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msc52njit-edu replied to the topic Missing a Milestone Experience in the forum Project Management Process and Medical Device Development 7 years, 5 months ago
For my senior design we had developed an portable ultrasound device for micron position tracking that can be used to diagnose scoliosis in patients. Our Gantt chart had all of the specifics as to when test would be run and what type of results we needed from the testing. A milestone we had missed was running test of a replica spinal column while submerged in water to represent the medium of the human body. We were comparing the results we got for distance between vertebrae’s to actual distance measured. To reach our milestone we had to complete our data analysis on bone shadow regions and the specificity and sensitivity of imaging our wrist, so that we can move on to imaging the spine. We also were slow with getting real patients to scan, and so at the end of the semester we had to schedule all of our scans on the same day to complete our Gantt chart. All other aspects of our Gantt chart had been completed on time.