As a manager, I would prefer a Y employee who is motivated but lacks some required knowledge rather than an X employee in this scenario. Motivation is harder to teach than technical skills. Someone wh...

Understanding project management is useful even if you’re not the one leading the project. Engineers are still involved with working with timelines, budgets, and project goals. Having this knowledge a...

I think it’s less about people being more motivated, and more about feeling pressured to keep up. From what I’ve seen and heard from my peers, many employees are expected to take on workloads that are...

The only industry experience I have so far is through my internship at a biotechnology company, however, this company made a strong effort to keep interns engaged. One of the things the company did wa...

I don’t think job satisfaction is the most important factor for employee retention and engagement. People also stay for growth opportunities, team relationships, compensation, and benefits. I think wh...

If I were a project manager in the medical device industry, I would focus not only on motivating my team, but also on avoiding things that would demotivate team members. I would recognize individual c...

My first thought after reading this post is that a project manager could look to hire someone new to replace that person. However, hiring someone new can take longer than expected, especially with onb...

One way a project manager can handle an unknown budget is by setting aside a contingency reserve for risks and potential design changes. Even if the budget is unknown to the project manager, the PM wo...

I think the most important knowledge areas are scope, time, and cost management. Scope management is important because it defines the goals of the project and the work that must be done. If scope isn’...

Design verification focuses on testing if the device is built correctly according to design specifications and validation ensures that the “correct device” is built and meets the user needs or intende...

There are many different factors that can impact schedule variance for a medical device project. For example, delays in regulatory approvals can add weeks or months to a schedule and lower earned valu...

Since a lot of people have already shared many great companies on the East Coast, I wanted to share a few that I was particularly interested in when I was living in California. In Southern California ...

I agree that returning to an earlier phase of a project does not necessarily mean the project is failing, however, in the case of medical device projects, this can be very costly and potentially derai...

I think the most important phase in the project process is the planning phase because it establishes the foundation for the entire project. During planning, the project scope, timeline, and project te...

I think that a project manager can be accommodating to their team members while also successfully managing a project through good communication and setting clear expectations. If team members understa...