As many of the responses above stated, the most important thing to do in that instance is to isolate and understand the failure mode. When performing testing, there is often a pretty structure protoco...

For any market, competition is important because it ensures monopolies don't form. If there is competition within a market, that means each company will be working to best the other ones, which drives...

Posted by: @patricia Design controls are like a system of checks and balances to help comply with the law and ensure safety. For those that work in industry what part of the design control process ha...

Posted by: @vcf3 Competency is different from personality. There are out-going project managers who could motivate project team as well as quiet project managers who are good in project planning. Som...

Posted by: @sallirab Through out the project phases and process communication is the most crucial part. From initiating to the Closing process, if there was no real communication the project will go ...

Posted by: @limalo What do you think is one skill a project manager needs to succeed? A project manager needs many skills in order to be successful, but I think the single most important is good org...

Posted by: @rjs84 According to Daniel Goleman, success can be broken down to be 70% interpersonal skills and 30% technical knowledge. The idea of this balance being in favor of interpersonal skills i...

Posted by: @bnb6 Dr. Simon said in his lecture, "Projects have a beginning and an end that are very well defined." During my experience at Stryker, I have seen projects put on hold due to lower prior...

Posted by: @vcf3 Discuss the tools and techniques that project managers can use to ensure knowledge and lessonslearned from previous projects are not lost, and can be shared for the benefit of future...

Posted by: @rgp29 Hello everyone.Project managers need to be effective in a lot of ways. For example, you need to finish the project on time and the quality of the product need to be outstanding. How...

Posted by: @krp67 I do not have experience of working for industry, but from my academic career, I notice these skills were apparent in a few professors which have made them successful as a professor...

Posted by: @krp67 I do not have experience of working for industry, but from my academic career, I notice these skills were apparent in a few professors which have made them successful as a professor...

Posted by: @kbs27 Hi all, In the video lecture Dr.Simon mentioned about two terms of contract,Written & Verbal agreement. He said that verbal contract can be legal but what if the due to dispute ...

Posted by: @rgp29 Hello everyone, As I was listening to this week's lecture, it called my attention the fact that companies can only give gifts of 100$ to the physicians and those gifts have to be re...

Posted by: @fo3 As learned this week, it is important to protect our ideas and inventions and to do so in the appropriate legal manner. Part of the lesson discussed Non-disclosure agreements, or cont...