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Product-based planning: the importance of project and project management deliverables in the management of clinical trials.
- Source :
- R&D Management; Sep2007, Vol. 37 Issue 4, p363-377, 15p, 1 Diagram, 4 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- As the cost of clinical trials continues to rise organisations are looking at ways of managing this part of the drug development process as effectively and efficiently as possible. As a tactical response, many pharmaceutical companies outsource the management of clinical trials to clinical research organisations on a fixed-price contract basis. This paper presents an alternative approach based on the concept of Product-Based Planning. Key elements of the approach are the creation of a deliverables budget and the establishment of project management-related deliverables. The conceptual developments described in the paper are supported by a telephone survey of 10 UK practitioners. The survey confirms the prevalence and limitations of fixed-price contracts while highlighting a willingness to try a deliverable-based approach – initially through small pilot studies. The key barrier to implementing a new approach is resistance from key stakeholders, such as finance departments, which can be addressed through selling of the business case. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00336807
- Volume :
- 37
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- R&D Management
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 26418998
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9310.2007.00482.x