By Dr Sandra Hirschberg We talk a lot about “success” of projects, but its meaning is surprisingly hard to pin down for life sciences projects. In life sciences the world shifts constantly: the science surprises us, data nudges us in new directions, regulations evolve and companies and competitors change shape, and yet we often act as if success is a single fixed destination with a straight line to the finish. A successful life sciences project is a fixed outcome, and more a

By Dr Mike Florence My role in this team as a Global Project Manager/Leader (contract for 3 months) was to build an operations team with a full Microsoft (MS) project schedule plan with risk management that would support the steering team and functional teams' decision making and so delivery. The Client was clear that a detailed fully integrated MS Project schedule (all functions & main CRO’s) must be created with the functionality to see the critical path and be used to mak

Building a Successful team with Balanced Capabilities and a Cunning Schedule (LSLV to Launch) with a Mind Map By Dr Mike Florence A previous series of articles introduced the topic of Balanced Capabilities ( see here ). This new series features a case study of that approach in action. Visualisation turns abstract dreams into a reality - how a team was built from 'zero to hero' that helped create a gold standard project. A balanced team sharing a common ambition and vision is

By Sandra Hirschberg A ttribution: <a href=" https://www.vecteezy.com/free-photos/storybook">Storybook Stock photos by Vecteezy</a> In creative writing “reverse storytelling” is a technique where a story is told backwards, revealing earlier events in reverse order, to show how the conclusion was reached (think the movie Memento or the Usual Suspects).   I’ve long thought of a Project Manager or Project Leader as a reverse storyteller. I visualise my project as a story or col

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