I learned that project management was more than just planning out gantt charts and timelines, but also monitoring and maintaining the project timeline...

I feel that people leave work when they feel they have become too comfortable with their job and are looking for something more challenging. After a w...

The results of this study do not surprise me at all. However, it would be clearer to understand these results if they were broken up in categories of ...

Letting a vendor know that you value their service is the most important part of maintaining a relationship with them. I have worked with a vendor tha...

What motivates me is the pursuit of improving myself. I always want to be the better me, whether at school or at work. I strive to grab the opportunit...

The most important challenge that project managers face is sharing communications amongst team members. PM's should be constantly getting feedback fro...

I believe that time frames should not be shortened if it increases risk. While it may seem beneficial at first to quicken the development or clinical ...

It is very important to have all the team members on board with the same timeline and to have regular updates on tasks. While estimating workloads ma...

A couple of things should happen at once. The project manager should begin looking into other vendors and get quotes from them. At the same time, an a...

Missing a milestone can be detrimental. Milestones are set in the first place because they represent important instances in the work process. However,...

I think that mitigating risks is more important than reducing the time needed for a project. As Dr. Simon mentioned in the lecture when reviewing the ...

While sometimes the user needs are vague, it is important to define them as quick as possible so that you can exit the planning phase and continue wit...

In the industry, engineering usually equals R&D for most companies. For the design input document, another helpful source to discuss with is produ...

Design controls make initiating a project to be the most difficult part of medical device development. It is important though because it helps weed ou...

Being that a medical device company usually has a large number of projects active at one time, the engineers that would attend your design review meet...