As Viraj and Luisa gave examples of recalling of products. I will add that companies face a lot of financial troubles when the device is being recalled. As any industry has competitors, it gives your competitors a chance to copy your idea and make it more secure. Not only this, but it creates a hype in the public and the shares or investors start…[Read more]

Product Introduction is also very important as it follows after Planning and Development. Some of the key aspects in Product Introduction are reviewing project at regular intervals and begin establishing connections to customers. Keeping track of the project during the intervals will be critical in order to make sure that the timeline is being…[Read more]

One of my graduate courses I took at NJIT, our final project was to make a product which isn’t on the market and sell the product to your classmates (who were investors, private companies etc).

My partner and I came up with a bandage idea which had healing properties. We provided the materials needed, equipment needed, cutting, production time,…[Read more]

Keeping a log for my current positions is critical. Each meeting, each dollar spent, each appointment, and summary of the nature of the appointments must be submitted to the Director of the EOP program. As a Project Coordinator, I am responsible for making sure that each tutor knows the rules and regulations of NJIT as well as the standards for…[Read more]

I currently work as a Project Coordinator for NJIT in which I am coordinating an entire project from training to payroll, to dealing with students and tutors. Initially, it was planned each tutor can make up to $700 per semester and the hours/tasks will be documented as the program continues throughout the semester. As I am currently in the last…[Read more]

As Betty explained the tasks needed to be performed by the PM to obtain accurate assessment of quality assurance of the project. To add to the next step, I would say that executing process, design verification and validation are where time management really kicks in. Everything is planned prior to that but this is where the PM actually needs to…[Read more]

Agreeing with Betty, another challenge a project manager faces is budget information. Often times, budget information is not distributed to project managers and they are unable to time their projects. And often times when the project is almost finished but the company can no longer afford to keep the team members or contracts expiring, this is…[Read more]

First of, I would talk to the individual team member to make sure everything is going well. As a project manager, it is your duty to make sure each member of the team is in the right mind when coming to work. As far as taking absences or vacations, when you get hired you are a lotted a certain paid time off and I would make sure I speak to each…[Read more]

In my opinion, it would depend on the company. Original validation would expire because changes are made within equipment and those changes need to be validated to assure that the equipment will produce accurate results. It would be a on a case to case bases. For example, a mass spec used in a major product would not need to be re-validated.…[Read more]

I’m not sure exactly what your question is asking. But in my personal opinion I do not think missing a milestone is a link to future success for a company in the long run. For example, when you miss a milestone, you most likely are compromising on understanding your product better and you are taking a risk when you rush through the timeline. When…[Read more]

If I was a project manager for this week’s simulation in a real life situation. I would get in contact with everyone from day 1 so there is no falling behind. I would make a WBS and assign parts of the simulation to each person in the team. For example, every single person would be asked to do their own research and bring their findings to the…[Read more]

I do not think the processes have to be revalidated because of multiple locations. However, I will add that the quality team may have argued this if they saw that each location would impact the equipment in someway which may change the end results. That is the only way I see the quality team arguing this. If the location influences the end result,…[Read more]