I agree you and say that I would like to work as an engineer for maybe 6-7 years and then move up to a managing role. I have always seen myself as some sort of manager and I think that…   Read more»

I think that a lot of people leave work because they are not challenged anymore. I remember talking to someone who was leaving a company and I asked then why they wanted to leave and they told me that it…   Read more»

From interning at Zimmer, I received a Six Sigma Yellow Belt certification. This wasn’t through ASQ (American Society for Quality), but it was through the company. So an ASQ certification is the official certification given to you by an organization….   Read more»

As mentioned above, a manager’s level of motivation plays a huge role in how the team is motivated. If the manager does not show that much interest in the project – the employees will see it as a project that…   Read more»

The thing that motivates me the most is knowing that what I help create will one day end up inside someone – making their life better. As a BME, we have an innate feel to improve patient care through physical…   Read more»

I too am not surprised by the results of this study. Everyone that I’ve encountered in the workforce are genuinely excited to work. In my experience, I have not met a person that is unmotivated or sluggish because he or…   Read more»

I did not experience this first hand, but I was part of huge project where the company was shifting from one sterilization method to another. This project involved every single department and it was really a company wide effort. I’m…   Read more»

During one of my internships, I had one big project that I had to divide up into several smaller parts. Each individual component used a whole different set of tools and doing them all at the same time would only…   Read more»

One of the projects that I worked on was to look at prints and analyze the prints for any errors or risks. I was given a CAD file of the design and had to run FEA on the design and…   Read more»

I’ve had the experience to sit in on a design review meeting and what I noticed was the culture was not as strict as I thought. There was a moderator who was basically the person that called the meeting together….   Read more»

From what I experienced in the industry, ideally the project should follow Initiating, Planning, Executing, Closing process but as the project continues you’ll find yourself still going back and forth – but not to a degree that will significantly cause…   Read more»

For one of my projects at work I had to figure out a way to sort through a whole bunch of data and easily find something that was needed. Because we use MATLAB in school, I decided to use MATLAB…   Read more»

For my capstone project, we were required to set up a budget and track the changes as we have to purchase material. One of our costliest materials is a resin used to 3D print the material that our final product…   Read more»

I had the chance of sitting in on a design review meeting – although I was not an active participant in the review. I thought it was an interesting experience and I learned quite a bit from it. One thing…   Read more»

I sort of agree with what you are saying, and had the same question. Obviously when looking at vendors, one must take into account the price of their raw materials and the services that they perform. I agree that something…   Read more»

These issues are common in any industry. There will always be people that are unavailable due to vacation or sick leave. This can impact the life-cycle of the project and possibly delay some parts of the process. The key to…   Read more»

I think another big issue that’s faced by project managers is proper risk management. Typically whenever you don’t know the answer to something, you have to follow proper risk management process. Risk management is the process of identifying, analyzing and…   Read more»

I agree with a lot of the posts in this thread. I also believe that missing a milestone is a bad thing. While I do understand the point that you are trying to bring up in that a delay is…   Read more»

I think that in general the entire project management “outline” is similar regardless of the industry or the country. There may be minor nuances that are different but overall, the concept is relatively similar. When I was interning, there was…   Read more»

This is also my first course with Dr. Simon. I am currently in my last semester of my undergrad and I have had a couple of interviews for full-time positions. In all of those interviews I’ve been asked about FDA…   Read more»