Metrics are calculations that let you measure things, during the monitoring and controlling phase. It is important to have metrics in order to observe the differences in what is being observed (contro...

This course has opened up a whole new criteria for me regarding FDA and product development. Although I have worked for industry, I have not been opened to the other responsibilities of an entire team...

While in the process of developing a team, absence and vacation of an employee should be determined early on so that deadlines can be scheduled accordingly through out all the members of the team. Dur...

Planned value and actual cost matter in each phase equally because it allows the team to determine budget status and scheduling. This also allows the team to figure out risks in the plan and come up w...

One issue that PM's face when handling a project includes lack of communication between team members and different stages of the project. Maintaining emails and phone calls and sending new updates can...

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 ...

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 a...

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 prope...

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 ...

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 outpu...

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 ...

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 ...

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 lo...

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 a...

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 ...