Why Can’t You Find A Qualified Medical Device Software Project Manager?
Waddell Group has seen increased demand for Software Project Managers for Medical Devices over the past several months. In our searches, these people are hard to find and extremely valuable when it comes to projects. Because they are scarce, there is a significant demand for their time, adversely impacting many medical device projects. Let’s understand why finding a good Medical Device Software Project Manager is difficult and potential solutions to combat it. The Importance Of A Medical Device Software Project Manager Information technology is advancing in leaps and bounds, and…
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How to select the right vendors for your medical device project
The success of your project and your bottom line depend on choosing the right vendors for your medical device project. From lead times to safety risks, your suppliers can impact the overall operations of your business. This makes it critical to choose the right fit vendor for your medical device project. Start by making a list of vendors for your medical device project. Short-list multiple vendors for the same component, product, system, or service if possible. Once short-listed, use the steps mentioned below to select the best fit for your…
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From Critical to Cured: How to Communicate Critical Issues to Senior Management for Action
Any project manager worth their salt knows that bringing a medical device project to completion successfully requires quick decisions and timely actions. This includes ensuring that senior management sees and addresses critical issues on time. With their experience, expertise, and reach, they can resolve these issues efficiently. Thus mitigating risks, saving invaluable time, and securing smooth implementation for all. That’s why as tempting as it is to address these issues at the project level, it’s more important to communicate critical issues to senior management effectively. Getting senior management involved early…
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Our New Year Gift To You
Top 10 Resources Every Medical Device Project Manager Needs When it comes to medical device project management, we have a treasure trove of articles on our blog. This month, as a gift to you, we have decided to compile the top 10 into a list of resources to help you run your medical device project smoothly and successfully. Resource #1: Communicating Effectively As A Medical Device Project Manager. A highly successful project leader knows: for maximum impact. Understand why communication is the currency of leadership and how to use it…
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How to look for the right project manager for your medical device project?
A PMI survey suggests that organizations that fail to properly integrate project management into their strategies will see their outright project failure rate increase by a factor of 2/31. This includes the selection of the right project manager for your medical device project. Whether interim, full time or an external consultant, your project manager must know how to optimize your company’s resources to reach project goals on time and within budget. Let us help you look for a project manager with the right skills, temperament, and aptitude to lead your…
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Why top industry executives choose Waddell Group for their Medical Device Project Management needs.
Our mission at Waddell Group is to provide exemplary project management consultants to clients in medical device and other regulated industries. This gives companies access to great project leaders on an “as needed” basis, and an opportunity for gifted project leaders to work on projects outside an organization’s politics and other “non-project” related issues. Whether your organization faces a recall, requires a technology transfer, or suffers from low performance — Waddell Group’s experts bring their depth of understanding to quickly assess your needs, engage the team, and provide predictable success. …
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So you want to be a consultant
What’s it like having your own business as a medical device project management consultant? We will share our views with you below. There are risks and rewards to having your own business, and Waddell Group will help World Class Medical Device Project Managers make the leap by being your sales and marketing arm . In short, we make it easy for you to be in business for yourself. The “great resignation” and COVID are changing the way we work, and this gives the employees – and contract employees –…
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Project Management Tips to Get the Most Out of Your Remote Teams
Project Management Tips to Get the Most Out of Your Remote Teams Last October, Waddell Group CEO Tom Waddell interviewed Courtney Jones, a skilled project manager with expertise in managing teams from across the globe at Rebiotix, a Ferring Company. Jones’ experiences with project management during the COVID-19 pandemic have equipped her with the tools necessary to get the most out of her teams, and both Jones and Waddell agree that simple changes to you and your team’s processes will pay dividends in the long run. Jones has found success…
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Tips for Successfully Managing Remote Teams and Projects
Managing Projects Remotely in a Pandemic Last year, Waddell Group CEO Tom Waddell interviewed Dr. Michael O’Connor, Director of Strategy and Project Development at Medtronic about tips on managing projects in a pandemic. Dr. O’Connor shared some wisdom about quickly adapting and executing projects during lockdown and afterwards. At the onset of their conversation, Dr. O’Connor stated that Medtronic saw the pandemic ahead of time through their global presence, but what they saw still didn’t prepare them for the scale and impact COVID-19 would have on project management practices and…
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Opportunities in a Post-Pandemic Market With Introworks
Opportunities in a Post-Pandemic Marketplace Waddell Group CEO Tom Waddell had an interview last November with the President of Introworks, Bob Freytag, about opportunities in the marketplace to take advantage of as the market continues to open up after COVID-19. A year later, we’re revisiting their conversation to gain a new perspective on their insights and measure their applicability in a marketplace that is still transitioning as we approach 2022. Waddell and Freytag’s conversation covered topics such as the effectiveness of fractional teams during the pandemic, how to take advantage…
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