The first step to nurturing an effective business relationship is by establishing and maintaining a connection. This means that you should be in touch with vendors regularly. If at all possible, meet in person at your office so that vendors…   Read more»

In my opinion, I think it is possible to have multiple objectives or goals for one project. It is very important to identify the scopes of the project before hand to make sure these different goals or priorities are put…   Read more»

I have learned a lot about project management techniques and methods related to medical devices and practical problem solving simulations based on real-world examples of medical device projects. I learned how to work in a team on a commercial medical…   Read more»

I agree with the above replies, as medical devices become increasingly complex, the need for reliable, compliant, and cost-efficient supplier partners is of great importance to strategic sourcing and direct procurement executives. At the center of all decision-making is balancing…   Read more»

The Six Sigma offers a structured and disciplined process for solving business problems. Six Sigma uses tools designed to identify root causes for the defects in processes that keep an organization from providing its customers with the consistent quality of…   Read more»

Quality assurance is a set of different activities for ensuring the quality in the processes by which products are developed. It aims at preventing defects with a focus on the process, which is used to make the product. It is…   Read more»

While employee absenteeism due to illness or other issues is an unavoidable fact of life, there are many measures that managers and employers can take to minimize employee absenteeism and to better manage it in general. Although employee absenteeism is…   Read more»

I think you have pointed out the most important factors for project success. Communication comes as the most important out of all of them. Communications should be well defined and efficient in order to prevent delays. Each member of the…   Read more»

Earned Value Management (EVM) is a technique that can be used to measure project performance against the project baseline. This technique can be considered by insight to be one of the best practices areas for monitoring project performance from both…   Read more»

It is imperative to keep the project on a schedule not only to finish it on time but also to enable unnecessary cost overruns to slippage of schedule because the costs start rising exponentially. Schedule variance is a vital analytical…   Read more»

I personally disagree with this statement. I do not think these are the most important parts of the entire project; they are still very important aspects of the execution phase of the project. When it comes to the execution phase…   Read more»

3The planning stage plays an important role in helping guide stakeholders, sponsors, teams, and the project manager through all the other project phases. Planning is essential to identify the desired goals to reduce risks, avoid missed deadlines, and ultimately deliver…   Read more»

For the project manager to come up with an ideal time for each task has to come after research on this specific task and then answer some questions like if this has been done before and if yes how long…   Read more»

Defining requirements of a medical product early in the process is very important to prevent some costly revisions later and any delayed time to market. Key to success of the medical device is to take into consideration the total product…   Read more»

I don’t think it is worth increasing the risk to shorten the time span. It is understandable in some cases that time should be decreased for emergency reasons and stuff. Nevertheless, if the project fails then the project will be…   Read more»

I learned during my last internship about some of the things that should be put into consideration before deciding on deadlines. For example, inaccurately defined deliverables, omitted deliverable documents, avoiding informal agreements, never make assumptions, everyone needs to pull their…   Read more»

No matter how well planned your project schedule may be, there is always the possibility for delay. Delays can occur for any number of reasons, some good, and some bad. Whether mandated or self-imposed, deadlines bring clarity to a project….   Read more»

Uncontrolled change is one of the biggest foes of a project manager. That’s why a solid change management process can be a project manager’s best friend. Putting this kind of process in place enables you to deliver what the customer…   Read more»

The project schedule was probably drafted by sales or an account manager. Then it was handed off to the project manager. It was then moulded into the very detailed schedule that the project is now being managed against. There may…   Read more»

One of the most important phases of project management is known as validation. The process of validation generally occurs as one step or multiple steps of the process, usually in stages and is used to determine if the project is…   Read more»