In Functional Organizations, one manager is in charge of a handful of staff. These managers can be in charge of Regulatory, Quality, Clinical, and many others. In this type of organization, the staff ...

After coming up with the proposal and development plan, defining the specifications in the Design Input Document and Design Specification Document would follow. Afterward, the verification process can...

As others have stated before, communication is the foundation from which any progress can stem. As a project manager, I would do my best to delegate the tasks that each member needs to complete and th...

The first example from the original poster seems ideal and efficient in getting the job done successfully. The more to bounce concise ideas and experience around with each other, the better the result...

The risk I see in the validation and verification process can be centered around timing. From that risk, it can stem various issues. If this process were not to be done or to be done with no regard to...

When regarding the position of a Project Manager, I think the ratio from Goleman's perspective can be applicable or more towards 60% interpersonal skills and 40% technical knowledge. In positions wher...

When working on a project, I would prefer to work with a smaller group. While having more people on a team can introduce various areas of knowledge that a smaller one might not have, the attention to ...

I would want to be a part of the product development process. I believe that an essential part of this process is brainstorming and finalizing the details and requirements of your product. If this pro...

I believe that project managers can come from both batches of being born a leader vs. having learned to be a leader and still have the same success. To be a leader comes from the amount of time and de...

I don't think that a non-disclosure agreement wouldn't be a substitute for a patent. A patent shows who owns the idea while a non-disclosure agreement shows that the discussions between those in the c...

I think that inquiring about possible side effects with the usage of medication currently in production or discussing the materialistic properties that may occur within a device could be topics of dis...

Written agreements involve papers and signatures while verbal agreements are based on the spoken word. I believe that no one should rely on a verbal agreement. A lot of situations can be spun so that ...

As a start-up company, I think that starting as a project organization type of setting would be best. This way the project manager would be comfortable observing the development of his team. As for th...

I would like to work in a matrix organization type of setting. I work like that there would be a pool that project managers can choose from so the project would have to crash and burn from the start d...

As others have said beforehand, the best organizational structure depends on the sizing of the company. Between the three mentioned in the lecture, I would say the matrix organization would be ideal. ...