https://medicaldevicecourses.com/members/ggmsm22/activity/ Activity feed for GGMSM22. Sat, 16 May 2026 11:19:28 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 255cc1073b54275ca1784de8994e4acf https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/25816/ Sun, 24 Apr 2022 03:39:09 -0400 Working as a time and familiarizing each other with the general points or themes of the work that each of you is doing is crucial to project team success. It does not require an extensive amount of time to become…   Read more»

]]> f6fb0d3286375a89f6f1e0317e4561c1 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/25815/ Sun, 24 Apr 2022 03:38:14 -0400 It is particularly important to include and consider every stakeholder’s potential influence and interest in the procurement process. There needs to be communication between the procurement team and the stakeholders at the right levels to ensure the right vendor is…   Read more»

]]> 7d353e1cb9bcd805cdc637b86f8e572c https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/25814/ Sun, 24 Apr 2022 03:36:33 -0400 I agree that having multiple vendors as backup is a wise risk management decision. Hopefully, everything goes perfectly according to plan but when things change or fail it is important to have a backup plan to switch vendors and mitigate…   Read more»

]]> 381c050c2eebfbed4e3aa2533a09b44b https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/25625/ Sat, 16 Apr 2022 16:56:01 -0400 Quality Assurance focuses on the process of quality, while Quality Control focuses on the quality of output. Both quality assurance and quality control are what make up quality management. They are equally as important to the success of a project…   Read more»

]]> e97911c330d983564c6d93c1cb96d28d https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/25624/ Sat, 16 Apr 2022 16:45:32 -0400 There can be two communication plans. There should be a high level communication plan for communicating with stakeholders. I would say high level because there would be no need for stakeholders to know every detail of the tasks being performed…   Read more»

]]> 975c042c7eaf42f744b2db5b9bb1aa37 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/25621/ Sat, 16 Apr 2022 16:38:14 -0400 It would seem that if you have a member of the project team going to maternity leave there should be time to have a plan set in place. This can be solved with a contract person hired to temporarily fill…   Read more»

]]> 7a0565393608c74a6d061ae4af33f5d4 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/25472/ Sat, 09 Apr 2022 17:05:15 -0400 I find a lot of times poor planning on a project happens when the right people are not included in a project from conception. I believe that before project can begin planning phase you must have a PM assigned with…   Read more»

]]> 53b832bf7cd820d901b02e713fd20c04 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/25471/ Sat, 09 Apr 2022 16:56:36 -0400 Yes, there is another systematic way to list and assign tasks. I believe defining a complete scope of the project is crucial to listing, organizing and assigning tasks. The scope of the project will help you to name the deliverables…   Read more»

]]> 78bd007720f29aa1a166d68ba71f1e58 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/25470/ Sat, 09 Apr 2022 16:14:13 -0400 Each expert of the project will give input on the timeline to complete their portion of the project. As we learned in Dr. Simon’s lectures in the planning phase we can determine a project timeline by creating the task schedules….   Read more»

]]> 515420e5ed45b44df65f0237b789b064 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/25352/ Sat, 02 Apr 2022 14:10:16 -0400 If coming to a low performing project with an already assembled team, the PM will need to review of each of the team members assignments. Each team member would need to briefly state their responsibility and the plan laid out…   Read more»

]]> a2b5929d082daa21051fff22df43146d https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/25350/ Sat, 02 Apr 2022 13:54:48 -0400 I believe formal training in business and project management are essential to  actually pursuing a job in project management and being successful in the undertaking. The management style techniques that have been presented in many of our classes give a…   Read more»

]]> dbfca62464e21fc50f0bdee0a32d43bc https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/25349/ Sat, 02 Apr 2022 13:41:20 -0400 The success of a project is different depending on the point of view in relation to the project. If we are talking about a medical device or drug the overall success for the investor can be viewed on a high…   Read more»

]]> e1a3a835a6caa467b576f33bd6df6072 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/25194/ Sat, 26 Mar 2022 22:54:43 -0400 I think it is possible to get the project back on track as long as you have been able to identify what went wrong and why to mitigate the budget and time issues. Having a full scope of the project…   Read more»

]]> 0fb8285e070c4478f00fa7cacd5c017f https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/25192/ Sat, 26 Mar 2022 22:44:08 -0400 The lines do get blurred and sometimes I could see myself getting outside of the normal parameters of an in-office workday. I would create a schedule of tasks and set reminders to complete tasks according to the time schedule I…   Read more»

]]> 97abbbb6a7d9922d86e9931f8a7e27aa https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/25190/ Sat, 26 Mar 2022 22:29:14 -0400 I find working from home can be very rewarding and successful. You have to project mange your own schedule. I like that it is much easier to get my personal things done while working from home. I am able to…   Read more»

]]> a496138c69cb2504eaf0d1883604d21f https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/25189/ Sat, 26 Mar 2022 22:18:28 -0400 I think that project management works and improves all processes in healthcare and medical research. On a high level project management offers a well structured map in both healthcare and medical research. I think maintaining timelines, budgets,  applying risk management…   Read more»

]]> f0ac234b83cd38797beca1c5355e6c7d https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/25089/ Sat, 19 Mar 2022 19:12:55 -0400 In order to set a tone of collaboration as the leader of a project management team or any other team, it starts by example. As project manger you have to create spaces where expectations are clearly set for responsibilities and…   Read more»

]]> ca285579c8b4cb1fc2587810873ae3fc https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/25088/ Sat, 19 Mar 2022 18:56:24 -0400 I prefer complex projects. This type of project has many tasks and require a lot of planning. I like the planning phase best and keeping things as simple as possible is best. It is taking a broad and complicated task…   Read more»

]]> de800feb9cd5976bf52f646f290aca31 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/24956/ Sun, 13 Mar 2022 06:11:43 -0400 @tiavance23 Project deadlines are important to meet and should have an initial plan on how each deadline will be met. There should be an outline of work that needs to be completed and weekly check-ins to check for progress or…   Read more»

]]> 662df8f67d29c16c74e0a71b79a79570 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/24955/ Sun, 13 Mar 2022 06:09:04 -0400 @tiavance23 I agree communication is very important when working with difficult people. Trying to find out what the problem is can be a good idea. However, if the person is difficult and not willing to communicate properly email is the…   Read more»

]]> 163d1087320582fab9dbebaffd5607d4 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/24946/ Sat, 12 Mar 2022 22:40:58 -0500 Is the FDA ethical? The FDA ethics may come into question but I am not sure if it is a question of ethics because ethics can be debatable. The FDA is an agency within a branch of government and follows…   Read more»

]]> 8310585059df5be852282813ef84ffc7 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/24801/ Sat, 05 Mar 2022 18:46:36 -0500 I have learned from personal experience that working with difficult people says a lot about you based on your reaction to diificult people in a work group and how you deal with them. The best thing to do in my…   Read more»

]]> 2ecfb718d576eb2022bed4ad255942e5 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/24800/ Sat, 05 Mar 2022 18:46:36 -0500 I couldn’t agree more. Interpersonal skills are essential to any job or project for that matter. When it comes to completing a job or project deligation is key. If you are able to appoint the right people to do the…   Read more»

]]> f884d2b1349a8b035a56e7e6c445b356 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/24799/ Sat, 05 Mar 2022 18:46:35 -0500 Traditionally the first thought is to divide the work and then assign to individuals to complete tasks. Recently I have found true team work to be the best solution to dividing work. While I agree the work can still be…   Read more»

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