https://medicaldevicecourses.com/members/tt239/activity/ Activity feed for tt239. Sat, 16 May 2026 12:13:51 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 9acb9c539851217ee362fd0e4c40fd24 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/22396/ Mon, 03 May 2021 03:13:19 -0400 Retaining talented employees is extremely useful both to the company you work for you and yourself. For the company they get to the keep an already trained individual who has shown themselves to already be capable at their job. For…   Read more»

]]> 7e45e603c20492c74ba4a9cb056780b0 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/22387/ Mon, 03 May 2021 03:01:22 -0400 I would definitely choose to be an engineer as I do not think I have enough experience yet to succeed in a managerial role. I think my communication skills are at an adequate level but my work experience is lacking…   Read more»

]]> e6e35583ce2eb7a1201eda717d78d419 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/22386/ Mon, 03 May 2021 02:53:12 -0400 As expected from this class the main lessons are regarding the factual information that goes into being a project manager. This information will help students get accustomed to any team environment more quickly whether as a PM or not. The…   Read more»

]]> 98967c559575c805de7d15723bd92330 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/22306/ Mon, 26 Apr 2021 03:21:33 -0400 Honestly, the most important skills this class develops are the communication and decision making skills. Both skills are helpful no matter what field or position you work in later and the decision. These skills are mainly developed in the simulations…   Read more»

]]> a8f144956deba7a774f84017e23401a4 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/22305/ Mon, 26 Apr 2021 03:18:22 -0400 From my personal work experiences almost all of the positions I have held were for fair pay and career growth and development. But this is mostly because I want to become a doctor so none of my current work experiences…   Read more»

]]> f198f837a4e15c3f550466c5ed68586e https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/22303/ Mon, 26 Apr 2021 02:58:44 -0400 The reason that different companies use different project management techniques is due to many factors. The biggest factors are project complexity and project size. The reasons are that more complex projects may need different project management techniques compared to less…   Read more»

]]> 9191b102def14d1e060705f981e540b1 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/22148/ Sun, 18 Apr 2021 01:31:46 -0400 When I was working in software development, we were a fairly small group within the company, so each individual member had projects they were working on that would affect other projects. This would very often lead to employees being shifted…   Read more»

]]> 6bce7c14cd8c1ca345df1ace6795bb0e https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/22147/ Sun, 18 Apr 2021 01:27:35 -0400 I believe that part of being a good project manager is communicating with team members regularly to make sure that their work is on track. Of course, team members can also bring items to your attention if something unexpected occurs…   Read more»

]]> fa2fabb15d7ce3a19be1d25ca1cbbc52 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/22146/ Sun, 18 Apr 2021 01:21:07 -0400 In my Senior capstone project, we had multiple initial design choices that we had to pick from based on our very limited understanding of the project. However, as we kept developing the project, we realized that our scope had changed…   Read more»

]]> dd5094295ca02f7db710bdb588390ac1 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/22083/ Mon, 12 Apr 2021 03:12:46 -0400 The amount of needed information depends on the project. Specifically, it depends on how high the risk of failure is for the project. If the project has no preceding technology, then understandably the risk of failure could be higher due…   Read more»

]]> 8817cbac887289f6517437fc6a43501b https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/22074/ Mon, 12 Apr 2021 02:53:48 -0400 Once the execution process begins there is no stopping it without delays. If personnel is unavailable to work on their section of the project, then work must continue by way of spreading it out to other personnel. In the case…   Read more»

]]> 595bff4d476f4323e396f0c955fe0049 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/22054/ Sun, 11 Apr 2021 23:49:15 -0400 Increases to the cost of a project can come from many places. The important goal of a project is staying under or at the set budget. The usual suspects for such increases are failing to meet deadlines, unexpected personnel absence,…   Read more»

]]> 6ccdf8c3656c7431084ac7de5dc12152 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/21882/ Sat, 27 Mar 2021 20:27:22 -0400 I have similar experience with logging work. Most of my professional/capstone work was centered around programming and because the projects I was working on were planned to be continued long after I was no longer working on them making sure…   Read more»

]]> 7027a997c9b350d746466eb9ae5145e6 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/21881/ Sat, 27 Mar 2021 20:15:40 -0400 For the second simulation my group found it helpful to develop a list of the potential issues, but not develop a new test plan. This is because we need to first make sure we completed the existing test of just…   Read more»

