Project Management for Pharmaceutical Professionals

• Provide an in-depth understanding of project management tools and techniques to use in the pharmaceutical industry

• Incorporate the project management  processes into everyday working practices

• Apply the techniques to a number of projects currently “live” in your organisation

• Understand how to blend together both the technical aspects of project management and the essential interpersonal skills

• Defining the key characteristics of project management and the importance to the pharmaceutical industry

• Using an project management process for improving the success of your own research projects
• Identifying the causes of past success and failure of your research projects

• Aligning the project objectives with the strategic and financial business objectives
• Defining the result, the cost and the time
• Understanding the importance of having an overall strategy for your  research projects

• Identifying the key project activities using a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Planning a realistic schedule using Gantt analysis and setting clear milestones
• Budget planning
• Implementing risk management and contingency planning for your project
• Discussion to share experiences with project management software and tracking systems.

• Identifying the possible causes of problems
• Effective communication and how to manage stakeholders – both within and outside the project team
• Overcoming enablers and constraints of pharma projects
• Implementing project control and reporting systems
• Monitoring pharma project activities and performance

• Identifying the critical success factors
• Learning from mistakes

• Defining the role and skills of effective pharma project leaders
• Improving your interpersonal skills as a leader

• Understand how to motivate different people
• Completion of a self evaluation questionnaire
• What motivates members of your project team?

• How to modify your leadership style to get the best results in a project team environment
• Building a high performance team
• Communicating effectively and dealing with conflict

• Effective communication
• Preventing, and overcoming misunderstandings and dealing with conflict
• Developing an understanding of cultural awareness to work more effectively with colleagues from different countries

• Identifying and manage common time wasting activities in research projects
• Maximising your prime time to improve your personal performance