In my work environment, we work 12 hour shifts within the same three rooms. We have different coworkers working in different sections based on the schedules made by our coordinator. Typically, in one ...

Companies usually have a record for any mishaps or mistakes that employees make. In a biotechnology company for medical purposes, there will indeed be a record of any mistakes an employee makes, let i...

To begin, as a team leader, I would say to be patient, understanding, and confident in your position. You are the team leader for a reason. Show management or your team members that you are capable an...

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 t...

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 indus...

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 missin...

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 ...

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 unpr...

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 im...

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 pla...

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 s...

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 h...

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 monitorin...

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 pr...

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 ...