I agree that communication is the primary tool that you should use to handle these types of issues. To keep people on schedule you may have to have re...

In addition to all the earlier points, in a regulated industry such medical devices rigorous documentation is required at many of the project stages. ...

I pretty much agree with the majority opinion here on project monitoring. I also think the biweekly meeting is great idea that suits the majority of t...

I agree with your point that withholding project financial information from a PM seems extremely detrimental. Reading this thread I did see some seemi...

I agree with many of the posts in this thread about creating buffer in the schedule being one of the most effective and definitely one of the simplest...

One solution to the information problem is to have short (about 15 minute) daily huddles to provide critical updates. This when paired with some proj...

A key way to reduce slack days used when considering team members schedules it to maximize redundancy within the team such that people can always be s...

I think everyone has brough up great points so far in this discussion on how to measure relevant and useful metrics. One key point that I think no one...

While it might be technically possible to recover from being behind schedule and over budget, I think that recovering from both of those conditions is...

As an employee I prefer most important or simple communications to occur through teams. However, teams itself is not really built for a high volume of...

While changing multiple steps in the verification process does seem more efficient a key aspect of regulated industries in general is finding the root...

Hypothetically, if I could change the DSD I would alter the part of the DSD that required that the label pass a submersion test. In the instructions f...

As said a change control process is essential in managing design changes in a project. A change control system will allow for a thorough analysis of a...

When considering risks for in medical device project management, technical and regulatory risks usually also have financial implications to them. An i...

I think that while Design reviews and Design change requests are important to do during the check and act phases, I think it is just as important to d...