I also agree that this course is incredibly beneficial. Even if you are not going into industry, the things discussed in this course, such as project planning, the steps required for project planning, project execution, etc. are transferable and useful…   Read more»

Personally, I think that the planning/initiation phase of a project is the most important. Without initiating or planning a project there is no project. Even if the project plan is changed dramatically over the course of the project, none of…   Read more»

As many of the other people have stated in this forum: communication is the key to handling issues that may arise due to workers not being, “robots”.  It’s often easy to forget that everyone in a workplace exists outside the…   Read more»

 Letting individuals set their own due dates can be tricky. As you said, those with inexperience tend to underestimate how long a task may actually take to complete and thus can set the project back. This can be avoided by…   Read more»

I think it depends on the project manager and the people who they work with. A project manager who is extroverted may not need to have quiet time with their employees if their employees function fine under their method of…   Read more»

 I feel as if I would be most suited for a project-based organization. I don’t personally have experience working in industry, but I do have a lot of experience working in academic labs. I thrive under conditions in which I…   Read more»

I think that if this was a real industry project and we could have met face-to-face I would have been far more productive. My team mostly communicated through the canvas forum, of which I did not have notifications set up…   Read more»

Technically, I feel as if there should be back-up plans for emergency scenarios in order to prevent disruption. That being said, things like the ongoing pandemic and the impact of the ongoing pandemic are not always predictable. I think that…   Read more»

If all of these organizational types ran perfectly, I think that a matrix organization would be the most efficient and effective in terms of project management, regardless of the project. The transfer of information and personnel in a matrix organization…   Read more»

In all honesty, it depends on the sub-field of biomedical engineering that I would be working in. If it were a field or project that I was not super acquainted with (ex. electronics) I would want a team that was…   Read more»

Ignoring skills that are specific to the industry, I think the most important skill a project manager needs to be able to do is communicate. Regardless of which industry, their job requires them to coordinate and oversee many different parts…   Read more»

In some ways I would say that the skills required for project management are transferable. Overseeing other roles, organizing such, communicating, and just generally ensuring that the project proceeds are transferable. That being said, an understanding of the industry is…   Read more»

While I do think that, in theory, a global regulatory system would be great, I think in practice it would actually be less effective than having multiple regulatory systems. Look at the FDA, there are still occasionally products that, “slip…   Read more»

I think that it is a reasonable investment solely because without technical knowledge you cannot be an engineer. That is the basis on which you go to school; i.e while there are many other scenarios in which you can learn…   Read more»

Although I am not a project manager, I do actively work in a lab and with a team. I’ve found that COVID did disrupt the flow of conversation and information early on, but by implementing required zoom meetings and other,…   Read more»

I agree with many of the ideas above stating that a log should be created and so on, but I also think that the project manager should incorporate discussing mistakes, failures, and how those failures were dealt with into the…   Read more»

An NDA can prevent people from talking about the concept but it doesn’t give you a legal claim over the project or concept. A patent would allow you to not only claim rights to the product but to sue competitors…   Read more»

So funny enough my father is a physician and I have actually seen him uncomfortably try and manage around companies or people who don’t entirely respect these restrictions. I think that these restrictions should not be lifted or changed; while…   Read more»

The main difference between the two is, as said in many of the responses above, documentation and defendability in court. An oral or verbal agreement is spoken, but unless there is further documentation to support that it did occur it…   Read more»

Another benefit of Post-market surveillance is that it protects patients. While it may save the company money and help the company make easy improvements to their devices as necessary, ultimately Post-market surveillance provides a mechanism by which a product is…   Read more»