Human resource management part of the lecture focuses on project interface, staffing requirements, and constraints. In the constraints, it talks about organizational structure and describes weak vs. s...

One of my CAD projects was modeling a hip stem implant. This one project turned into two different projects. Initial project was to make a 3D hip stem implant using creo and focus on design specificat...

I am a project coordinator for the ELA program. The program was initially started to put students with below a 2.5 on a academic probation list and to hire tutors specifically these students. This wou...

Agree with your input. This takes us back to the importance of GMPs. Yes they may be time consuming and hectic but the people who came up with GMPs did it for a reason. If there was no GMPs or if comp...

After going through the lecture and reading Dr. Simon's post, i became curious. What if there were no GMPs? For example, what if you had a choice between GMP or no GMP. What would you do with this opt...

I do not agree that they make the process more difficult for companies or set companies up for initial failure. I think they are essential in order to succeed in the long run. If these GMPs did not ex...

As we learned the Project Management processes over the past few lectures: Initiating Processes, Planning Processes, Executing Processes, Closing Processing Each process was very well defined and giv...

I don't have any experience working in the industry. But I will add that each company is different. From my graduate students who worked in the industry each share a different point of view depending ...

One example of product risk would be failing of a software used in a product. As an engineer, I would verify and validate the software used in the product during the executing process. Once the softwa...

Thank you everyone for sharing your response. Glad to hear everyone agrees with my original post. Adding to that, I will definitely agree with jnm22 that both are essential and that interpersonal skil...

Agreeing with everyone above, I will add that yes some products do not follow the traditional path. Some products may not cost you a lot during any of the phases and end up giving you the most increas...

As we do this week's simulation, we see that it requires the team members to use their Interpersonal skills to make a deal as well as the background information and business knowledge to make the best...

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 ...

As this week's lecture talks about "killing a project" or "go" with the project. As mentioned in the notes, you would typically "GO" with a project if marketplace is attractive, concept aligns with c...

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 establish...