@at644, while usually true, having documented procedures does not always guarantee compliance. Procedures can and will help avoid the pitfalls of treating design control and project management as two ...

When you mention the product life cycle, that can apply to a variety of things as there are several different components that make up the product life cycle. There is the development phase, introducti...

To ensure that the DHF is done properly and completely a PM would need to be cognizant and responsible for all nine steps involved throughout the entirety of the project. While they wouldn't be respon...

Various people agree with the concept that roles should not only be clearly defined, but defined early in a project, or even before the project commences. This is essential to promote a sense of owner...

Reading through the responses, I agree with many of what was proposed; there are several good options for how to control expectations including consistent communication with shareholders, clearly defi...

Reading through the responses, I noticed that many suggested having team meetings as a whole as well as additional individual meetings with those involved to try and resolve the conflicts. While this ...

The neat (and maybe painful part) of being a project manager is, that dependent on the industry, you can be expected to be a jack of all trades. In my job for example (working in a medical device manu...

@njq3 , this is exactly the point I want to touch upon. You mentioned how you sort of came into the leadership role in your current company and grew into it. The original posts asks about what makes a...

Reading through the posts, I've noticed many have highlighted the importance of listening, defining roles, and respect. All very valid points in ensuring proper communication in a team. To take it one...

@an83 Exactly. To add onto this, from the outside, it seems it may be difficult to even grasp a consulting position in the first place as a new graduate with-assuming-little to no experience. Consulti...

@hc255 agree; I also firmly align with how you pointed out that this doesn't necessarily have to be a scary thing. It is indeed important to ask and well understand what's considered confidential, wh...

@rm829 , very true and I wanted to especially highlight one of the points that you brought up. Something important consider is location as it relates to the physicians specialty. Simply considering so...

@ag2357 , to play the devils advocate to you and @kaf43's suggestions to increase communication-what if increasing this communication within the organization leads to issues? How would increasing that...

@benjaminrofail , I agree. However there's another important point that should be made here. A good project manager will make their choice based off of what they know and what makes sense. By that I m...

As having worked in a Functional Organization and a Matrix Organization, I can say that my preference between the two has been the Matrix Organization. Within the Functional Organization, the pro was ...