I would work in a matrix structure which helps to collaborate between departments, allows employees to develop new skills and keep up their functional roles. Matrix structural organization also combines project and functional management structures. This will help me in…   Read more»

My team has set up meetings every week to discuss the progress of the individual tasks and the project as a whole. In the meetings, we go through the work every team member has done in the entire week and…   Read more»

It is not always possible to have an opinion on forming a project team. People are assigned by their supervisors for every department in a project. I believe working with people who have more knowledge in their work area is…   Read more»

I would choose acceptance for low severity risks and mitigation for high severity risks. Low severity has a slight or marginal impact on their occurrence. This can be manageable with acceptance as it does not cause much loss to the…   Read more»

It is worth accepting the risk in cases where the user is aware of the consequences of the risk and is provided with all the safety manuals. It is always not the best idea to accept the risk but there…   Read more»

I would say FMEA is the most effective method to identify the risks. It clearly shows the risks and the impact of risks on the project where you can come across solutions to overcome that. Many companies use FMEA in…   Read more»

Design control is a systematic process with a range of activities that will guarantee the product development and meets the regulation requirements with a number of key elements. It is about planning, design execution, testing against the specifications and requirements,…   Read more»

It is hard to say which part is important from the DDP. DDP is everything that the project has. But if I had to choose it would be the Gantt chart as it has all the schedule i.e, the timeline…   Read more»

I have not been in any kind of company meetings as I am not working right now but last week I was in a meeting with the project group of Medical Device Development. The project manager has sent out the…   Read more»

As a graduate student at this point, I would say that I cannot turn down an opportunity for a job based on the company. Recent graduate students may not have the chance to decide between the companies immediately after graduation….   Read more»

According to me it is very productive to have people from different backgrounds. I have started to experience this kind of situations very recently after I began my graduate studies in the United States as an international student. Having people…   Read more»

This is a critical issue with every new drug or device developed to be tested. But it causes severe problems if the tests were directly conducted on humans instead of animals. Animal testing has been the only approved way to…   Read more»

Posted by: @srg36 I’m wondering if any of you have experience working on a project where there were multiple project managers who each were responsible for different portions of the project rather than just one project manager who managed the…   Read more»

Working in Academia is completely research-oriented. People working in Academia get to discover new things and during the research, and learn a lot. In Industry, people work for their personal growth which can be either money or the position of…   Read more»