The planning phase is important since it is the foundation of a project’s progress. Poor planning will cause delays, cancellations, and may not produce a profitable product if development process was poorly executed. Going back to an earlier phase doesn’t…   Read more»

All the listed factors are essential for team success and are equally important as follows: Agreeing on a project goal will help keep team members in check as to what the guidelines will be as well as speculated timeline Communication…   Read more»

Estimating project timelines is no easy feat, the issue comes with the ability to understand everyones job, number of team members, and difficulty of tasks. I think the best way for a PM to do a proper estimation is to…   Read more»

Working for Biotronik I was required to keep tabs on all my updates I have done during my time there for each project I worked on to be discussed during lab meetings. During this time I would include print outs…   Read more»

Working with the VA, I was required to predict any possible failed outcomes for the scripts I would write for data analysis. I had to be able to manage risk by identifying and verifying that all outputs of the script…   Read more»

Monitoring and controlling is a method of observation project activities remain on the correct track and produce deliverables in accordance to these projects. Adaptive projects tend to be less stable incomparison to straightforward projects which makes it easeier to regulate…   Read more»

Design validation is a stage in product development cycle that makes sure the product does what it’s supposed to do. The point of the design validation is not to define outputs or verify outputs, but to set expectations and verify…   Read more»

I agree to the previous posts, being able to analyze problem and describe what your product will do to solve this problem would be a good starting approach to propose a new product to a company. As long as you…   Read more»

A a project manager, I too find  a good way to measure progress is to determine sequential milestones and schedule meetings to discuss said milestones and progress. During those meetings we would be able to delegate teams, goals and issues…   Read more»

In the simulation, I would have found it much easier to interact face to face versus communicating via email. Our simulation ran into some delays due to lack of communication, once a group member set it upon herself to email…   Read more»

Project managers who are introverted may struggle when building team morale and relationships. Although project managers are not supposed to be friends, but it is important to be able to boost morale and provide proper compensation in order to boost…   Read more»

Initiating project idea is one of the hardest part of project development because you are trying to figure out what is the over all goal for this project will be. During this stage you would need to think about your…   Read more»

Communication is one of the main skills in having a successful completion of task. As mentioned in a previous post, time management is an overlooked skill. Having a team that can communicate will allow to deliver and meet deadlines effectively….   Read more»

If I was a project manager, the skills I would be looking for in my team members is ambitious, social, innovative, and has ofcourse good understanading of the material we will be working on. However, I would not shut out…   Read more»

In order to maintain high and low level priority projects require a lot of fundings, being able to hire more employees to keep up with low priority projects would be quite difficult to fund. With more employees, it does not…   Read more»

I agree that global regulation may cause major delays with testing medical devices. Given that most implantable devices cannot be tested within the US, most companies do their testing internationally where regulations are much more lenient. Majority of chemical testing…   Read more»

Determining questions is probably one of the more tedious tasks asked of an engineer in my opinion. The need to research countless hours on current models, devices, or builds available in the market, the history of those devices and how…   Read more»

As a Biomedical Engineering student, I find that having the technical skills is quite essential when mingling and collaborating with other engineers. If you are not able to properly preach what you practice or share your knowledge, how else would…   Read more»

Joseph Philips defines project management in his PMP Project Management Professional Stud Guide as “the practice of initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing the work of a team to achieve specific goals and meet specific success criteria at the specified…   Read more»