Friday, January 23, 2009

Project Management in the Life Sciences: Results from a 2008 Survey and Comparison with Previous Surveys over the Last Decade

If you didn't have a chance to catch the web seminar "Project Management in the Life Sciences: Results from a 2008 Survey and Comparison with Previous Surveys over the Last Decade" with Dr. Jann Neilson of Wyeth, please do! It was a very informative session.

Check it out here:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/403770168

About the web seminar:
The Project Management Institute Pharmaceutical Specific Interest Group has sponsored 50-plus item surveys in 2001, 2002, 2005, and in the fourth quarter of 2008. There have been up to 711 respondents to each of the surveys. We have determined people’s profiles (e.g. what country they live in), the organization’s profile (e.g. large pharma, small pharma, biotech, CRO, consultant, etc.), and most of the questions were about project management in the person’s organization.

The seminar will describe the most interesting data from the 2008 survey and how it compares to previous surveys. For example, there will be a comparison of how project management occurs in large pharma, small pharma and biotech. Differences in how project management is performed in the US vs. EU vs. Canada will be shown. Comparisons between virtual and defined project management groups will be explored. Single vs. multiple function project management groups will be contrasted. These and other comparisons will be made in order to shown how project management in the life sciences is performed. As a bonus we will compare compensation and vacations in the US, EU and Canada.

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