https://medicaldevicecourses.com/members/gokulravichandran/activity/ Activity feed for gokulravichandran. Fri, 24 Apr 2026 22:39:12 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 64d31c11f76373b6e77cd864e3ca65e0 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19988/ Tue, 28 Apr 2020 01:41:26 -0400 The most important part is to make good relationship with the vendors which will improve collaboration and communication when implementing technology or outsourcing resources. A good e-commerce vendor supplier would offer some business advice and suggestions. So, build trust with…   Read more»

]]> 8e18b3236790b34f260c30140b11eff7 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19987/ Tue, 28 Apr 2020 01:40:40 -0400 There could a lot of reasons of people quitting their work. Lack of appreciation and recognition for the work that you had completed so far could be a reason. Lack of respect inside the company cause the people to leave…   Read more»

]]> 43a48788ec1dc5856fc605e434368590 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19986/ Tue, 28 Apr 2020 01:39:27 -0400 The reason that people work is to get the motivation to work upon the challenge met and getting excitement in terms of paycheck. Working gives more independence to control your own life. Learning new things, gaining knowledge and implementing it…   Read more»

]]> 28a2d21020e72c0cc20178cbf6ddb2b6 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19940/ Thu, 23 Apr 2020 19:48:12 -0400 After graduating from the college, I would choose working as an Engineer to showcase my theoretical knowledge in the practical world. It would be better to apply those skills that I had gained through my undergrad studies. Though my final…   Read more»

]]> 11d5be6a9efe5114c944b912de50c22c https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19939/ Thu, 23 Apr 2020 19:47:33 -0400 The manager should have a greater vision and ways of communicating it to others. He should be able to manage decisions on his own and take up the responsibility of being good or bad. Another greatest quality of a manager…   Read more»

]]> d4ab83db0119430f17fb31ef6e13d50d https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19938/ Thu, 23 Apr 2020 19:46:38 -0400 As a manager’s level of motivation is to maintain a healthy relationship within the team members in all situations regardless of how hard the situation may be. This would impact the positive work relationship between the team members. Motivation should…   Read more»

]]> 1a409b5942b4b289f6cfba43453f86a0 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19877/ Fri, 17 Apr 2020 17:35:32 -0400 Communication management is crucial for succeeding in a project and achieving the goal of the organization. It is very important for increasing the possibility of the project to meetup the requirements.  Communication between the team members is more essential to…   Read more»

]]> 6a12e479dd705fa43a90f3bf1f738bba https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19876/ Fri, 17 Apr 2020 17:34:14 -0400 Procurement management is one type of management where the goods and services are acquired from different organization or firm. It involves acquiring goods from preferred vendors within the budget. This management is known to help the organization to save the…   Read more»

]]> 6b79b6fd5529bb57d71943edfb225bc3 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19875/ Fri, 17 Apr 2020 17:32:31 -0400 Quality assurance is the process of managing for quality; while quality control is used to verify the quality of the output. Quality assurance ensures that the techniques or methods that are designed for the product are implemented correctly. It recognizes…   Read more»

]]> bec3322c16757c9a65f90f0a78ad508b https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19834/ Sun, 12 Apr 2020 04:08:20 -0400 Effective communication is crucial component for making goals reachable. It helps to maintain efficiency under a variety of circumstances and conditions. It makes accomplishing goals and meeting projections seamless, leading towards in a right path. Responsiveness is one of the…   Read more»

]]> f33a42ddfc4252e80fafc507d1f4310e https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19833/ Sun, 12 Apr 2020 04:06:35 -0400 As a PM, he must communicate effectively with the team members and get alternate ways of solution in terms of problems. The other important issue inside the team that the PM face is working with inexperienced team members who lack…   Read more»

]]> ceaee25c49129de72240142593795468 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19832/ Sun, 12 Apr 2020 04:04:46 -0400 Project changes refer to change within the context of project management anything that transforms or impact project tasks, processes etc. It refers change inside a project and its team. Like as how dfn3 told, my project too consisted of ANSYS…   Read more»

]]> a886fdd286a8fa061f9a3e8e7a1cfc78 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19781/ Sun, 29 Mar 2020 21:42:21 -0400 Deadlines are the most important ones in moving the research in a successful and balanced way. Gantt charts provide an easy way in making out the project/research in time. Reducing time period for preclinical trials could save some time. But…   Read more»

