By Dr Mike Florence This project was of major strategic importance for the organisation and was a scientific first for the disease therapy. I introduced the Balanced Capabilities rationale here . But to continue - as with all projects, getting the objectives, scope, expectations correct was essential. It helped having great scientists, science and leaders; Leaders that knew how to deliver great science through great project management. Firstly, we held meetings with the sponsors and leaders...

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 promise that’s...

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 make fast and correct...