Outsourcing is best option for those who lacks the expertise or who lacks resources and this is the case with smaller companies. But now a days major pharma company is also outsourcing there clinical trial to CRO’s because it’s found that CRO’s are able to finish this trials faster and now company can use its remaining resources to focus on other…[Read more]

Work break down structure is basically tool used to help schedule,cost estimation and human resource management by breaking down a major work into various small work or thing that will be required to complete the bigger task.
Various pitfalls seen commonly are
1. Neglecting to create a WBS Dictionary
2. Expecting More than 100% from your WBS
3.…[Read more]

Metrics give us very important details on the project. A comparison between True value and projected value gives you insight on budget spent while a comparison between Standard Variance gives you insight on where you stand in terms of timeline and if finally Earned value tells you how good job you did by telling you the value project earned over…[Read more]

So I was working on my Capstone project for which we received sponsorship. It was a automated muscle stimulator for atrophy patient. While working on the project we first laid down timeline and we made milestone to complete and since our project was funded we really had to make this deadline but while making all this deadline we didnt set our…[Read more]

according to me schedule variance can occur due multiple factor especially those factor which affect the causes your project to lack behind in terms of progress and this factors are:
Poor baseline schedule (does it reflect reality?)
Subcontractor/vendor cannot deliver when needed
More/less effort than planned (be specific)
Insufficient resources…[Read more]

In such cases project manager can talk to the department head and ask for a other person from that department to get to Know about the project and get started in place of the person who had his issue. This things are really out of hand where you can ask your employees to give a notice before going away from work for any sudden personal problem or…[Read more]

Hi aashutosh it’s a good question to ask verification is something that you carry out to test weather your output meats your input requirement. Whereas your validation is where you check if your output meets user requirement. So for example in a current to voltage converter circuit verification would be if you put in 3 amp of current do you really…[Read more]

Changes can happen at any point of the project management lifecycle.
The easiest way to make managing change on projects less of a headache is to know that it is going to happen and to plan for it. Having strategies in place to deal with changes before they happen is the fastest way to get everyone on board with what is going to be different.

A…[Read more]

The project management schedule is a document that outlines what work needs to be done, the order in which it needs to be done, what resources are required, how they will be distributed, and how long different parts of the work will take. The schedule helps project managers communicate and collaborate with team members and stakeholders, and keeps…[Read more]

Gantt chart is a real important tool which helps us keep a track of your project. It let us plan a project in advance and help keep in check very minute detail of the project. In particular in medical device industry Gantt chart let us divide in various sub category for example suppose it is balloon pump manufacturing company example you will…[Read more]

The Six Sigma management method philosophy focuses on better understanding of customer requirements, improving business systems throughout the organization, and enhancing the organization’s financial performance. It is used to improve the organization’s products, services and processes across various disciplines, including production, product…[Read more]

Planning phase should cover as many pitfalls as possible for the project to complete but however hard you try its not possible to cover all of them since once you actually start doing the work you feel like the deadline is too close or it is not achievable so you will need to go and discuss to project manager and make sure you re-evaluate your…[Read more]