Hi everyone, My name is Zack, I'm currently completing my MS in Mechanical Engineering at NJIT while working at BD. Excited to learn about applicable skills/topics during this class and meet new peopl...

As a PM or as someone who is looking to become a PM in the future, I think it is important to have or start developing certain traits to be a successful PM. I think leadership, communication, and adap...

As a PM I think you need to take several steps to address an underperforming team member. First, I think you need assess why the team member is performing in this manner (i.e. too many tasks, lack of ...

It can be very tricky to navigate a situation and develop a professional relationship with people who think they are always right. It may be easiest to go along with what that person is proposing or i...

V&V is typically a huge part of the project timeline and is crucial to the creation of safe and effective medical devices. There are many associated risks on project management when thinking about...

I think that the company would still need recall and notify the FDA for the products already out in the market. Labeling is a huge component of a product, and should never be an after-thought. Project...

In my opinion, the FDA’s role in ensuring the safety of the products on the market is of the utmost importance. We would be living in a very scary world if there was no regulatory agency scrutinizing ...

I’ve never worked as a PM, but as a team member on a new product development team I know it is extremely easy to get overwhelmed with project deliverables. Without any insight into the priority of the...

I think as a PM it is extremely important to accurately assess project deadlines and execute on project deliverables in a timely manner. Projects can still be successful if deadlines aren’t met, but i...

Based on my experience, I agree with Daniel Goleman’s perspective when particularly looking at success within project management. Project managers have an integral role in managing scope, schedule, co...