In any company ISO 9001 certified, managing non-conforming materials is a must. It is a must not only to satisfy the ISO requirements, but also to reduce costs and ensure product defects are recorded and handled appropriately. When you identify…   Read more»

The project sponsor is the person who pays for the project. Because he or she is paying for the project, they get to decide on the project scope, schedule and budget. They’re the ones really taking the big decisions. The…   Read more»

I believe that priorities can be more then one. As we studied in the pert chart that tasks are interdependent on each other then you have to complete both the task with same priority in order to accomplish the project…   Read more»

To maintain good relations with vendors the manager should keep in touch with them regularly at the first place. Contacting them at regular intervals and often meeting them in person. Checking on the status of the resources that vendors is…   Read more»

I Believe that american workers maybe working a good amount of hours but not because of any peer pressure. They work because they are motivated as well as they get paid what they deserve for their work. I belong to…   Read more»

I will choose to be a project manager. I would like to work as a manufacturing engineer for first to get experience in an industrial environment. I need some technical experience to know how it works in this kind of…   Read more»

The matrix of power can help out here. The most powerful person according to the matrix has to communicate as everyone relies on their orders and so is mostly listened to in the whole project team. The most information with…   Read more»

According to different simulations we have done till now I have learned that its all about the working and proportion of the chemicals used to make a solution or coating. If the chemicals used in coating works as they are…   Read more»

According to this weeks simulation the thought process of procurement management has been initiated. I had a good clear process for the selection of goods, sources as the vendors and their costs. Finding the vendors that provides the required specification…   Read more»

The tasks are interdependent so the overlapping is done in same category to track both of them. While in the different categories there may be subprojects,subprograms or subportfolios that can be dependent when merged further. There has to be monitoring…   Read more»

After the team selection the project timeline is decided as a pert chart or gantt chart. Since the timeline is based on the days needed to work on every single tasks of the whole project a gantt chart can useful….   Read more»

planned value is the value that should have been earned during that term. It defines that a percent of work should have been done in a particular given term. This value when calculated helps to determine that, Is the project…   Read more»

The project manager, system analyst and the device designer all should review each proposed designs and change according to what action is needed. The following topics should also be considered: Design change and its cost effects. Timeline affected due to…   Read more»

I belive that the measurements and control meetings are are great way to keep everyone updated. There are updates to every chage in design, documents and also the work done is discussed. This are the controls of the changes and…   Read more»

There are many devices that exists where they do not have ISO standards but still maybe in use. I believe that ISO are mandatory because any device that can endanger a person’s life must not be used. Tgey are just…   Read more»

Design validation ensures that the device meet user needs and its intended uses. It is a design control activity that happens when the design development process is at its last stage. Design validation includes every stage from initial production units…   Read more»

One approach is certainly decreasing the time for animal studies. Reduced clinical trial can save some time to finish with the project as they take a lot of time for clinical trials and their results. Project risk comparatively increases. A…   Read more»

To cope up with the timeline for each and every member is necessary to avoid any unnecessary delay. For that a pin board should be kept attaching notes of all tge tasks. Not only that but also every update of…   Read more»

I think the tasks should be arranged in a way that if one task is completed early the other tasks that are independent of any other task that has to be completed during that time can be worked on. The…   Read more»

I believe that there is a time factor not followed. As professor Simon mentioned that the early you start the early you finish and also matching the timeline of two different parts of the project is important that went wrong…   Read more»