]]> fc9f31875e716a3a4f72686fc83869fe https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/21880/ Sat, 27 Mar 2021 19:46:41 -0400 Based on the presented situation I would definitely have the new instrument be verified again. This change in design could result in issues later down the line that could cost much more than just verifying that there is no issue…   Read more»

]]> 104c9decb500ed8eed1b80241c85bfe7 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/21723/ Sun, 14 Mar 2021 05:50:54 -0400 Having a proper understanding of the project is the best starting point for dealing with failures. From the example of simulation #2 the reason behind the failure seemed to be a preparation procedure that did not match the materials. Why…   Read more»

]]> e0770f5644a308d1bf716672a19f99c5 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/21722/ Sun, 14 Mar 2021 03:59:15 -0400 As you stated in the prompt, I believe that the most issue that sets a project up to fail is poor communication between team members or departments. Just look at the mini-Sim 2. The main solutions to both key questions…   Read more»

]]> 48ddc0f6a1e0ce59592af15928618f94 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/21721/ Sun, 14 Mar 2021 03:15:38 -0400 During my senior capstone project, we ran into unexpected issues with regards to multiple purchased pieces of electronics. These issues were somewhat planned for by having testing periods of pieces built into the schedule but overall, we ran into many…   Read more»

]]> 0668c94e458df29d259a7efe3de4dc88 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/21550/ Sun, 07 Mar 2021 22:54:18 -0500 I have not worked directly with customers before when I was employed but I did receive a fairly large number of unreasonable requests given the product I was working on and my work schedule. I was developing machine learning models…   Read more»

]]> a01562f8b96d44da5f318a1f33e7a4f2 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/21547/ Sun, 07 Mar 2021 22:47:06 -0500 First, the marketing team is needed to make a DID especially if they know what customers want from a product or have done market research. To ensure that a DID is made with functionality in mind I believe that knowledgeable…   Read more»

]]> 307b017262d2180c0f35588c6f9131c6 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/21545/ Sun, 07 Mar 2021 22:33:18 -0500 I do agree with your point that returning to a project plan is not necessarily a step backwards. But, looking at the given example of staff members being unavailable is very much a backwards step because time has been lost…   Read more»

]]> e5174e79e38c5f3b652a89ee1969f198 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/21447/ Sun, 28 Feb 2021 03:04:36 -0500 Despite the fact that we are only in week 6 of the semester I already fell like this class will be extremely beneficial in terms of real-life applications. While up to this point, I have not learned any completely new…   Read more»

]]> eea54516738a3dd223c7fa72f065514b https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/21446/ Sun, 28 Feb 2021 02:44:27 -0500 From my very limited experience the best way to estimate a project timeline is really to go backwards from the required/expected completion date. Experience in making timelines and having realistic expectations on the workload and abilities of team members is…   Read more»

]]> b97ce7b6cca387a3f1518c03317a7ec0 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/21445/ Sun, 28 Feb 2021 02:30:05 -0500 The Gantt chart is designed to show the schedule for a project as a whole while also subdividing the pieces of the project. Therefore, some pieces of the projects may be scheduled for the same time due to them being…   Read more»

]]> 2e85ff4b70249dc42ed45b450f870778 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/21380/ Sat, 20 Feb 2021 21:12:14 -0500 I accidentally posted this response in the wrong topic and cannot delete it please ignore this response.

]]> 830f64fb561c1e8a14bd632bedb7dd35 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/21379/ Sat, 20 Feb 2021 21:11:30 -0500 For the last question regarding obligations to other teams, I would hope that there would be a conversation between the project managers of each project the employee is a part of and the employee to discuss his work responsibilities and…   Read more»

]]> 232d986fcf20933081cf903f9af5ae48 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/21377/ Sat, 20 Feb 2021 21:00:37 -0500 In terms of large-scale communication, I feel that emails or smaller scale meetings would be sufficient rather than trying to get a meeting with all members. Recording meetings or having people call into meetings is also always an option. For…   Read more»

