While there are various types (and hundreds of thousands) of medical device projects that are ongoing every year in med device companies, something common between them is the tasks in the project management process. As detailed in the lecture, the…   Read more»

Risk transference is one of the ways of risk mitigation in the medical device industry that highly relates to risk transfer in real life. As Dr. Simon states in the lecture, in real life there is risk transfer for everything…   Read more»

Project leadership style is one of the most vital parts of a project’s outcome in my opinion, I think it is almost undervalued by most companies because they are focused more so on the project succession. There are other parts…   Read more»

While companies that have a broad history of projects could use historical data to provide these estimates, its important for experts in market research and project management to come up with estimates, especially because they will be provided to the…   Read more»

Design reviews need to be some of the most organized parts of the project. All documents that need to be signed and approved prior to the meeting should be approved. Everyone that is required to attend the Design change review…   Read more»

While most may believe that only people with the title of project manager are leading projects, there are many functions in the medical device industry that need the ability and knowledge to do so. Upon reading the post, I immediately…   Read more»

I was working during the pandemic and had to go in everyday because I was in a lab setting, we were providing certificates that allowed us to commute to work when that was banned as well. Now, I am in…   Read more»

The different organizations mentioned in the lecture were also interesting to me because I tried to compare them to the teams i have worked on in the industry and feel like my company has had situations of all organizations. Currently,…   Read more»

Combination products in the industry have additional forms and process steps that come with them as well. These of course vary from company to company how the overall project management process and documentation does. From the lectures, it was my…   Read more»

This part of lecture was very interesting to me because my current background in the medical devices industry is within the wound closure sector where I have worked with various wound closure devices such as sutures (for stitching), medical staplers,…   Read more»

It is always important to know the distinction between the three classes, as stated multiple times in the lecture and the mini simulation because it can lead to many avoidable expenses and loss of time. In the medical device industry,…   Read more»

It is extremely vital to ensure that project progress is met for the project timeline to not be delayed or impacted at all. While ensuring that project responsibilities have been distributed accordingly to the members or groups, its important that…   Read more»

This is a very interesting topic because how possible it is in the “real world” for industries to experience something like this during projects. Based off the lectures and mini simulation this week, this is definitely a thought that popped…   Read more»

While many have stated that the company should fund the project and go for the patent, the initial post only says that the project idea has a potential to be patented in the future. In the medical device industry, there…   Read more»

The part of the lecture that focused on emotional intelligence and social skills really stood out to me and made me want to start reading the novel that was mentioned in the lecture. Similar to what others have mentioned above…   Read more»

I found it very interesting reading the different opinions and experiences of others that have been part of project management teams. From my personal experience at a medical device company and being parts of projects that had large teams, smaller…   Read more»