SMART Pharma
Improving Your R & D Processes

One day course

Key Objectives

• To learn tools and techniques to be able to apply to R & D process
• To understand how to make existing R & D processes more efficient
• To look at process improvement options for R & D processes
• To diagnose R & D process inefficiencies
• To consider implementation options

PROGRAMME

Introduction and Objectives

Diagnosing Process Improvement

• Using problem diagnosis (for example, “fishbone” analysis) for understanding why processes are cumbersome
• Using the project management triangle of “value, cost and time” to understand the effectiveness of a particular process. Costing out the ineffectiveness of current processes
• SOPs and process review
• Process mapping of one of your own processesto identify options for process improvement

 Developing Options for Process Improvement

• Being more creative in problem solving of process simplification issues
• Evaluation of the attractiveness/likely difficulty of changes (“AID” analysis)
• Continuous improvement teams – as an invaluable approach for improving the implementation of regulatory change
• Synthesis – what are your overall objectives and strategy for this

 Planning and Implementation in Practice

• Project managing process improvements
• Managing the change and people issues
• Managing the stakeholders involved (stakeholder analysis)

Evaluation and Learning