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 chang...

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 we...

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 expand...

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 ...

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 produ...

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...

Change control happens more often than not with projects that have either leveraged a previous design for a more complex case or for products that are post-market and need manufacturing transfers or a...

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 fac...

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 ...

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 ar...

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 m...

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). T...

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 every...

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 pa...

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...