Selection of whether to hire within or externally for a project manager may rely on each individual project’s uniqueness; however, there can be many a...

In my opinion, giving a product its license before verifying it is unethical because it will directly impact the safety of patients in biomedical manu...

I have found when project delays are due to events outside of a team’s control, reassessing the project plan is the most effective way to determine th...

General management and communication skills are vital for effective execution of plans because the methods used to complete the plan (such as work per...

It is essential for a project manager to manage expectations among the investors (shareholders), the FDA, and the customers (patients), and this requi...

In the event that a defect spike occurs during the validation phase, I think that the first thing that should be done is to formally document the defe...

Although each phase is critical, the most important phase in the project process for longitudinal success is the planning phase, as it is when the pro...

The first step to effectively balancing expectations from all involved bodies (e.g., FDA, shareholders, and consumers) is for the PM to recognize that...

The phrase "everything is about risk" in risk management refers to the habit of organizations to contextualize decisions, meetings, and discussions ar...

@mmd55 You definitely bring up an interesting point about the relative importance of resources vs. management oversight in a project's early stages. W...

A way companies can reduce the cost of returning to earlier development phases is through strengthening early-stage planning and risk identification. ...

A WBS definitely facilitates better project planning via facilitating the organization of a complex project into smaller and more clearly defined task...

One aspect of EVM that has yet to be discussed is its value in forecasting, not just monitoring. EVM can certainly convey whether a project is ahead o...

Another way to consider the distinction is to focus on what event is being protected. In FS dependencies, you are protecting the start of the successo...

An additional way to mitigate financial pushback in front-end R&D could be to rework the product architecture before assuming the business case is...