In the mini-sim, we learned that having more vendors meant more time, money, and a broader range for the specs. Other things to consider are whether or not the service or product can be produced from ...

I agree with @anthonynjit . Although the analogous approach is quicker and less costly, its downfalls include being less accurate, considering little detail and understanding in preparing estimates, a...

Personally, I've only had the opportunity of working within laboratories so the companies that come to mind for me are: Thermo Fisher Scientific Agilent Bio-Rad Johnson&Johnson Roche Diagnostics...

This is a great point! I don't have any experience working in design transfer projects but in my opinion, the specification of project managers for research and development and design transfer is esse...

This week's simulation tasked teams to find out what is causing the product to fail cytotoxicity testing at Nelmsa Toxicology. Due to this result, the verification of the product is at a halt and furt...

I agree. With a schedule variance, the project may need more hands on deck or modification to the workflow. My first instinct would be to meet with the team to discuss how we can make the workflows wi...

Hi everyone! I’m Jada Barbee, a master’s student at NJIT studying biomedical engineering. I currently work at Memorial Sloan Kettering in NYC as a licensed clinical laboratory technologist. Let’s co...

I agree with the comment above. Success can certainly be defined by the completion of all tasks but as stated, success in not equal. The success of a project could be many different things including s...

I agree with @nk434 ! Delays may occur due to a plethora of different uncontrollable factors and the project team members are not always to blame. The implementation of personnel evaluations can defin...

I think falsifying progress would be extremely difficult. Within the initiation phase of a project, project planning takes place and is a crucial step in keeping on track to meet deadlines. Any reason...

The board of directors is a constituent of the organizational governance in ensuring accountability, fairness, and transparency to stakeholders. They reinforce standards and compliance along with orga...

I think experience in project management would be a great indication to land a position in the field. Without experience, I do not think a degree specific to project management is necessary. People se...

In my opinion, there's benefits to both having a project management department within the company and hiring from outside of the company. By creating a project management department within the company...

When scheduling tasks, the expected duration of each task is based off of the relationships between the tasks and an estimate of the duration. In the last lecture, Dr. Simon mentioned the importance o...

Project management processes and design controls are similar in a sense that both are carried out along the duration of planning the project. Project management processes are the “how-tos” of the proj...