I have also never been a part of a team doing pre-clinical or clinical research, however I do know that there are many things that can have detrimental effects on this stage of development. For exampl...

Working in Academia, it is true, you do get to work on the cool stuff. Currently working as a researcher at NJIT, some of the robotics projects I am working on are the coolest things I have ever seen ...

There is a difference between the expected timeline for the work being done in academia vs industry to create real results. Much of the work done in academia, because it is late-breaking research, and...

I have never worked on a project with multiple project managers. However, based off my experience working on projects with one, I think it could definitely have some benefits to have multiple. For exa...

I believe missed milestones are a failure. Nobody goes into a project saying, “ideally we will miss this deadline.” That doesn’t make sense. However, through a proper planning phase, there is a suffic...

In my opinion, the obvious answer for which phase of a project’s life cycle is the most important would be the executing phase. Because, if the executing phase doesn’t happen, then nothing happens in ...

Currently, I work in the research field while I am pursuing my Master's degree at NJIT. And as much as I like my job currently, I would like to get experience in industry at some point. As far as I ha...

Biomedical Degree is definitely a "Jack-of-all-Trades" degree with broad knowledge in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Biology. From what I have found out through, interviews, work ex...

I have been wondering this question for a while as well, of what the benefits and holdbacks are between a BS, MS, and PhD in Biomedical Engineering are. I graduated from NJIT with a BS in biomedical E...

These two reasons for motivation at work and for leaving work, in "exciting & challenging work" and "limited recognition & praise" do seem unrelated. Personally, exciting and challenging work ...

As compared to the rest of the world, Americans do on average work more, and this overworking could definitely been seen as detrimental for motivation, happiness, and overall production. From my point...

Motivation of project managers have a direct correlation on the overall productiveness of the team. For team members to stay engaged and productive, they generally need proper motivation. This is just...

Project managers are required to be a sort of jack-of-all-trades. Meaning, as you said, project managers must have strong qualities of communication, interpersonal skills, organization, crisis managem...

Personally, I don't find this list of motivations to work particularly surprising. Most people enjoy challenging and exciting work to keep them engaged in their job. And generally this will go hand an...

One of the most important aspects of project management I learned in this course is just how crucial proper communication is. In almost every lecture, and every aspect of project management from plann...