Logging work proved to be very useful in my job when I was helping develop a Design Verification test. My team and I were tasked with creating a test to measure the degree of spallation (tiny particul...

Gantt Charts are very useful as a project management tool because they provide a visual depiction of the tasks that need completion. Similar to how a scatterplot can be used to see an overview of nume...

In my opinion both designing and executing a timeline can be difficult, and the difficulty of executing a timeline is dependent on its design. A well-designed timeline is the foundation of a project, ...

The first steps in the risk management process are Assess and Evaluate, meaning the risks of your project or product and the severity/occurrence of those risks must be identified before you can manage...

A useful method of handling scope creep which was mentioned in this week's lecture is to create a Scope Management Plan during the Planning phase of the project. The Scope Management Plan can be part ...

The impact of Coronavirus on Chinese manufacturing is proving to have a huge impact also on global manufacturing, because many companies depend on Chinese-made parts for their own products. From a man...

At my current job I worked on a project where our project manager had two methods for tracking progress: One was a traditional timeline in the form of a Gantt Chart, and the other was a list of “off-t...

I also agree that in a real industry project there would be clearer communication within the team because they could meet face-to-face. However I think that since this particular simulation involves l...

I agree with ad487 in that as a project manager, it is important to understand that obstacles can and will occur during the course of the project. Oftentimes these obstacles are unexpected, and can ca...

My company had a project based in Germany, with engineers from the United States and Turkey hired to support. The US side of the team was comprised of several engineers, including myself, and a projec...

I’ve had the opportunity to work on the output and verification phases of Design Control at the company I work for. The output phase mainly involved creating specifications for components that went in...

Like the individual a few posts above this post, I also am working at Getinge. I agree that it can be considered a functional organization in most cases. When it comes to routine operations, Getinge h...

I believe it is quite problematic if an advertisement makes claims about the extreme activity a joint replacement can withstand if that level of activity was not intended by the manufacturer. Pushing ...

At the company I work for, the remediation project that I had originally been hired to work on was just cancelled a few days ago. Luckily I had already been assigned to another project, but regardless...

The implementation of the new EU MDR will pose a challenge for medical device manufacturers who sell in the European Union since, on top of any existing projects, they now must invest time, money and ...