The COVID-19 vaccinations received emergency use authorization which is the FDA’s way of expediting its availability during a public health emergency, when no alternatives exist, and when the benefits outweigh the potential risks based on interim or final phase 3…   Read more»

Whether your role is as a project manager, in research and development, marketing, or risk management – everyone on the team is working cohesively towards the same goal. Therefore, even for someone who does not plan to assume a managerial…   Read more»

This discussion reinforces the importance of doing your research and requesting smaller batches to confirm the service/product you are requesting meets expectations. This requires maintaining close contact and communication with vendors. As already mentioned, it is important that if a…   Read more»

Out of all the responses, no one mentioned how our senior capstone was a perfect example of where a single project can have multiple aspects/requirements which are each a priority for the final product. For my senior capstone project, my…   Read more»

I am always motivated by the idea of a challenge. Even now, I always challenge myself to stay busy hence why I work full time, am a full time masters student, and am conducting research and development while also exploring…   Read more»

An underperforming employee leads to decreased productivity, diminished work quality, and a decline in collaboration/morale. If the reason an employee is underperforming is because they lack the specific skills required then it is important to provide adequate training or to…   Read more»

According to the PMI Talent Triangle, an successful project manager requires technical project management, leadership, as well as strategic and business management skills. Based on my current experience leading the development of a medical device, I realized I do have…   Read more»

It is interesting to read perspectives from a cohort of students from almost one year ago. I would have to say I do agree with everyone in that always having multiple contingency plans, in this case multiple vendors for procurement,…   Read more»

Integration management has responsibilities during all phases (initiating, planning, executing, monitoring & controlling, and closing) of a projects lifespan. These include developing a proposal, creating a project management plan, managing/accomplishing the work, as well as monitoring and controlling the work…   Read more»

As @MahdiaSChy mentioned, communication between involved cross functional teams is the best approach to problem solving. When I had to work to secure network configurations for several ultrasounds units, just being able to work through the problem with IT and…   Read more»

For students who are interested in translating their fundamental research to the marketplace and forming a startup there are several grants you can apply for such as the National Science Foundation Innovation-Corps (NSF I-Corps) grants or Small Business Innovation Research…   Read more»

Similar to @ac825 I also work as a service engineer under RWJBH. Right after undergrad with plans on continuing towards some level of higher education, this job provided the exposure I needed to medical devices in order to figure out…   Read more»

From my experience in both settings I would have to say that the medtech industry is similar to the healthcare industry in that for a project to succeed you need cross-functional teams interacting every step of the away. The aspects…   Read more»

In project management, the most common aspects that need monitoring and controlling include: schedule, budget, resources, performance, and scope. From my experience during capstone, budget and resources were obtainable but they required networking or applying for additional grants which hindered…   Read more»

Hello! My name is Mehul and I am a graduate student at NJIT. Below is my LinkedIn. Looking forward to connecting!
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In my current job, my employer does track productivity as a means of evaluating each of the employees. I feel like this is a common metric used across multiple industries as justification to push employees forward into higher level positions…   Read more»

I have had experience where the initiation of a research project was poor and that resulted in major time setbacks and increased costs because we had to restart from the beginning. Consequently, I was working a lot more hours to…   Read more»

I agree with @Jbarbee in that there are multiple cross functional teams involved in seeing a project through. Any mistakes along the way that result in a time delay or an increase in cost will be impossible to cover up….   Read more»

Again I have to agree with @ac825 because as indicated by the PMI Talent Triangle, a manager requires technical project management, leadership, as well as strategic and business management skills. Without technical experience, working previously as an engineer, your only…   Read more»

I agree with @tgt6 and @ac825. I believe it is very important to prioritize tasks that are needed for later tasks or are codependent, however, when tasks are independent of one another I think it is imperative that one considers…   Read more»