Something I will take away from this class and make sure to use in any scenario possible is to do my part in making sure that the project I am working on, whether it be as a manager or a…   Read more»

  While everyone may not become a project manager, most people will play a role in the project management process through their specific tasks assigned to them by the project manager. As a result, the knowledge gained from this class…   Read more»

  Similar to the testing, the major factors that should be considered before bulk ordering a product from a vendor can be summed up to “Good” for the quality, “Cheap” for the price, and “Fast” for the amount of time…   Read more»

These results are not that surprising to me, even as someone that is new to working in the biomedical field. This is because in a field like ours, there is always something new to discover and things to improve. The…   Read more»

  One of my choices will always be good as I am a firm believer that if you are conducting trials to portray the viability of a new product than the test that is being conducted in order to prove…   Read more»

  If I was put into a situation like the one you proposed, I would take the underperforming employee and meet with them to discuss their performance with them in an attempt to discover if there is a reason they…   Read more»

  I chose to have just one extra vendor for the coating in the assigned mini-sim, not only because it would increase the time and cost for the project if we had multiple back up vendors, but because it would…   Read more»

  As @mmodi alluded to, I think Integration Management is one of the most important knowledge areas in project management. Not only does is play a part in every single phase of project management, it is the knowledge area that…   Read more»

  While I have held leadership positions in organizations I have been a part of, I cannot say for sure how well I would do in a PM position in the professional field until I have had the opportunity to…   Read more»

  I am a manufacturing technician at Siemens Healthineers and I work with production, management, engineering, and quality teams to build, configure, test, and ship out clinical chemistry machines to customers. What I really enjoy about my current position is…   Read more»

  Like Jada mentioned, most companies would have a non-disclosure agreement set up amongst all participating parties when working on a new product to ensure any news about the product, good and bad, does not get released prematurely until the…   Read more»

  In the industry, I believe they would solve it in the same manner that was involved in the most recent simulation. They would take a look at all the differences between the testing conducted at the contracted company and…   Read more»

  As the others have stated, communication is definitely a key aspect in making sure that a project succeeds so one of the first areas I would investigate is how the communications channels were being run before I was brought…   Read more»

  Hello everyone! My name is Parth Vachhani and I’m a BME Masters student at NJIT and working at Siemens Healthineers as a manufacturing technician. I’ve included my LinkedIn page below: https://www.linkedin.com/in/parthvachhani/ I’ve also sent out connections to all of…   Read more»

Based off of your wording, I am going to phrase my answer under the assumption that you curious as to how to create a test that is guaranteed to pass the first time around. Under that assumption, much like what…   Read more»

Based off of your wording, I am going to phrase my answer under the assumption that you curious as to how to create a test that is guaranteed to pass the first time around. Under that assumption, much like what…   Read more»

  Like the others have said, having previous project management experience is a big advantage when it comes to landing a position as a project manager. It does not necessarily need to be big company project. For example, in my…   Read more»

  Put simply, design controls are a formalized approach that a company needs to follow the safety and efficacy of the device to the FDA. These are somewhat consistent between projects, depending on the class of the device. User needs,…   Read more»

  I completely agree with @ac825 in that it is definitely more important and beneficial to start off as an engineer and then move over to the project management side of things. Like with most parts of life, one cannot…   Read more»