience and at my current place of employment, team development is important especially for project plan execution. With undergrad, the senior project involves building a medical device prototype and I had the role of being the team…   Read more»

The preliminary tests should be dependent on the risk factors, the cause for failure, and implementing fast, yet low-cost methods. As seen with this simulation, time is of the essence due to the partnership and competitive nature of the medical…   Read more»

The closing process group is generally responsible for concluding all activities to formally complete the project, phase, or contractual obligations. The lessons learned are also part of the organizational process assets. The earliest chance that companies should review the closing…   Read more»

With what many users have posted and collectively agreed upon, having a group of hires that have broad skill sets that can be more versatile in their role would be the most ideal group and make a stronger team. It…   Read more»

Project slack is the difference between the late finish and the early finish. As long as the project is finished within that range, the project is okay. During project slack, the schedule can be juggled where the team can account…   Read more»

Scheduling tasks really depends on how difficult it is and how it affects the sequential events that come after that task or what needs to be done before or after that task. Most can be calculated with the Gantt chart…   Read more»