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nakimw replied to the topic "How was this class helpful" – 7 years ago

This course made me think more about how important the interactions between people are to ruining a project. A good PM is important but if you have people in the group that are lagging behind others than that makes a… Read more»
nakimw replied to the topic "Why do people work?" – 7 years ago

The two main motivators for me working at a specific company are competitive pay and challenging work. During my undergrad when I was working to pay bills rather than to advance my career I worked at one of the higher… Read more»
nakimw replied to the topic "What’s Your Motivator?" – 7 years ago

What motivates me the most is doing well. Whether that be for a course or for a job it has been ingrained in me to do a good job. The amount I care about the subject has a little effect… Read more»
nakimw replied to the topic "WBS Pitfalls" – 7 years ago

WBS is important for identifying tasks and showing how they relate to one another and I believe one of the issues can be not getting enough in-depth on the tasks needed for the project. If something that task turns out… Read more»
nakimw replied to the topic "Communication Management" – 7 years ago

E-mails are the most efficient way to communicate with people if the culture of the company makes it so that is the main form of getting into contact with someone. If the person that you are trying to getting into… Read more»
nakimw replied to the topic "Unexpected Time Delays – miniSim" – 7 years ago

Time is an important factor in any project because extending a project not only makes it more expensive but could also lead to a competitor putting out a similar product before you could. To shorten it in order get it… Read more»
nakimw replied to the topic "Planning Phase" – 7 years ago

One thing that needs to be considered by the engineer more often then I realized is the cost of the product. You could have an amazing idea for a device that the user will love and but if it is… Read more»
nakimw replied to the topic "Changing Control" – 7 years ago

For the company that I work for they implement new devices in order to make the work of technicians easier and ensure quality. One such device is one meant to cut tissue into predetermined shapes with very little human input…. Read more»
nakimw replied to the topic "Discussion Topic: State of your Organization" – 7 years ago

I currently work as a technician at a tissue bank where I process the tissue and prepare it to go out to the doctor. Our organization as a whole is one of the bigger tissue banks and the department I… Read more»
nakimw replied to the topic "Funding in Medical Devices Industry" – 7 years ago

As an undergrad, a group of my classmates and I had to come up a phantom for micro-CT scanning. Our client for the project wanted channels a micron small and in order to do that there would require a large… Read more»
nakimw replied to the topic "Should Interpersonal skills be more valuable than technical skills?" – 7 years ago

I would say that Goleman’s perspective is not too far off. Because the type of work required by biomedical engineers is a collaborative effort you need a certain level of interpersonal skills in order to work with a group of… Read more»
nakimw posted a new topic "Changining staff" – 7 years ago

Say that someone on your project team changes positions to a different job so that you no longer have said person to perform a critical task for the project. His or her assigned task not being done can greatly slow… Read more»
nakimw replied to the topic How was this class helpful in the forum Project Management Application: Clinical Trial 7 years ago

This course made me think more about how important the interactions between people are to ruining a project. A good PM is important but if you have people in the group that are lagging behind others than that makes a project that much more difficult and can lead to timeline changes, going over budget, etc. The possibility of others in your team…[Read more]
nakimw replied to the topic Why do people work? in the forum Project Management Application: Clinical Trial 7 years ago

The two main motivators for me working at a specific company are competitive pay and challenging work. During my undergrad when I was working to pay bills rather than to advance my career I worked at one of the higher paying work-study jobs that had the added benefit of being filled with people that I enjoyed working with. The work was not often…[Read more]
nakimw replied to the topic What’s Your Motivator? in the forum Project Management Application: Clinical Trial 7 years ago

What motivates me the most is doing well. Whether that be for a course or for a job it has been ingrained in me to do a good job. The amount I care about the subject has a little effect on how hard I am willing to work but regardless of that I still try to do the job to the best of my ability
nakimw replied to the topic WBS Pitfalls in the forum Project Management Knowledge Areas 7 years ago

WBS is important for identifying tasks and showing how they relate to one another and I believe one of the issues can be not getting enough in-depth on the tasks needed for the project. If something that task turns out to be 2 or 3 than that not only changes your WBS but everything related to it. Having this happen for one of your tasks should not…[Read more]
nakimw replied to the topic Communication Management in the forum Project Management Knowledge Areas 7 years ago

E-mails are the most efficient way to communicate with people if the culture of the company makes it so that is the main form of getting into contact with someone. If the person that you are trying to getting into contact with does not regularly check their email than it becomes calling the person. This relates a little to emotional intelligence…[Read more]
nakimw started the topic Changining staff in the forum Project Management Knowledge Areas 7 years ago

Say that someone on your project team changes positions to a different job so that you no longer have said person to perform a critical task for the project. His or her assigned task not being done can greatly slow down the pace of the project so what are ways to manage it so that as little time as possible is added to the project timeline
nakimw replied to the topic Unexpected Time Delays – miniSim in the forum Project Management Process and Medical Device Development 7 years, 2 months ago

Time is an important factor in any project because extending a project not only makes it more expensive but could also lead to a competitor putting out a similar product before you could. To shorten it in order get it done faster can lead to problems down the line. If all the risks of a product is not fully understood before it reaches the market…[Read more]
nakimw replied to the topic Planning Phase in the forum Project Management Process and Medical Device Development 7 years, 2 months ago

One thing that needs to be considered by the engineer more often then I realized is the cost of the product. You could have an amazing idea for a device that the user will love and but if it is fiscally out of bounds to what you can produce then you need to adapt to that while also fulfilling the needs of the user. This may sometime mean removing…[Read more]
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