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Bryan Xavier
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RE: Importance of Work Breakdown Structure

One approach that some projects use to manage scope creep and task delays is the Event Chain Methodology or ECM. ECM identifies potential event chains...

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RE: Identifying the Critical Path – Preventing Project Delays

Instead of having one fixed critical path over the entire project, breaking the work into smaller pieces and having multiple critical paths for each p...

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RE: Significance of Scheduling in the Planning Phase

The estimation methods you presented provide a fixed schedule of expected task durations. Another approach that should be considered is dynamic schedu...

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RE: Risk Management in Project Planning

One thing to consider with medical devices is that they don't all carry the same level of risks, hence the classification. Implementing different risk...

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RE: Role of Enterprise Environmental Factors in Project Initiation

Some responses already mention ways to increase innovation during a project by using software to communicate throughout the project team effectively o...

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RE: Making connections between people and schools

Hello everyone! My name is Bryan Xavier, and I'm an undergraduate at NJIT pursuing a BS and MS at NJIT. I can't wait to connect with everyone! Connect...

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RE: Addressing Verification Failures

@amm7 To add on to your potential test, it may be better to test if the label does better on a flat surface or a curved surface. If the testing is don...

8 months ago
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RE: Managing Scope and Stakeholder Expectations

@ms3548 Adding to your point, its important to have the project teams and stakeholder have multiple ways to determine how to stay in scope with the pr...

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RE: Risk Mitigation and Continuous Improvement

One thing that may help when considering changing test parameters or even mitigating failures can be consulting experts in fields that deal with the p...

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RE: Critical Role of Design Controls in Medical Device Projects

@pd493 To add upon your bringing up focusing on high-risk areas, rather than just focusing on one area at a time, they can split up the product in par...

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RE: Optimizing the Design Development Plan (DDP) for More Efficient Product Development

All the methods listed in this forum are great ways to have flexibility on a DDP, however implementing risk strategies, such as a Risk Register. In a ...

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RE: The Importance of the Design History File (DHF) in Regulatory Compliance

Other than updating the DHF as the project progresses, implementing a traceability matrix is another strategy to ensure that the DHF remains well-orga...

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RE: Caution with Medical Devices that Require a PMA

Some responses already demonstrate how extensively a product that must meet Class III requirements can deter big companies from pursuing new medical t...

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RE: The Role of Regulatory Strategy in Combination Product Development

A mix of both would probably be the most advantageous for medical device companies. You would get the best of both worlds: on the one hand, an interna...

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RE: Importance of Regulatory Strategy in Medical Device Project Management

Everyone has mentioned that early involvement with the FDA is important to ensure there are no conflicts and delays when approving the distribution of...

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