Posted by: @bnb6 Dr. Simon said in his lecture, “Projects have a beginning and an end that are very well defined.” During my experience at Stryker, I have seen projects put on hold due to lower priority, and projects being…   Read more»

Posted by: @smk45 This week’s lecture describes that there are 3 different organizational structures: functional, projectized, and matrix organizations. Each organizational structure greatly impacts the way the company manages projects and how employees work. What do you think are some…   Read more»

Posted by: @nicoleb When we met with Dr. Simon in person for the introductory class a portion of the time we spoke about Europe’s new regulatory system, and how it has dethroned the FDA as the “big dog.” My question…   Read more»

Posted by: @limalo What do you think is one skill a project manager needs to succeed? I am not a project manager yet, but I spent a lot of time as a team player, and I have seen some managers…   Read more»

Your question is very important, and I cannot agree more. In my opinion, technical and interpersonal skills go hand in hand to make a good engineer. Before working in the industry, I did not fully understand why we do group…   Read more»

Initiating a project idea is the hardest part of the project development because the person might find a good idea but has no population to market the product to, or have a perfect idea, and the population but it is…   Read more»

I think there is no possible way to avoid unintended mistakes, yet sharing experience and good training could minimize the possibility of the mistakes happening. Most importantly, a project manager has to train the team on how to fix common…   Read more»