Given the options of a management vs an engineer/scientist/tech’s role in a company, I would prefer to eventually end up as a manager much like many of my classmates before me have answered. However, my desired path to achieve this…   Read more»

In my experience, I tend to feel that there is a definite moderate correlation between workplace recognition and challenging/exciting work. As many have said before me, bb254, jvv6, tn58, ect., expectations if you as an employee tend to change over…   Read more»

Having recently earned my Six Sigma green belt from IISE (Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers), I can say that my initial impression is that it is a very useful skill to have in industry. Six Sigma centers around DMAIIC…   Read more»

If I was a project manager, some of the ways I would motivate my team would be through monetary incentives, public recognition, and a simple small reward system. In regard to the monetary incentives, I would definitely employ overtime hours…   Read more»

I harbor that innate desire to make products for those less fortunate and to know I’ve made a positive difference in somebody’s quality of life. The main source of my motivation stems from my childhood. I grew up around my…   Read more»

In general, I am not surprised by the results gathered in this study. This is mainly due to working in industry for a number of years and getting to personally know a wide range of individuals holding a variety of…   Read more»

I experience scope creep firsthand almost every day at work when quality testing premarket immunoassay instruments. After a particular instrument is built by hand in an assembly line like fashion, my team is tasked to test verify and validate that…   Read more»

At my current job, I have experienced a situation where a vital team member was temporality taken from my quality group to work in another project within the company. The individual chosen happen to be the most senior member of…   Read more»

In my undergraduate drug discovery research laboratory, I often experienced situations where integration of two (or more) projects was required. When synthesizing relatively large, pharmaceutically active compounds, they would be occasionally be made in pieces. Each segment of the final…   Read more»

In one of my projects at NJIT, my group member and I were tasked to come up with an innovative medical device as a final project. What we had decided on was a wearable device that had the ability to…   Read more»

At my current job, the Project Management processes of Initiating, Planning, Executing, and Closing were both generally not easy to follow and generally not as clear cut as I had originally thought. Occasionally, one of these phases would be considered…   Read more»

In my current experience within a biomedical instrumentation company, the design review process was a pretty open and inclusive process in respects to suggestions to improve the product. A little over a week beforehand, a series of documents was sent…   Read more»

At my current job validating and verifying medical devices, it is extremely important to keep an accurate detailed notebook of everything down in the laboratory. This is critical because the devices take upwards of 14 hours to pass all the…   Read more»

In my time as an undergraduate research assistant, I was charged to create, oversee, and execute my part in a much larger drug discovery and development project. Similar to what Roberto said, I was not aware of the terminology “planned…   Read more»

Similar to the experience of Hiren stated above, I had an opportunity in industry to listen in on one (of many) design review meetings my company held on their new product. Normally, such meetings are exclusive to the upper level…   Read more»

In agreeance with all the above responses, the project manager has a lot of important responsibilities. I believe, however, that all these responsibilities fall under the single biggest challenge a PM faces which is effective communication among all the departments…   Read more»

As a PM, my approach to the management of personal resources (both available workable hours and work collaboration) would be to employ a system that informs all employees of everyone’s general work schedule in addition to being physically present on…   Read more»

While I see the area for confusion when considering the appropriate time to consider source selection for a particular project, I believe this process generally falls under the excitation phase. Having said this, I believe a good project manager should…   Read more»

I 100% agree with the two previous comments that this course is by far the most useful and applicable course I have taken here at NJIT. Before this course, I only had a brief background of what the FDA was…   Read more»

I believe that some of the methods a project manager can utilize would be to install smaller milestones/goals at various parts throughout the project. This would serve to give his/her employees a better understanding of what needs to be done…   Read more»