Written firmly from the perspective of the pharmaceutical industry, Laura Brown and Tony Grundy offer a guide to the tools and techniques of project management. They cover both the technical and human aspects of project management to provide clinical research, drug development and quality assurance managers or directors with a must-have reference.
Offers the reader a guide to the relevant project management tools and techniques and how to rigorously apply them in the pharmaceutical industry. This title covers the technical, strategic and human aspects of project management, including contingency planning, simulation techniques and different project options.
'A comprehensive set of tools and techniques...The techniques and advice can be applied to many projects in the pharmaceutical industry, including drug development. This is particularly useful for managers who are looking to gain a new perspective for maximising project success...The importance of taking account of behavioural aspects for the successful running of pharmaceutical projects, often overlooked, is included...Above all, the case studies illustrate excellent techniques and principles to help the reader understand, and learn to use, modern tools and techniques for maximising management success. ' - Dr Carol Casman, Group Head, Transnational, Clinical Pharmacology and Discovery Medicine, GSK