The challenges faced by the Project Manager could be internal corporate problems like not defining the goals or objectives properly and that would cause problem in the long run. One of the important problem that PM faces is communication. As…   Read more»

Accurate time estimation is an accurate skill in project management. Without an assigned timeframe, it is difficult to estimate the period of the project. Prior to the assigned tasks/ project, all the team members should be involved in a team…   Read more»

Closing phase is the final phase in the project life cycle. It ensures recording project documents, making final payments, completing all the deliverables of the project, confirming whether the work is done as per requirements. The main objective of the…   Read more»

Project Execution is the longest phase in the project management cycle. If you need to control and monitor the project, you need to establish a set of project management processes. These management processes helps to manage time, cost, quality, risk,…   Read more»

The factors that contribute to the success of the project include well defined team goals, effective communication, managing project scope, group thinking capability, assigning roles to team members and team size to maximize the productivity and ensuring high levels of…   Read more»

Design Validation is one of the important steps in medical devices design and development processes. The goal is to meet the user needs, device to work in the user environment, safety of the equipment for user and the patient. Design…   Read more»

In the planning phase, sufficient details are required for the desired project development plan and permit to work under validation of the deliverable. User’s needs is one of the important one to discuss in the planning phase. Planning phase consists…   Read more»

Maintaining a virtual project team with multiple cultural backgrounds could be a huge challenge. Leading a multicultural project team successfully requires competencies that go well beyond the technical knowledge and the leadership qualities usually required such as high level of…   Read more»

The project proposal should be informative and persuasive. This could be a seed that gives birth to million-dollar projects. So, project proposals should be made more precise, object oriented, customer satisfactory and should be of clearer. As moreover companies will…   Read more»

It is said over time like, Failure is the stepping stone to success and I think it is obviously true. As mistakes happen over time, but it should be concerned that the team should learn from its mistake and it…   Read more»

Good communication skills are a key to success in life, work and relationships. Effective communication depends on verbal and non-verbal body language. It is one of the important things as if the communication is not effective then the message leads…   Read more»

Design control process are a set of steps used to assure that device design and testing are planned, executed and documented systematically. They are a set of quality practices and procedures that control the design process that a device requires….   Read more»

I think initiating a new project idea is the hardest part in the project development. As Project initiation is the first phase of a project’s life cycle. It is the point where the reason of the project is identified and…   Read more»

Among functional, project-based and matrix organization, I would like to work in a matrix organization. In a matrix organization, the team members report to their project manager and their functional manager. It could sort out the team based on the…   Read more»

Priorities are defined by timelines, as it gives an easy flow plan for the work that needs to be done for setting clear expectations for your clients or organization. It can be done by setting priorities to the project like…   Read more»

Recently there are more combination products arriving in the market with dual capabilities falling in CDRH and CDER. In this case the products are classified based on the primary work of action; and if the device is not classified then…   Read more»

Medical devices had been categorized by FDA based on risks and the regulatory controls like class I, class II and class III. The devices are classified on how much the risk presents to the user. Class I device pose the…   Read more»

A project management team selected should consists of team members where members should effectively communicate, or else poor communication may cause failure of the project. The team members should have the knowledge about the project work. The project members should…   Read more»

A project manager should possess leadership, better communication, risk management, team management, critical thinking etc. One of the main skills is leadership where the project manager should have the capacity to motivate the people to achieve towards a common goal….   Read more»

Interpersonal skills are the skills where we use everyday during communication and interaction with any other people both individually and in groups. These skills are often referred as social intelligence. People with these skills have stronger relationship at home and…   Read more»