I am always on the side of flexibility in these circumstances. A more flexible plan can overcome many challenges that may occur during a project. For instance, say shipping on materials are delayed, h...

One challenge that project managers face when handling a project is changes in the project scope or timelines. This can be caused by a variety of factors including unexpected changes or problems, or c...

To speed up the process of getting input from all team members into the project schedule without wasting time, the project manager can set up collaborative meetings. These sessions would serve as a ti...

Responding to @kaf43, balancing stakeholder and project team satisfaction is crucial for project success. Stakeholders' satisfaction is important as they provide essential resources and support to the...

In my opinion I think a mixture of both would make a team very successful. I think for employees who I want to be leaders on the team I would definitely look for someone who has a wide range of talent...

Hello, I am Garrett Muscatella and I am from NJIT studying Biomedical Engineering. Here is my linkedin. Hope to connect with you guys!

Obviously, as many people have said poor planning affects the outcome of the whole project. Inefficient planning will lead to many roadblocks in the project which will slow down the whole process. In ...

For projects to be successful, I think that stakeholders need to possess a lot of power in the project teams. As dmf2 stated above, stakeholders have very crucial responsibilities in funding, clarifyi...

I believe that documenting what you have learned and the steps you have taken is crucial for the whole team. There may be some parts of the team that understands something while the other parts do not...

I am not sure I agree with the company being more successful if they hire more people to take on these smaller projects. I think companies like Stryker have people who calculate risk and reward for al...

I think this question is very interesting and could have many different opinions. For me, I can see benefits from each side. Especially for medical devices, clinical experience would be of great benef...

Although I do believe some people are just better at being leaders than others, I think a lot of it stems from their past experiences. Depending on the who the person is, they will have different expe...

Something that I have to do currently for my senior capstone class is a weekly status report. In this status report we have to include a schedule of our current week activities as well as our activiti...

I really believe that funding should depend on how long that this project has been in the works for. If the project is running out of funds because it has lasted a long time, but the team is very clos...

The PDCA cycle is an integral part for the process of Biomedical engineering that incorporates all employees and teams within a project. Every part of the team must plan, do, check, and act in order t...