I believe a dialog between the two parties is the best solution to prevent any incidents like the destruction of research. It may benefit from having a member of these organizations on research pannels to provide some insight on potential…   Read more»

I agree with the idea of “more education=higher position,” but sometimes that’s not the case. The more I ask about careers in this field, the more I hear about the connections that helped many people get into today’s positions. I…   Read more»

At the time of this post, we are still dealing with e after-effects of COVID-19’s impact on the medical field. Thankfully, most manufacturers have bounced back and can produce more essentials to keep the general public safe, like N95 masks,…   Read more»

Academia relies on grants and academic personnel like student volunteers or other professors to continue their projects, and there is lower pay compared to industry jobs. However, the freedom of conducting your own experiments and traveling without much of a…   Read more»

Posted by: @devarshi-joshi The main functions of Human Resource Management department are : 1) Reduce turnover 2)Hire for fit 3)Focus on retention of top performers 5)Improve employee engagement. So my question is how this will help in medical field improving…   Read more»

1. I believe the PM should be in charge of developing communication and delegating who is in charge of distributing specific information to task teams. The PM should also consider the need for clarity and detail when communicating many things…   Read more»

Quality assurance deals with setting and perfecting metrics for quality control to following and determining whether these metrics align with the overall Quality Management Plan. In contrast, quality control is the act of checking/ measuring the deliverables and seeing if…   Read more»

When evaluating a change request, the monitor and control team should consider the nature of the change and the long-term effects of this change if it were to be approved. Would the change benefit the patient if it is a…   Read more»

The execution portion of a project should have days planned into the schedule to consider the vacation time of the team members. The project schedule can use some of this “cushion” of time in conjunction with project lag time just…   Read more»

Some reasons for a budget increase on a project may include an inefficient initial design of a medical device that requires necessary revisions. Going backward and redesign an entire product for whatever reason will inevitably increase the budget. Backtracking on…   Read more»

Posted by: @rjs84 Part of the executing process involves information distribution, solicitation, source selection, and managing vendor relations. Most of the time and money of the project go into its execution. I would argue that the parts of the executing…   Read more»

This has absolutely been ad huge benefit to my understanding of how biotechnology is produced and processed. Taking Dr. Simon’s accelerated PM course over the summer gave me a good general overview of the PM processes and how they can…   Read more»

The overlapping activities throughout the Gantt chart represent the project as a whole. There may be several tasks taking place simultaneously, and visualizing this on a Gantt chart may help keep tasks on schedule. Some tasks have varying durations and…   Read more»

The only way for a PM to communicate to unresponsive members of a team, or members with clashing schedules, is to make the necessary information readily available in a communication forum. This forum could be an email, it could be…   Read more»

@k-faulk You raised some good points in your response. I think the team as a whole, or at least the tasks managers and the PM, should come together to see which completed and future tasks can connect given the missing…   Read more»

The consensus of the team is critical when the motivation of the project team is taken into consideration. If the team doesn’t feel motivated to continue the project because they disagree with the scope or direction, the outcome won’t be…   Read more»

The closing phase involves closing out contracts with outsourced resources for legal documentation and proof of service. After the contracts are closed and the project is deemed finished, the team needs to be paid. The PM then writes a final…   Read more»

A project cannot be implemented if there is no team to execute the plan. In the given scenario, I believe it is worth it to revisit the initial plan to have the project be successful and completed in a relatively…   Read more»

The failure of a project can be found in either the planning or execution phases. Poor planning of a project can be found in employment choices for the team, a timeline that hasn’t made room for mistakes or delays in…   Read more»

I think the area of overlap can be found in the Product life cycle’s developmental phase. During this time, the Project is being conceived, and the Project manager is going through the Initiating and Planning phase. As the Product life…   Read more»