I agree it’s not always better to terminate an employee for consistently poor performance. Many times, a company will want to determine why an employee is performing poorly before they decide what act...

I believe that a positive vendor relationship will primarily result from effective communication and an equal level of respect. The simulation appears to show that a number of problems occur due to un...

If I worked as a project manager in a medical setting, I believe I would spend my time mostly encouraging the team to remember just how much their efforts matter. Because of the impact both positive a...

I think your comments regarding lack of resource at small companies are valid, however I do believe there is another large reason why clinical trials are often outsourced. Experience is another very i...

If I were a Project Manager working in medicine, I would encourage my team to remind themselves how important their role is. In medicine, your actions directly affect people’s lives as I believe this ...

I believe that job satisfaction is very important, however it is not the only factor. When an individual enjoys their job and has a positive working environment; there is a much higher likelihood for ...

When considering which vendor to work with, I believe the best place to begin is to clearly understand your needs for the project. Once you have a solid understanding of those, comparing vendors will ...

While making sure that all the teams understand what the others are working with may seem to add to the overall time needed for the project, it will likely reduce the need for fixing problems which co...

First, I believe we need to determine what impact the missed task will have on our project. If it has significant importance, then we need to move as quickly as possible to complete the task before ot...

Honestly this is a very typical scenario. Often times projects are dependent upon factors beyond the team's control such as suppliers and equipment. Although it may not be the team's fault for the del...

I agree with you that both team members and stakeholders are important in making sure a project meets its objectives. However, I believe that stakeholders generally have a lot of power when it comes t...

I believe if a product has passed internal validation and verification but failed after being tested by an outside contractor, it's likely due to inconsistencies with testing techniques. Testing inter...

I believe that we need to find the right balance between communication and being able to accomplish our job duties. While there are definite benefits to having too many meetings, having too little com...

Teams may need to make decision-making decisions that take into account some level of risk rather than complete agreement when team members cannot reach an agreement on key elements of a project due t...

Gantt charts are especially useful in the medical device area due to the complexity of the overall process and the fact that this process is broken into various stages; design, prototyping, testing an...