It is important to break a large task into much more manageable, smaller tasks. This will ensure that nothing gets overlooked when completing the project. If an SOP is being followed, splitting up tas...

I believe the most important thing would be to have experience, not only in project management but from the ground up. I believe the best leaders are people who have climbed the ladder and reached a p...

Like you had mentioned, the hardest thing about working from home is not being able to walk up to a coworker's office to ask them a question. Instead, you would need to email them back and forth unti...

At my previous job, unfortunately, there were times when we were at the very end of the project when we needed to go back and change something. To test a specific condition/constraint/requirement for ...

Like @njq3 and @ridmehta mentioned, it is vital that your medical device is approved by the appropriate governing agency. In the United States, we have the FDA. The European Union has the EMA. Health ...

Like a lot of previous posts have mentioned, communication is key!! Without communication, there is no way the project can succeed. Constant communication between all relevant parties (i.e., project m...

Do you think employees, group leads, or even project managers should get penalized for going over a project deadline or over the allotted expenses? If yes, what should their "punishment" be? A lot o...

We used that idea you had mentioned in college! The only downfall to this idea was that we had to take pictures of the wall and then upload those pictures to a Google Drive folder and periodically loo...

Like @pv223 said, accounting for slack in project planning is very important. This slack time helps to account for a number of things that can happen during the course of a project. I believe slack is...

I agree with @mmd55. At both my previous and current positions, I have only had the opportunity to work for large companies. Apart from my day to day job, I am not exposed to much else. At my previous...

Stakeholders should not be involved with the project, other than the financial aspect of it. Stakeholders, like previous replies have mentioned, have more knowledge in finance and related matters; if ...

From my personal experience, I like to give my bosses' a sometimes two months in advance notice if I am going on vacation when I know there is a strong push in the executing phase of a project. Even t...

*I forgot the exact terminology from my previous position but I will try my best to try to explain!* From what I have learned about Test Method Validation, through this course and my previous position...

I totally agree with Dr. Simon mentioned in lecture and I have personally done this. Typically, deadlines would happen on Friday's, so I would like to send out documents to the appropriate people prio...

I feel like the most effective method for resolution after an experimental failure is to take a step back and try and determine what caused the failure. Rather than going full steam ahead with more ex...