]]> 84a40988f555ff1bb0e57128fae8d58c https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/21376/ Sat, 20 Feb 2021 21:00:06 -0500 In terms of large-scale communication, I feel that emails or smaller scale meetings would be sufficient rather than trying to get a meeting with all members. Recording meetings or having people call into meetings is also always an option. For…   Read more»

]]> c913cc4ee997d3b983eef5da782f6b1c https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/21375/ Sat, 20 Feb 2021 20:41:58 -0500 Sadly, I do not have any experience working on projects where I had any knowledge of the risk/reward relationship. My main knowledge on the topic though is built from times when risk vs reward calculations failed and became larger scale…   Read more»

]]> 55d8f9fbd17bf98fbbd299f5b687aa9b https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/21343/ Sat, 13 Feb 2021 20:55:12 -0500 I have to think that you have misunderstood the product life cycle. From my understanding the product life cycle is for a singular product not a type of product. Sutures are a great example for medical devices as they are…   Read more»

]]> f3b5c51203bcc7073c5d0401e27cc56e https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/21342/ Sat, 13 Feb 2021 20:23:11 -0500 If simulation one was given to my group in a real industry setting, I honestly think we would have finished the work at a similar pace or maybe even faster. When we began discussions, we had all already done the…   Read more»

]]> 0eee19e30f0507c11b17615ad1b0ab3a https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/21341/ Sat, 13 Feb 2021 20:09:56 -0500 While I am currently not working in industry, I do have experience in working for both function and project-based organizations. For me the results were the same as the size of the projects were always small. As such I did…   Read more»

]]> da9221f5c1293cfb9f3ed8cbf55346f1 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/21285/ Sat, 06 Feb 2021 23:31:52 -0500 Honestly thinking about it I think a project manager’s personality is not very important. I think the more important point from your question is what management style people should use. I just think that you are focusing on the project…   Read more»

]]> f74c3c9a8f0390604f9475d0f8808f73 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/21284/ Sat, 06 Feb 2021 23:15:51 -0500 I have some trouble directly answering the question because honestly the answer depends on the project. In some cases, projects could get completed with more resources but in other cases projects have too many resources and have reached a point…   Read more»

]]> df070ae029d83f78db8400eb68f00862 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/21283/ Sat, 06 Feb 2021 22:51:59 -0500 If I had to choose a project team the main skills, I would focus on are technical skills and communication skills. If the project is of a larger size, I may want some team members with managerial skills that can…   Read more»

]]> da84c7b33d11d44344d2faefc8f9bf4d https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/21208/ Sat, 30 Jan 2021 06:04:45 -0500 To me project managers must have three skillsets: interpersonal skills, managerial skills, technical skills. I listed the skillsets in order of importance based on my experiences in workplaces and group projects. I placed interpersonal skills as the most important because…   Read more»

]]> 28318d218396a5a49bd1a1c7be82bbe3 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/21207/ Sat, 30 Jan 2021 05:29:33 -0500 I believe there is almost no possibility of globalization of regulatory procedures. This is mainly because as it stands different regulatory bodies have different standards, which I know is obvious but it also very important. As it stands no regulatory…   Read more»

]]> 72a91d1d1b9e0ef7cfd072c7f8765c5e https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/21206/ Sat, 30 Jan 2021 04:52:24 -0500 I do not believe that being a skilled project manager in one industry would make you equally successful in another. This is because each industry will have different regulations that they must follow which will act as a form of…   Read more»

]]> ed9cbcf094b6359b2c6c83cf605d9ec3 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/21165/ Mon, 25 Jan 2021 14:50:27 -0500 The only long scale project that I have been a part of is my senior capstone project. Where project management was handled as a group effort due to the scale and complexity of the project. This was because it required…   Read more»

]]> b74ddc407662f3be37617ca97166ad3a https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/21161/ Mon, 25 Jan 2021 14:50:11 -0500 As a someone who has worked in a field with less than the expected technical knowledge, I do wish there was more of a focus at NJIT on interpersonal skills in the curriculum. The issue is that I do not…   Read more»

]]> d167910b251427aa55dd810c06bd2114 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/21160/ Mon, 25 Jan 2021 14:50:10 -0500 While I do not have any experience as a project manager, there have clearly been great changes in how people communicate. In my experience in a research lab with only 10 people text messages and emails which were already the…   Read more»

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