This is a really interesting topic to discuss. What motivates me is something challenging and realizing that the work I do everyday improves human life. I like it when my brain is busy doing somethi...

During my capstone project, we had several mini projects to accomplish in order to complete our final project. For example, our project was to create a device which measures three parameters, blood g...

During one of the project in my internship, I had to perform Gage R&R studies on few parts in order to validate the measuring equipment. I planned out a strategy and started working on testing ou...

This is a really interesting topic to discuss as this type of situation often happens in a workforce. During my co-op experience, I was a part of the huge transfer project in which my company acquire...

During my work experience, if we need to file for 510k or FDA approval, we use the flowchart developed by the company and the FDA to guide us during the entire process. The process is so broad that t...

In my past experience with project, it is very hard to see the complete process as they are very detailed. I have seen a project follow the normal process of, Initialing, planning, Executing, and Clo...

I agree with most of the participants regarding product recall due to a device failure. Product recall is the worst thing that can happen to a medical device company. It can affect the business asse...

Engineering change order (ECO) is an official change notice that one initiate upon seeing something wrong in the process or if there is a documentation discrepancies in the engineering drawing. After...

In my senior design project (capstone), we were supposed to come up with an estimated project cost and track as we progress with buying parts for the project. Just like in any project, our budget var...

During one of my co-op experience, I worked with the design and instrument validation of many measuring devices. As a result, I was involved keeping critical notes on file because validation of a dev...

I agree with most of the participants above regarding the issues that may arise while the project manager is out on a leave. These issues are very common in the industry and the project team must get...

I agree with all the participants in the posts above regarding the role of PM and his or her duties of Quality Assurance. Quality Assurance responsibility is a huge task within Quality in a medical d...

One challenge that the project manager face on a daily basis is the ability to properly communicate the deadlines of multiple projects. There are many active projects going on in a company. Many tim...

During project planning, cost estimation and time estimation for completing a project is the most challenging task for the project manager. There are many of factors that can affect the project manag...

I agree with all of the participants in this post regarding Dr. Simon’s class. This is my first semester as Masters in Biomedical Engineering and also first time taking a class with Dr. Simon. In my...