Hello, There was one time that my team had placed leads in certain places of torso, legs and ankles in order to track the leads using a tracking program. The purpose of this was to collect data in order to…   Read more»

You have raised a very good point. I have to say that WBS is probably one of the top 3 most important aspects when doing a project. The projects I did was for a small company and therefore knowing the…   Read more»

Hello, for my capstone design project, my team was in charge of developing an app for autistic individuals. The app would be created in an android system and it would connect via Bluetooth to a watch (which we develop). The…   Read more»

I believe budget cut would affect all the phases of the project. When you are initiating it if you require $10,000 in order to develop and assemble the final product but you only have $6,000 for the project then the…   Read more»

For my Capstone Design class, my team was in charge of developing a wearable watch for autistic kids. This watch would be connected to an Android app which would be developed by us as well. The purpose of this product…   Read more»

Hello jp582, I agree with the stages that you mentioned. I think it is key that are done the way they are supposed to be. However I think that these steps can compressed to planning, executing and sometimes presenting. The…   Read more»

Hello eac25, you have brought up a very interesting point. I agree that the FDA sometimes takes a long process in order for it to be used in the market. However I also believe that safety is more important than…   Read more»

Hello, you have raised a very interesting point. I believe that this cycle happens for all kinds of products. However as you mention, for some of them it’s really hard to see their decline. I think that all products will…   Read more»

Although the example that I will provide is more related to electrical engineering, I hope it helps you understand verification and validation in a better way. The company I used to work for was in charge of a project involving…   Read more»

This is very interesting. I had never heard of it so thank you for bringing it up. In respect to your question, all biologics fall into the CBER department. The regulation process required for the FDA would be IND, Phase…   Read more»

I think that they are very similar in the role developed, with the only difference that a project manager covers any project. For example: he/she could lead and execute the construction of a building or the development of a new…   Read more»

Hello everyone, My experience in the Industry is mostly in the Electrical Engineering Industry. As I mentioned in my previous post, I work as a Project Manager Assistant. My undergraduate track here at NJIT is Instrumentation, so it has truly…   Read more»

Hello everyone, I have worked in a small Electrical Engineering company that sells all kinds electric products such as motors, transformers, solar and wind power generators. The company has a store where customers come in and out, but it also…   Read more»

Hello everyone. As Dr. Simon mentioned in the lecture, the 5 areas of emotional intelligence represent a good project manager. However if I had to add other skills to these 5 areas, I would add strong communication skills and responsible….   Read more»

I would never agree with someone using a “verbal agreement” because if you don’t have a written contract of what everyone is supposed to do, a lot of problems will arise and lawsuits might take place, but if have a…   Read more»

Dr Simon, At the beginning of the semester, I was not sure if I was going to stay in the class due to having so many courses this semester. But as the lectures started, I understood that this course is…   Read more»

Very interesting point lamiaa. I believe that it will be more challenging for project managers to work in matrix organizations because they have cross the limits that the departments set and deal with people that you have never talked to…   Read more»

I worked in a small project where the owner of the company was the one who chose the team. The most important criteria used was that they needed to be hands on individuals who executed the project as neat as…   Read more»

In my previous experience, it was more like functional organization. I used to work in a small business where there was a lot of work for a few employees. However, all the projects were done by the same department because…   Read more»

These costs have a bigger impact in those companies that are just starting and don’t have a big budget. Big company have no problem with paying a lot of money for it because they have a big budget. The FDA…   Read more»