I think job satisfaction encompasses all of the other factors mentioned above. In other words, if employee’s receive enough compensation, have authority, and engage in interpersonal relationships, they will most likely be satisfied with their job. All of these factors…   Read more»

As @ag2265 mentioned above, to maintain a successful collaboration between a small company and an external clinical trial team, it is important that company representatives emphasize strong and friendly communication from the start of the clinical trial. To add, it’s…   Read more»

Planning and budgeting for clinical trials is essential to ensure that everything runs smoothly throughout the entirety of the study. I agree with the comments above, and I want to emphasize even further the point @sb2538 made about the importance…   Read more»

All nine knowledge areas are super important to successfully complete a project. However, I think the three most important knowledge areas are procurement management, time management, and scope management. Scope management is critical because this phase defines what tasks are…   Read more»

I don’t think companies should prioritize cost savings over supplier diversity in their procurement strategies. Supplier diversity is important to increase competition between competing suppliers, which in turn leads to greater innovation and the development of even better products. In…   Read more»

I think companies should be required to disclose some information to the public, but this depends on the type of information. For example, information about a product’s complete ingredient list, cautions, adverse effects, etc. is crucial to disclose to the…   Read more»

Project managers face a variety of challenges throughout the project lifecycle. Any challenge requires a lot of effort to overcome. However, I think one of the biggest challenges a project manager faces is being a good leader and uniting his/her…   Read more»

Stakeholders are extremely important in change management plans. I agree with all previous responses. To add, projects have both internal and external stakeholders that are affected by changes differently. Internal stakeholders are more directly impacted by changes, and as a…   Read more»

I agree with @hk425 that budgeting and planning are the most difficult steps in a project, as well as the most important. However, I think designing a project’s schedule is the most difficult step in the planning phase.  It’s extremely…   Read more»

A change control process is extremely important for project management. Although some flexibility in the project plan can be beneficial at times, without a successful change control process, team members would be able to change any aspect of the project…   Read more»

Flexibility in a project is definitely important to prevent delays when unexpected circumstances occur. Each task on the project schedule needs to be given an appropriate amount of slack to ensure that deadlines are met in a timely manner. However,…   Read more»

This is a really interesting topic. It’s important to understand that project managers will be faced with unexpected events that require quick and effective decision-making, and not everything can be planned. I think that when faced with unexpected decision-making, although…   Read more»

I have also only used Gantt charts in my project management experience. I was exposed to Gantt charts in two courses during my undergraduate education using Microsoft Project. Microsoft Project is a useful and simple tool that maps out the…   Read more»

The risk management meeting must be conducted in detail to ensure that all possible risks are identified, prepared for, and avoided. Prior to a risk management meeting, as the project manager I would send attendees a brief overview of what…   Read more»

Similar to other posts, I also think that project managers should make sure that both stakeholders and the project team are satisfied. If any one of the two are unsatisfied, the project won’t move forward smoothly (it might not move…   Read more»

Deadlines may be missed for a series of reasons that are sometimes out of an employee’s control. I don’t think employees should be punished immediately after a missed deadline, but it may come down to this in the future. A…   Read more»

Risks are defined as unexpected events or hazards that might occur throughout a project. As mentioned in previous posts, the word “risk” has a negative connotation to it, but a risk is not always negative and undesirable. For example, a…   Read more»

A project that is properly planned and scheduled taking problems associated with risks into account won’t be affected too much by issues with vendors. By accounting for possible delays, the project team adds more slack to the schedule to prevent…   Read more»

Although both time and money are very important to consider during the planning phase,I also think that time should be given a greater emphasis. At the start of a project, the project team knows more or less what the overall…   Read more»

@vv48 is correct and unfortunately, personal conflict between team members can occur. The project manager should definitely remain impartial, but she/he needs to accept that conflict is occurring in order to manage the situation. Simply ignoring the presence of the…   Read more»