I think it depends on what the reason for going over budget and time is for whether or not employees or PMs should be “punished”. If the reason is due to a personally uncontrollable scenario, like suppliers behind behind on…   Read more»

I think that the first step I would take would be to hold both a team meeting and then individual meetings (if the team is small enough). The team meeting would be to see how the team communicates as a…   Read more»

Similar to what some of my peers have mentioned, I think that the best way to break up a project and figure out what tasks will be required is to first break up the project into sections. That would be…   Read more»

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Although my example is not exactly what you are asking about, it is similar. During my internship, there was a change in a lead senior engineer and intern taking on a project while the project manager stayed the same. Smaller…   Read more»

I think that the best working model would be a hybrid for those careers that just do not require you to be in office every day. During my internship, I had the option to work from home 2 days and…   Read more»

Poor planning of a project can significantly impact how the project life will play out. Improperly planning the due dates would result in either missing deadlined or cutting them really close. It adds a lot of stress to the individuals…   Read more»

From my experience, limited mostly to class assignments, I’ve noticed that projects that I’ve worked on in teams that mesh well together in terms of personalities produce more successful, higher quality work. I think that this is due to all…   Read more»

I think that in any situation where there is defect with a product that was produced, from labeling to the product/device itself, there will be a recall. Similar to an example provided by my peer, if a label was smudged…   Read more»

It could be that I do not quite understand much about how companies operate, but I think that large corporations like Stryker should invest in hiring enough employees to cover their projects. I think that employees will be more productive…   Read more»

As mentioned by my peers above, while the validation and verification protocols shouldn’t directly be approved by the FDA (as in, not really required), the results of these tests conducted should result in the product/device being developed meet the regulations…   Read more»

I believe that the most important responsibility of the FDA is to stay true to serving the people and not lobbyists or politicians. Without FDA regulations, US markets would be a free for all and that would be a scary…   Read more»

I think to obtain a faster approval of documents, as others have mentioned, the document should be sent out ahead of time for approvers to review. As mentioned by peers, the downside to this would be that there is a…   Read more»

I think that both product development and post-market management are equally important. Personally, I think I would enjoy a role in post-market management more than product development. I like making sure that products behave the way they are intended to…   Read more»

If I was a PM and had underperforming team members, I would first try to figure out why they were missing deadlines or turning in low quality work. If there was a significant personal issue in their lives such as…   Read more»

Setting deadlines and sticking to deadlines are very important in project management. A PM should be able to accurately assess how long different phases of the project would take and plan accordingly. They should also plan their deadlines with room…   Read more»

It is very important to meet project deadlines, even those that are more lenient. I would say that the best way to go about sticking to deadlines is to treat all as hard deadlines. That way, you focus on submitting…   Read more»

While I understand that the question asks to choose between a large or small team, my answer would be to work in a medium sized team. However, if I had to choose, I would prefer a smaller team to work…   Read more»

If my team was falling behind due to a team conflict, I would try to resolve it as soon as possible with the individuals without having it affect the rest of the team. If it is a conflict between two…   Read more»