While I understand companies wanting to rush timelines and get their products out to market and - as @mmd55 said above - especially in medical devices where a new device might be life or death for a p...

Personally I don't think reprimanding or punishing the employee is the correct way to go about it, I think there should be a meeting to discuss how to best remedy the situation between the appropriate...

I think in terms of "success" we want to consider all projects as successful whether they were seen to full completion or not. Ultimately, a project should yield some sort of learning or value to be a...

In terms of getting back on track, I would talk to my team about where our gaps are and why we are falling behind. Most of the time, it is because there are other priorities or there is a roadblock to...

Hello everyone, My name is Nicholas Quon, I'm currently a Master's non-thesis option in Biomedical Engineering (bachelors in Chemical Engineering) and I am currently working at L'Oreal Piscataway as a...

While planning a project is one of the first phases, it's extremely important. Poor planning can mean execution can go all wrong and put severe delays on the timeline, even resulting in cancellation. ...

In my opinion, the person who is going to have the most influence on the project timeline is going to be the company director/department director who is overseeing the project. Team members and stakeh...

As someone who just recently transitioned to working from home after working in the manufacturing environment for most of the pandemic, I've learned how to adapt to the era that we are currently in. M...

I currently do not work in the medical device industry but the cosmetics industry, where supply chain management is so crucial to keeping production going. I think with some of the changes to our supp...

At work, we use Microsoft Teams to set up meetings, calls, and various group chats. However like everyone else who has commented already I've used GroupMe, Facebook, even email threads going back and ...

I will play devil's advocate here and say that it is just as beneficial to start out on management than it is starting out on the technical side. I think there is value to whichever side. While yes it...

I believe it's important to set a glidepath for key deliverables to also be completed, which can even be done in the beginning of the project timeline. This will let the team know what you expect week...

I think one of the biggest challenges is when developing a novel device, you have to answer to the FDA and the corresponding regulatory agency for your device, and it can be months and months (even ye...

I personally feel that yes while investors are important for funding and direction - managers are responsible for the execution. You will not have a successful project without a successful manager. Yo...

I think working with smaller teams is easier. You're better able to communicate with everyone and ensure everyone is on the same page whereas with larger teams some things may get lost. I went from a ...