I can relate to this quite a bit. Project estimations are very difficult when third-party vendors are involved. During my capstone project, we purchased a strain gauge that ended up being too small fo...

As a PM, quality assurance is a huge responsibility. What are some tasks that you would need to perform to obtain accurate assessment of quality assurance of your project? Once you have the results, h...

One of the interesting things that Dr. Simon mentioned in this weeks lecture was the concept of team development. When you are a project manager, your project team is not composed of robotic entities....

1. Be prepared for issues regarding third party components: Suppliers have the potential to ship late, ship faulty components, or even not ship the components to you at all. You have to be prepared fo...

Missing milestones is not so bad if you either have the foresight to anticipate issues or if you have well-developed contingency plans. Missing milestones become an issue when something unexpected ha...

The biggest thing from this course that I've learned is knowledge about the regulations and the bureaucracy involved with creating a medical device. During my undergraduate coursework, I never really ...

During my capstone project for the smart-cast, we've missed a couple milestones due to external factors. We also just a gantt chart to record our progress, and when we missed a milestone it would set ...

I'm also currently working on my capstone project, and we also broke down the project into categories. We split up the project into hardware and software. The project is developing a smart-cast, a cas...

Certain factors may include any of the following: Time, Budget, Contingency Plans, and any inspection dates. For time, the PM needs to readjust the gantt chart in order to make up for lost time becaus...

You can begin the integration of six sigma with project planning with the development of a project life cycle. By doing this, you can add statistical knowledge of the problem, reduce the chance of an ...

Currently I'm working on my capstone project, and one of the tasks I thought to simple ended up becoming a part of the critical path. What I'm talking about is making components stay in place. For con...

A budget cut is something a pm and a whole project team should always be prepared for. It does affect the overall cost estimation of the project, but more than that, a budget cut can result from sever...

I share your concerns with the idea of Trump removing efficacy as a critical step in the approval process. It was because of the need for better efficacy that we avoided the Thalidomide disaster in th...

I agree that this should not be classified by the FDA because it does not pose significant risk to the user. The fitbit is an extracorporeal device that is non-invasive and it a general wellness produ...

I'm actually using this biomedical device for my capstone project. It's called the comfortprene wrist and thumb-wrap. It's a general wellness product that would fall into the second category of the FD...