Underperforming team members are always a hassle, and can interfere with the results of any project, whether it be for a medical device, a class assignment, etc. Similar to the other responses, I agre...

Choosing between product development and post-market management is difficult because both roles are important. Roles in product development focus more on designing the product while following FDA regu...

Similar to all other responses, I also think deadlines are extremely important to make sure that projects are completed on time. I agree that setting and understanding deadlines early on, ensuring com...

Hi! I agree with all of the previous posts that when an experimental failure occurs, it’s important to define what went wrong and perform further testing. However, I want to add that to be successful ...

Hi! I was a bit confused when learning about project managers and program managers since I wasn’t aware of the difference between the two. To start off, I’ll define both project and program management...

Hi! Roles are super important in a project team. Delegating roles to different project members help the team work efficiently to reach the same goals. In addition, roles encourage team members to perf...

Hi! I understand your opinion that the limitations placed on giving physicians gifts may be too restrictive. Even outside of a business situation, it’s understood that if you invite someone out to din...

As you mentioned in your post, one of the more important differences between written and oral contracts is the risk associated with each. If issues were to occur between partners resulting in a breach...

Confidential agreements must contain all basic parts of a contract (i.e. offer & acceptance, consideration, intention to create legal relations, capacity, and formalities). More specifically, conf...

Forming a project team is difficult in any situation, whether it be in a company, in a course, etc. Good relationships are super important to create an efficient team, but selected team members must a...

I found a post online (linked below) that discusses the differences between Upper and Middle Management. Essentially, Upper Management deals with what is unknown and tries to gather information to pre...

According to ISO13485, a design development plan is a tool used to control the design process and it is usually updated throughout the entire project. Some of the important features of the design deve...

I found a paper (linked below) that investigates the severity of different hazards applied to hemodialysis devices. Researchers developed a list of potential harms associated with the device and worke...

We discussed in class this week that risk management occurs throughout the entire project life cycle and that this process is done on several areas of a project. The different areas where risk managem...

Even the simplest of products have risks associated with them, like a band-aid. The main risk posed by a band-aid is the pain associated with removing that band-aid if users aren’t careful in the proc...