]]> 5fec96c082c478b0cab05d302c5e8d15 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19780/ Sun, 29 Mar 2020 21:41:43 -0400 Estimating the project duration plays a vital role in planning phase. The project deadlines are important in finishing up the project in the estimated time. To prevent this, add time to each task to estimate how much each other team…   Read more»

]]> cc00636b4f7cbf3dbf23000e53c0410f https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19779/ Sun, 29 Mar 2020 21:40:43 -0400 Change control is a systematic approach of managing changes to a product or a system. The change control process is usually conducted as a sequence of steps in submission of change request. Change control is to enable project teams to…   Read more»

]]> c19d46542ebb88f023336fc1dd3fc071 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19709/ Sat, 14 Mar 2020 01:39:51 -0400 This is my second course with Dr.Simon as I had previously completed Medical device development. This course is more beneficial to students who are looking for jobs after completion of course, to work in the real world. I would say…   Read more»

]]> 565b0d22330fd47edf206c90672a281a https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19708/ Sat, 14 Mar 2020 01:38:35 -0400 During the planning phase, the project outline should be executed as per Gantt chart. As it provides the project plan and its progress over time. It keeps track of deadlines, milestones and hours worked. The project goal should be precise…   Read more»

]]> cb7d5f4505a472e32d88ea7732953022 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19707/ Sat, 14 Mar 2020 01:37:44 -0400 The validation is where the process of evaluating the design/process during or at the end of the product development, meeting intentionally the end-user needs. Successful design validation require thorough understanding of user needs. Validation is a measure of one of…   Read more»

]]> 0d291bb45fce0202793155dfb4f26180 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19662/ Fri, 06 Mar 2020 21:54:35 -0500 Planned value is the assumed value of the work/expense to be completed in a given time whereas the actual cost is the total expense incurred upto date. It will be a better budget planning if the actual cost does not…   Read more»

]]> 1b6a8fff5aa44c1fab1a29f22e8a639a https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19661/ Fri, 06 Mar 2020 20:11:24 -0500 Getting the right customer input through the product development cycle is essential to know whether the companies are aiming at the desired product to the markets. Various customer perspectives can be built into the development plan to test the product…   Read more»

]]> e02afde401841c2b43e0bfbddf8cac8b https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19653/ Wed, 04 Mar 2020 22:19:25 -0500 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»

]]> 88bbd280c15148ee779e169b9c8de94e https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19601/ Fri, 28 Feb 2020 17:23:34 -0500 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»

]]> d5b0af27144fee20cced0d64e8f9751b https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19591/ Wed, 26 Feb 2020 01:09:50 -0500 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»

]]> b3eddca24579f49c95d7c5dc06fd530d https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19590/ Wed, 26 Feb 2020 00:19:39 -0500 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»

]]> 97b2d2e8aafe39b38251d9a373e382cb https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19541/ Sat, 22 Feb 2020 21:14:55 -0500 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»

]]> e850c47cd68dfadb23fd05c37a0bc273 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19534/ Fri, 21 Feb 2020 19:09:34 -0500 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»

]]> 18e1579c1272bbf691c7dd93e3a92a37 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19533/ Fri, 21 Feb 2020 18:38:51 -0500 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»

]]> 74567afdb4c9a547e6786e278ec43723 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19495/ Sat, 15 Feb 2020 00:43:45 -0500 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»

]]> 564d3c561a95540a24fe8a55352d9360 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19494/ Fri, 14 Feb 2020 23:20:55 -0500 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»

]]> 70f38de7d5d3dfe11854c3736fd8b89e https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19490/ Fri, 14 Feb 2020 21:50:22 -0500 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»

]]> fe0aedc6c3198899cde06ecaaf60854e https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19411/ Fri, 07 Feb 2020 06:57:24 -0500 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»

]]> d7e760f7b5ce197a53937d7d212628c0 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19404/ Thu, 06 Feb 2020 22:19:15 -0500 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»

]]> ba753cd7614673320ac37f7a6a5ab6cd https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19393/ Wed, 05 Feb 2020 22:23:47 -0500 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»

