I have been industry for a few years so this class was beneficial for me to understand different areas of project management. Everyone learns these on the job and they are different for each company, but I think this class…   Read more»

Posted by: @talha-chaudhry Exciting and Challenging Work: 48%Career growth and development: 43%Working with great people: 42%Fair pay: 32%Supportive Manager/Boss: 25%Be Recognized/valued & respected: 23%Benefits: 22%Meaningful Work/Make a difference: 17% I’m not surprised by the statistics on this as it does…   Read more»

Tunnel vision can occur due to stress that one needs to figure out a solution. There can be such a focus on finishing the task that you may believe that there is only one route that may be correct and…   Read more»

I would agree with many of the sentiments in this thread. People leave work due to multiple factors that can also include a transition from one area of a business to another. I’ve seen some people transition from engineering to…   Read more»

My biggest motivators in my career are centered in both the challenges at work (that are exciting to work on) as well as the development of my career my manager is able to provide. I love the challenges at work…   Read more»

Posted by: @tn58 My question to everyone who works in industry is, was there ever a case where a major team player was placed on another project and removed from your team? If yes, how did that change the project…   Read more»

Recently, there was a project I was on that had two instruments removed from scope earlier on in the project as this project was worked on by different divisions of the company. The two instruments were removed from scope for…   Read more»

I agree with many who have posted that this does occur more frequently than not on projects. People shift positions or leave a company within the project timeline (especially if the timeline is expanded past two years). From experience in…   Read more»

A project should be initiated once a team has produced a feasible design of a product that can be realistically manufactured and be brought to market with a large return on investment. Sometimes, the discovery phase can last for years…   Read more»

Risk is a negative term for many, but it does lead to better innovation for product. There is always a risk assessment completed for a projects I work with that is completed by quality to ensure product is safe for…   Read more»

Earnestly, there is no way to budget a project exactly at the beginning. There is too many variables that can change where even when one project that is similar to the new one, the budgets will not be the same….   Read more»

Posted by: @as934 In this week’s Simulation 2, we are working for a company called BoneFix, which is partnering with company called FactoSet to create a competitive product that delivers a growth factor that aids in bone regeneration. BoneFix has…   Read more»

Scope creep can occur due to the indications a system encompasses. If a system is originally chartered for adult patients, but pediatric indications are a must have later on, then the scope increases due to the new regulations or product…   Read more»

As many have said in this thread, validation of the product confirms the functionality of the product and answers the question on “Does this product work as intended and does it do it well?”. There are many engineers who can…   Read more»

A project that fails usually has a poor planning of the prototype with complex features that make lead times on prototypes take way longer than expected (not based on manufacturing fault, but rather manufacturability of part being difficult) as well…   Read more»

I have a couple of years of experience in working with multiple teams (my work place utilizes a matrix type organization where I am usually working 2 or 3 product development teams at a given time). The best project managers…   Read more»

For someone that has been in industry for a couple of years, I cannot stress this enough for people to understand the design process and how project managers work with this in mind. Although not everyone will be constrained to…   Read more»

Posted by: @nicoleb Gantt charts are not done for processes like design verification where one task must be completed before moving on to the next. Instead, they are mainly utilized for scheduling parts of the project that can be going…   Read more»

If the team were to miss a milestone, the project would need to understand the time and resources needed to get to the point that they were aiming for. Most projects miss the initial deadlines set and there are always…   Read more»