I prefer working in an office or a lab. One of the best ways to create a work-life balance is to keep your work and home environments separate. Once they get mixed, i.e., you start working at home, it...

As previous responses have stated, verification protocol defines the type of tests that will be performed and how they will be performed. This includes the process of the tests, the schedule of the te...

I definitely see how budgeting and clinical studies may be the most difficult part of a project. However, I would consider clinical studies more along the lines of one of the most crucial parts of a p...

This is dependent on the company and the product they are producing. For a larger company, time is more important to them because they already have a large sum of money they can invest in the project....

This is a very situational question, because as mentioned in the original post, there are numerous reasons why a project may go over budget or not be completed in due time. However, I don’t think most...

The benefits of using a Gantt chart for project management are the same across all industries, with no extra benefits in the medical device field. Just like any other field, they help with identifying...

I agree with those who said that revisiting the Gantt chart might not be the most important thing in this case. Gantt charts are important and they allow you to plan a project and keep track of its pr...

Technology provides a lot of different ways to make the planning process easier and more efficient. Tools like Microsoft Office provide a lot of different ways to achieve goals mentioned in the origin...

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I think the duration of each task is different for every project based on a lot of different factors. The size of the project, the number of team members and their technical skills, the resources avai...

I think the best way to ensure a successful project is to meticulously plan every phase of the project. The project goals need to be listed out, including what exactly the project needs to accomplish....

Poor planning adds a lot of stress and uncertainty to the project and its members. There has been an instance where poor planning caused the project my team members and I were working on to suffer mul...

I agree with others who say that it’s okay for projects to be put on hold or canceled to give time and resources to other, and possibly more important projects. Sometimes putting a project on hold is ...

This is a great question, and something I’ve been thinking about as well. No matter how minute the changes are, it doesn’t seem like a good idea to introduce multiple changes into a product at once. W...

The most important part of dealing with experiment failure and coming up with a resolution is to be able to go through the experimental process thoroughly to understand why the experiment was performe...