This class was very interesting and super informative for my future endeavors. What I found the most helpful and interesting were both the Mini-Simulations and the Simulations themselves. The mini-Sim...

As stated in the question, we were introduced to a few different qualities a manager needs to have to be successful and effective. Among these were interpersonal skills, organization and crisis manage...

If I was given the choice between a management role and an engineering/tech/scientist role, I would definitely choose to be in the engineering/tech/scientist role. I would choose this role because I l...

From the list of roles of a clinical project team, they all had their interesting aspects but the roles that grabbed my attention were the "Clinical Research Organizations (CROs)" or the Laboratories....

So looking at this issue at face value, I would 100% agree with you here, they don't seem to correlate at all. If what motivates people to work is exciting/challenging work, then leaving a job because...

Looking at the results of what motivates people to stay and continue working, I had mixed thoughts there were some things in places that I would guess and there were others that I thought were on par....

Simply put, according to the lecture, Quality Assurance is making sure that the project has the procedures and the people to handle the project standards, while Quality Control is the act of measuring...

Communication is extremely important in, not only project management but, in life in general. In regards to your questions, for the first question of who should do the communication on a project depen...

If someone on the team changes positions to a different job, that could cause problems when it comes time to complete a project. Especially if the part that person is working on is important and criti...

Overall, change controls are influencing factors that create change to ensure beneficial results. Change controls are to determine that change has occurred as well as manage the change as it happens. ...

Fortunately, during the miniSim, all time conflicts were resolved in a pleasant manner, however, this is not always the case. If there is a situation where the conflict is not resolved calmly or there...

Closing phase is the final phase in the project life cycle, after Monitoring and Controlling phases, to formally recognize project completion. As stated in the lecture, during this phase, all contract...

This is a very good question. Design validation is an important factor in some, not all, projects. From the lecture, we see that, for many devices, validation means that the product will be used in li...

Design verification checks that the inputs are equal to the corresponding and correct outputs. Each input has an output and each output must be verified. This is typically a necessary step in the exec...

I don't entirely agree with the statement provided. I do agree that blunders in the areas of information distribution, solicitation, source selection, and managing vendor relations can definitely caus...