Project Management Tools
The pharmaceutical industry is a discipline oriented culture and has adopted the project team approach as the norm in R&D. The role of the project manger is to meld the research, development, production and regulatory divisions into a cohesive unit to meet project objectives on time and on budget. Effective project management with an exceptionally skilled project manager, is often the key to a pharmaceutical company's future viability. Having good tools at their disposal is also key.
PharmaDirections has invested in project management tools and techniques so they are easy to access and easy to use by our project managers. While it is the skills of individual project managers that ensure the progression of a pharmaceutical project, we believe that the better they are equipped, the better they can provide the epitome of project management services for our clients.
Planning Tools
- Strategic Plans (Download a free Strategic Plan)
- Integrated Project Plans, Timelines, Milestones and Scheduling
- Work Breakdown Structure
- Network Diagram (Evaluate Critical Path and Sequencing)
- Gantt Chart for Scheduling
Communication Tools
- Planning to provide sufficient, relevant, accurate and consistent information to all the various stakeholders throughout the life of the project
- SharePoint Site (PharmaDirections provides independent SharePoint sites for each of its clients)
- Meeting Management Template
- Project Status and Progress Reports
- Conference Calls/Videoconference (PharmaDirections uses Adobe Connect for web conferencing)
- Risk Logs, Response Planning, and Tracking
- Issue Logs and Actions Register
- Risk Register