I can speak about vendors and how vendor choices are made. I currently work at a multinational pharmaceutical company, and usually they are have a primary vendor that they solely work for to purchase ...

I absolutely believe that it is important for people to understand the work and style of their team members and the project goal as a whole, reason being it helps them understand the big picture as to...

I think that it is totally possible to have an exciting and fruitful team development process that can be equally rewarding on a low or lower budget. Oftentimes, throwing money towards the development...

Project managers should absolutely be flexible when a personal situation comes up for one of their members. I think it is important to emphasize work life balance in the sense that personal life matte...

When working on a project, you are bound to encounter personalities among a wide variety and range that can be polar opposites or alike. As a project manager, your role would not to necessarily contai...

Project slack time is important because it allows some flexibility for issues that may arise during the project's life cycle without having to worry about being late or creating unforeseen consequence...

In my opinion, the best compromises are those where no party involved in the conflict can comfortably exclaim that they took the majority win of decisions. Often times, when the solution offered by th...

Once a product reaches the end of its developmental life cycle, where all associated documents and paperwork are formalized and finalized, I would assume that two things would happen. First, the origi...

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There are many technical challenges that play hand in hand in attributing to a medical device's success, each one creating domino effects that cascades one weak point into complete failure if not reme...

In my perspective, the best general resolutions of conflict include parts of both opposing parties ideas. Being able to incorporate the best of both solutions would indicate two things; first it would...

Like any good team, some type of established chemistry and repertoire should already exist between the PMs and team members, or atleast have some familiarity with their roles and responsibilities. Bei...

Like many of those mentioned above, I share their overall sentiment that poor planning takes a significant toll on both project success and overall chemistry of the team. Team composition and chemistr...

Realistically, a project Manager may not be able to meet all of the needs and wants of their team BUT can prioritize them in a way that the most impactful needs get met prior to the QoL ones. It is im...

Like what the previous responders have mentioned, stakeholders are not just the board of directors and those with a financial stake in the company. It can be defined as almost anyone who is employed b...