With several years of product development experience at a medical device company under my belt, I can say that one of the major factors in being able ...

Animal testing is a crucial part of biomedical research. Before any devices are implanted into humans, we must already have a very good idea of how it...

From the perspective of the project manager, the biomaterial that is chosen for a device can impact the project plan in several ways. First is whether...

I am in agreement with the other posts above that projects need to meet all three objectives in order to be considered successful. A project can never...

One thing that comes to mind when discussing combination devices is the regulatory pathway that it will take. The FDA has three seperate departments f...

The general phases of project management will be the same in different industries, since this is how the process has been developed and has proven to ...

My advice to biomedical engineering student is to network and to go for internship/co-op experience which will expose you to design controls. It is im...

As someone working in industry, I think that a student who is fresh out of school and looking to go into industry needs to have at least one of these ...

One difference that stands out to me between academia and industry is the source of funding. Researchers in academia often need to seek out funding in...

One difference that stands out to me between academia and industry is the source of funding. Researchers in academia often need to seek out funding in...

One thing that I would like to expand on from ap962's post is assigning a dedicated vendor manager. It is good to have a single person designated as t...

It is possible for a project to have multiple priorities, but it is important to make sure that these are included in the scope of the project. It is ...

Once of the most important things that I will take away from this course is the value of good planning. In industry, I have been part of project teams...

Preparing a schedule for a clinical trial is done using the same tools that were used for others projects: by creating a WBS and a Gant Chart. The WBS...

I think that it is a combination of the culture in America as well as the individual's inner motives. America's businesses are valued at how successfu...