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ka234
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RE: Overworked Americans vs. Motivation

It has to be fear, insecurity, and/or peer pressure. Companies should not expect their employees to work over 40 hours a week if they are salaried emp...

5 years ago
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RE: Why do people leave work?

People will leave when they don't feel valued. Being "valued" has many different definitions to different people. Some people determine their value ba...

5 years ago
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RE: Skills Learned in this Class

Something I learned in this class is that a PM is ultimately responsible for everything related to the project. While they may not have to do everythi...

5 years ago
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RE: Design Review Meeting

Best way to get the fastest approval is to pull rank! Send out a meeting invitation to all the required approvers, and copy their boss, their bosses...

5 years ago
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RE: Integration PM

As an Automation Engineer in a 3rd Party Contract Manufacturing company, I am responsible for designing and building the machines that make the medica...

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RE: Deadlines and SOP's

Ideally, said company would have a hierarchy of engineers/support staff to "do the paperwork". Senior level staff can focus on getting the tasks done,...

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RE: Single Source/Dual Source

@srg36 is correct. Single source is a little risky, but it is a necessary evil while launching a new product to market. The project team does not have...

5 years ago
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RE: Challenges PM face

Personally, the biggest challenge that a PM faces is baby sitting people. People have different priorities, this is the exact reason that a PM is need...

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RE: Underestimating Task Duration

@jp582 All your points are valid. However, I've been in many situations where we are presenting the overall project ghant chart to the customer/manage...

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RE: Scope Growth

@ajm73 I definitely agree with you that the project team should just focus on the initial project at hand. Unfortunately, that is hard to do, especial...

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RE: Mobile Medical Applications

After looking through the FDA's guidance on Software as a Medical Device (SaMD), which is detailed more simply on this FDA page , its clear the FDA is...

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RE: Initiating a Project Idea

Initiating projects is getting buy-in from others by balancing research and taking a strong lead in my experience. In contrast to what others have sai...

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RE: General Wellness Product

When I saw the first post in the thread, the device that popped into my head was the LifeAlert device that are typically used by seniors to get immedi...

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RE: Interpersonal skills vs technical knowledge

The educational system is absolutely imbalanced. In the engineering field, there is no question that you need to understand engineering principles and...

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