Course overview
Drug and device development is a complex process which needs effective project management. With ever-increasing pressures in the industry, the use of project management can provide essential tools and techniques, including agile, and be a key factor in the successful completion of bringing a drug or medical device to market.
Interactive exercises are used to aid the learner in the application of project management concepts and principles so they can easily use the tools to improve the success of existing or future pharmaceutical projects.
The programme will include a number of sessions where you will be able to apply some of the techniques to a simulated pharmaceutical case study as well as your own projects. You are therefore encouraged to bring a real project you are currently involved in or will be working on to which you can apply some of the concepts and techniques. There is no need to disclose any confidential information about your project.
CPD Hours: 12
Course Content
- Day 1
- What is a project/project management in the pharma/bio industry?
- Setting clear project objectives and defining the scope of pharma/bio projects
- Detailed project planning of pharma/bio projects
- Project implementation and control for your projects
- Day 2
- Project review and closure
- Pharma/bio leadership skills
- Motivate to achieve project milestones
- Building pharma/bio project teams
- Project communication and cross-cultural communication skills
- Project time management
Speakers
Roger Joby
Roger Joby: Director 1to1to1 Project Management Consultancy and Visiting Research Fellow Liverpool JM University
An international pharmaceutical project management consultant and educator with over 40 years’ experience, principally for Clinical Research Organisations in both clinical operations and bids, and contract departments.
Roger is a Board member of the Institute of Clinical Research and is a visiting Research Fellow at Liverpool JM University. He is involved in academic research and has published papers and written articles on the application of Earned Value Management in Clinical Research with colleagues at Liverpool JM University. Roger specialises in customising project management tools like EVM, Risk Analysis, etc to suit client-specific needs in the highly uncertain world of drug development.
Roger has worked as an independent consultant since the year 2000, but prior to this he worked in both sponsor and supplier companies in clinical research latterly in senior management positions.
Laura Brown
Dr Laura Brown is an independent pharmaceutical project management and training consultant and Senior Lecturer for the MSc in Clinical Research at the School of Pharmacy, University of Cardiff. Laura has more than 20 years’ experience of managing projects in the pharmaceutical industry and has worked for several companies including GSK, Hoechst Marion Roussel, Good Clinical Research Practices and Phoenix International. Laura has completed an MBA, with specialisation in project management. She is also the external project management expert for a pharmaceutical e-learning MSc module in project management and the author of two books on the subject including the leading title, Project Management for the Pharmaceutical Industry.
