Everyone has made very valid points regarding this topic. I am a very firm believer in proper communication to achieve goals and address any issues in the lifespan of a project. If a team member was p...

In my experience, I think that review meetings are the most important for plan execution. It ensures that all members of the team are informed on project progress and are aware of deliverables that ar...

@dev-doshi Hey Dev, I think this is a very insightful response! To answer your questions, starting with stakeholders risk tolerance I think the amount of uncertainty that stakeholders are willing to a...

General sentiment shared amongst the responses is that there is a threshold where monitoring becomes micromanagement of the team and I would agree. I think a good way to contextualize when this line i...

I think one of the things I would consider as a PM in this instance is to consult the members of my team who would have more specialization in testing and validation. As a PM its good to have knowledg...

@bryan-xavier I one hundred percent agree that peer mentorship and knowledge sharing is beneficial to fostering a successful project. Apart from our advisor on our capstone project, we also collective...

PMs as you stated should definitely prioritize safety not only to protect the brands reputation, but to also ensure the safety of the products for the consumers. Shareholders may express concerns or f...

Cost and resource estimation can be an challenging aspect of project planning for any industry. As the lecture this week pointed out, the planning phase involves going through individual tasks within ...

It can be argued that the work breakdown structure or WBS is one of the most fundamental tools in project management. In the case of medical device development, the WBS is unique as it not only has to...

Medical device development is more complex than typical project management in the sense that the PM must manage the Design History File which includes non negotiable aspects of the project. As we lear...

I recently had a discussion with a supervisor where we both weighed the importance of certifications and degrees. Higher education degrees often offer broad strategic lens where as certifications (esp...

Hey everyone my name Jacob Chabuel and I am a thesis option Biomedical engineering student at NJIT. My undergraduate degree was also in BME with concentration in biomaterials. Here's my LinkedIn prof...

One thing that I think is worth mentioning and I haven't really seen brought up yet is the fact that product life cycles can really be influenced by technical debt. For example, companies may have inv...

Suppose you are the project manager for a class III device, a bio-absorbable vascular stent. The current strategy is to introduce this device to market that dissolves quicker than the industry standar...

I was a bit confused on the wording of this post but I'm assuming you meant making modifications to a previously existing medical device. From my understanding, the FDA does not require a total re-eva...