I agree with the idea that once people get comfortable they tend to leave their jobs. When you first start a job, people tend to try to give you praise for your hard work. Later when you’re not considered a…   Read more»

@christoph I would also be interested in a clinical research associate, which I technically work as in my current job. My team and I work for clinical testing for potential vaccines. I enjoy working with clinical trials and testing different…   Read more»

@jp582 In my personal opinion competition can motivate or overwhelms sometimes. For example, at my job, we have daily tasks/experiments that we run in our labs, and when the task is completed, there is a software that analyzes your results…   Read more»

Bigger roles come with bigger responsibilities, and that’s common in every field.  In my opinion, I see myself working as an engineer in any technical area/ Research and development to let myself absorb and learn things that I don’t have…   Read more»

Changing staff can be problematic especially when its in the middle of a clinical trial or a project. I believe the best way to handle a member leaving the team is by hiring a replacement at least a month before…   Read more»

Changing staff can be problematic especially when its in the middle of a clinical trial or a project. I believe the best way to handle a member leaving the team is by hiring a replacement at least a month before…   Read more»

I agree with @jea42 opinion about the communication platform. For my team, we prefer in-person meetings but unfortunately due to the coronavirus and the social distancing rules, my team has been using WebEx as the main communication platform and it…   Read more»

My team at work faced the same situation recently, one of our team members left for maternity leave but we needed an extra person to do her job because there was an overload on all team members, so the company…   Read more»

Posted by: @jea42 The planning phase is important since it is the foundation of a project’s progress. Poor planning will cause delays, cancellations, and may not produce a profitable product if development process was poorly executed. Going back to an…   Read more»

I believe combining products might be a smart shortcut for the company when it yields successful results. Working for a Big Pharma company that produces many different types of drugs and vaccines, you have access to numerous amount of projects…   Read more»

I agree. In my case, we have a biweekly team meeting that is hosted by the upper management/ Directors of the department. Having clear stated metrics for a team is very essential so the team can have their “eyes on…   Read more»

Posted by: @ryanrattazzi In the lecture this week, it was emphasized that the entirety of the team working on the project is consulted when determining the duration of each task in the work breakdown structure. This makes sense, as this…   Read more»

Changing control of a project isn’t always a bad thing. there is a process to follow, each company has a specific protocol to follow but they all guide you to end up with the same results, which is changing the…   Read more»

@bb254 I completely understand the hardship of underestimating a timeline. Underestimating a timeline for a project in most cases isn’t a 1 person’s fault. Sometimes it’s due to miscommunication between departments. For intense, there was supposed to be a start…   Read more»

Posted by: @ka234 @ajm73 I definitely agree with you that the project team should just focus on the initial project at hand. Unfortunately, that is hard to do, especially for projects that are driven by the customer. I work in…   Read more»

I agree with @sallirab opinion, sometimes circumstances present themselves that no way it could have been anticipated during the planning phase of the project. For example, with the coronavirus Pandemic, most of the companies have asked their workers to stay…   Read more»

This course has exposed me to regulations for medical devices that I wasn’t aware of. Even the brief part in the course that went over the vaccines/ pharmaceutical companies’ regulations did help me better understand how my everyday job is…   Read more»

Posted by: @devarshi-joshi After learning about Monitoring and Controlling phase we learnt about metrics. My question is how is this metrics important in project? I believe to run a successful project, it all starts with putting metrics for the project…   Read more»

In my opinion, the actual vs planned costs of the project should be evaluated after each stage of the project (monitoring). In certain scenarios, it is better to go over planned costs for the sake of insuring a good quality…   Read more»

Based on my work experience, and working with vaccines research and development, based on the customers/the market requests of working on a corona virus, my company has decided not to invest in making one because the corona virus isn’t as…   Read more»