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Project Management
Chris Benham
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Aims
What is project management
Leading and managing people
Teamwork Objective setting
Project management tools
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Project management
Project management is the discipline oforganizing and managing resources (e.g.people) in such a way that the project is
completed within defined: scope
quality
time and cost constraints
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Projects vs processes
Projects
Building new student
centre
Refurb of PrinceEdward Hall
Drug discovery
projects Research projects
Processes
Running exams
Admissions
Drug safety
monitoring
Managing Pharmacy
shop
n.b. projects have specific time limits,
processes are open-ended ongoing activities
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Project Management Overview
Projects must be managed as a wholenot as individualelements
The goal of all project management is optimally tointegrate interdependent elements into a whole
Project managers must be able to predict and managebottlenecks
A key planning tool is identifying and tracking thesequence of key chronological milestones and their
dependence on other actions Project managers must be prepared to deal with change
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Most Common Project
Management Challenges
Think of some, we will build a list
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Project Management Issues
Issues/factors that might be relevant to a specificproject:
Scope management (clear mission definition, duration, organization,remit)
Human resource management (selecting, acquiring, and motivatingpersonnel)
Information needs management (elements, milestones, background,learning curves)
Scheduling and time management ( predicting likely bottlenecks)
Scarce resource management (availability, productivity, alternatives)
Communications management (type and frequency)
Conflict resolution management (negotiation, individual vs. team
decisions, escalation) Risk management (changes, backups, contingencies, impact on
business)
Quality management (feedback, validation, process improvement)
Deliverables management (measure accomplishments)
Other management issues (external expertise, other as appropriate)
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People Management
To enable their people to do what is required, teamleaders should:
Make sure that everyone understands what to do.
Ensure that each team member has access to all theresources needed to complete assignments
Use mid-assignment check-ins with all team members tokeep morale high and keep problems from growing outof control
Be on virtual 24-hour call to support their teammembers
Use positive reinforcement: rewards and thank-yousshould be plentiful
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Lao-tzu on Leadership
The Chinese philosopher, Lao-tzu, described hisview of team leadership with these thoughts:
As for the best leaders, the people do not noticetheir existence. The next best, people honorand praise. The next, the people fear; and thenext, the people hate. When the best leaderswork is done, the people say, We did it
ourselves.
Lao-tzu
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Teamwork
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Ten Key Elements of an Effective Team
Think of some, we will build a list
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Teamwork
The concept ofteamwork represents aset of values that encourage behaviorssuch as:
Listening and constructively responding topoints of view expressed by others
Giving others the benefit of the doubt
Providing support to those who need it Recognizing the interests and
achievements of others
From The Wisdom of Teams, Jon Katzenbach and Douglas Smith, pp. 21-22
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Characteristics of an effective team
What are they?
Write down 3
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Characteristics of an effective team
Team Players and Teamwork by Glenn M. Parker
Think of some, we will build a list
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Project Objectives
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SMART Objectives
Specific,
Measurable (or at least evaluable)
achievement,
Achievable
Realistic and
Time terminated (bounded).
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Analysis and design of objectives
Brainstorming
Situation, Target, Proposal, STP
SWOT
Also good for assessing and controlling risks
Strengths Weaknesses
Opportunities Threats
Us
World
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Project management Tools
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Project Management tools
a major-milestone chart
Project XYZ
Milestone A B C D E F
Date 4/1 5/1 11/1 11/1 12/15 1/5
Major Milestones
AChartering
BTeam formation
CData collection & project workDInitial review of project
EFinal review of project
FProject completion and beginning of implementation phase
Ideal for linear project plans. like your research projects
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Project management tools
PERT chart allows analysis of the shortest time for the whole project.
7 month project has critical path BC
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Preclinical Development Project
Start Go/No go OK to testin humans
Synthesis
50g
Modified from: Rang H.P. Drug Discovery and Devpt 2006 Chap 15
GMP synthesis
10Kg
Analyse release
Prelim
Formulation
Toxicology
Dose-finding
Rat
ADME/PK
Analytical
method
Stability
tests
Safety
Pharmacol
Synthesis
300g
Oral vs iv
formn
Genotox
4-week
Toxicol2 species
Analytical
Method
Drug and
metabolites
Timings for activities between green nodes overrall time about 12mths
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Project management tools: Gant Charts
Project XYZ
A
CharteringBTeam formation
CProject work
DInitial review
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Each element
of the project
is scheduled
Can also show
dependencies
A Gantt chart is a master schedule that graphically shows:
target start date,
completion date,
duration of each component of a project
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Decision making: multi-criteria
Allows team to make objective decision when presented with
complex criteria
Often used in pharma strategy to decide which projects to fund
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Disease Area Evaluations
Criteria Weights
Medical need 30
Commercial attractiveness 20
Competitive situation 15
Ease of clinical trial 15
Cost of disease 10
Company portfolio 10
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Disease Area Evaluations
Relative Scores
Hypertension Diabetes Asthma
Medical need 6 8 6
Commercial attractiveness 7 4 6
Competitive situation 8 4 5
Ease of clinical trial 3 8 6
Cost of disease 4 4 2
Company portfolio 8 2 4
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Disease Area Evaluations
Total Scores (weighting x disease score)
Hypertension Diabetes Asthma
Medical need 180 (30x6) 240 180
Commercial attractiveness 140 80 120
Competitive situation 120 60 75
Ease of clinical trial 45 120 90
Cost of disease 40 40 20
Company portfolio 80 20 40
Total Weighted Scores 605 560 525
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summary
What is project management
Leading and managing people
Teamwork Objective setting
Project management tools
QUESTIONS
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