There are several good posts here, many of which point out a combos with generally the same 3 knowledge areas, that being scope, risk, quality, or time, or some variation of that. While I'll say that...

@anthonynjit agreed that the bottom up would be the ideal. However, it unfortunately is often not the case in the real world. In my company, for example, the top-down approach is usually what's done. ...

As many are saying, this depends on costs associated with the project, as well as timeline. However, regardless, 'supplier diversity' should be done no matter the costs during the project. It's less '...

@mmd55 agreed, I also don't agree with rushing timelines. You make a good point on things taking longer preventing a patient from receiving that potentially lifesaving medical device, however, I would...

Going through this post, several people bring up good suggestions! Creating a project plan, setting meetings, and creating a WBS are all good tools to use to ensure that your project stays on task. On...

An important note to consider is what position the manager is hiring for and whether that position is high level or not. Bringing in an outside hire to fill in a role that none at your current company...

@sic23njit-edu agreed! To add to this, I think an important point to consider is to also look at what the company has done historically. Yes, we need to mitigate uncertainty and understand we can't el...

@kelsipetrillo this is an interesting suggestion! While on the surface, this may be a way to help broach the topic with the team and address the issue, I see potential issue with rolling this out in t...

The kind of problem that throws things out of schedule dictates the response. Before jumping to discussing the approach, one concept I feel is important to be aware of is the part of the PM's role in ...

As a couple of posters have mentioned, reporting lessons learned is a great tool to use for helping develop individuals so that the next projects run even more smoothly! To add onto this point I'd lik...

Honestly, your best tools will always be communication first and foremost, then accountability, accountability, accountability! As a PM you can only do so much. To a certain level, a team member has t...

This weeks videos on PM are really interesting. In my job (working as a process dev eng in a medical device manufacturing company) verification vs validation both in very loose terms mean ensuring tha...

This is a fun one! Reading through the comments already posted, one thing I noticed that was missed is this: as the PM, you are often not in charge of hiring new members. You may not even have a say w...

Many of these comments hit the nail on the head with providing a checklist, previous meetings, and team buy-in as the first steps for ensuring that all approvals will be met and the project will be ab...

This is a really good question and post to make. When working in the medical device industry, whether that be in the R&D sector, manufacturing, etc. each one of us will run into this question. The...