]]> f6c8b0ff108c17a70d889bfa5d999553 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19358/ Sun, 02 Feb 2020 06:02:13 -0500 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»

]]> 8e38180edba3f178e7a6084e1659e9ed https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19357/ Sun, 02 Feb 2020 04:26:28 -0500 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»

]]> 7615cb5cf98e638827ffb13691495783 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19356/ Sun, 02 Feb 2020 04:00:27 -0500 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»

]]> 9e3983175e3bea714ca3480d07d37b57 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19302/ Sun, 26 Jan 2020 17:01:45 -0500 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»

]]> d40ae537db018c5c1be2fb28888f030b https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19301/ Sun, 26 Jan 2020 17:00:27 -0500 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»

]]> 7573a3a963dd2aaabe37a53663c67260 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19300/ Sun, 26 Jan 2020 16:58:38 -0500 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»

]]> 1f65bd5e49865cfa5a712e2de91b0038 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19256/ Sun, 19 Jan 2020 23:15:47 -0500 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»

]]> cfd4a04d4d0ba3d607b51cf0c3327db7 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19255/ Sun, 19 Jan 2020 20:17:36 -0500 An ideal project team should have a project manager with a strong leadership. The team should possess common goals and objectives and require good communication skills. The next thing is about the technical skills that must be present with all…   Read more»

]]> 187e557b446320e3cb584f8a4a9b75dc https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19254/ Sun, 19 Jan 2020 20:16:35 -0500 From Dr. Simon’s first week lecture, the FDA defines a medical device as an instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, contrivance, implant, invitro reagent or other related article or component part which is recognized in the National Formulatory or USP, is intended…   Read more»

]]> 6c43e715e66c4e8e83ee505f59da9d31 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19200/ Wed, 27 Nov 2019 20:03:10 -0500 This is a kind of topic that should be included in the lecture. A non complete agreement is a legal contract between the employer and employee in which the employee should not enter into a competition of the employer during…   Read more»

]]> 249a0d3fb27078ef37534f2677834c5e https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19197/ Wed, 27 Nov 2019 18:19:16 -0500 The main difference between oral and written agreement is that it is harder to prove the existence of an oral contract. Since it is not written down, the existence of the terms must be proved by the memory of the…   Read more»

]]> adec863b0f5d0abeedf112af399adb20 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19196/ Wed, 27 Nov 2019 17:56:48 -0500 I totally agree with @sam-doksh. Contract laws are one of the legally enforceable agreement between the parties to do something (or not to do something). They are one of the most common legal documents in both personal and business lives….   Read more»

]]> e7b8ad6c95753385b427c287b25dd181 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19145/ Fri, 22 Nov 2019 00:50:17 -0500 Matrix organisations are where the employees have more than one boss and work on multiple teams. This leads to multiple streams of goals that complete for time and attention. The other conflicts are the resourses shared widely across the organisations…   Read more»

]]> 489752e71aa9ac7a4bfe5f5f283b7022 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19144/ Fri, 22 Nov 2019 00:22:24 -0500 I prefer to take middle level management as they are accountable to the top management for their department function and responsibilities. They execute organizational plans in conformance with the company’s policies and the objectives of the top management. Middle managers…   Read more»

]]> 14239bd2decd467af76c45a41a9f9013 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19142/ Thu, 21 Nov 2019 22:33:40 -0500 Choosing a project team is one of the important aspects in setting up the right path towards the goal. The selection of team members is by choosing the right person having the required skills to do the job. The team…   Read more»

]]> 551e36fa413b66760444027b8cab9913 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19074/ Fri, 15 Nov 2019 01:02:47 -0500 The factors contributing to risk values include occurrence, severity of the failure and noticeability as given in Dr. Simon’s lecture. The severity is measured based on severe, significant and minor while occurrence is measured based on frequent, infrequent or occasional….   Read more»

]]> dd36e28721aac1098c19aba66b9a0d22 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19073/ Thu, 14 Nov 2019 23:34:20 -0500 A risk benefit analysis must be considered carefully in developing devices and improving existing devices/products. It is the comparison between risks of a situation along with its benefits. Analyzing risk is considered a human factor. A certain level of risk…   Read more»

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