I would agree that most products will follow this life cycle to maturity and then decline in demand. In reference to prior posts that mentioned essential products such as corn and sugar, I believe the...

During a prior internship at a contract - based medical device manufacturing and assembly company, I experienced working under a functional organization. As a member of the new product development tea...

Since a company has limited resources and time to invest, its goal is to assess which projects have the potential to yield a maximal return on investment by taking factors such as competition into con...

This question reminds me of the principle by Daniel Goleman that success is based on 70% interpersonal skills and 30% technical knowledge. While I agree with many prior posts that skills such as inter...

As an intern for the new product development team at a contract medical device manufacturing company, the impact of this was something that I was able to see firsthand. A project that I was working on...

Two skills that I believe a project manager needs to succeed is to be proactive and be able to effectively make decisions. In terms of being proactive, I agree with a prior post that this enables the ...

Due to COVID – 19, I have experienced the disruptions it caused working on projects in both industry and academia. As for industry, I was working as an intern in the spring semester of 2020 for a medi...

In terms of the high emphasis on technical skills in the education we receive as biomedical engineering students, I believe it is a worthy investment. Nonetheless, I would agree that there needs to be...

From my experience working on research projects in academia, I believe that ensuring the carryover of lessons learned from prior projects is crucial to increase efficiency and the likelihood of succes...

Since, I am taking this class as an undergraduate in my final year, I can confidently say that this course was very beneficial for me. Prior to this course, I must admit that my knowledge on the diffe...

In reference to the first question, I believe an NDA is not a substitute for a patent, but rather a viable solution for circumstances in which a patent is not desirable or cannot be obtained. For exam...

In terms of paying for the spouse’s meal, I feel that most doctors today are probably already aware of such restrictions. Therefore, if they do bring their spouse to such a dinner than it should not c...

While forming a project team, the primary characteristic that I would look for in a potential member of the team is their ability to effectively and confidently express information they would like to ...

If I were to start a medical device company, I would choose to instate a project- based setup in my company. For starters, a positive of this setup is that information is shared between the people fro...

From the three organizational setups discussed in the lecture, I would prefer to work with or manage the project-based organization followed by the matrix organization as a runner up. For starters, I ...