Continental Breakfast & Registration

8:30 am - 10:30 am

Welcome and Introduction
Session 1

• Definition of project management.
• Areas of influence for a project manager.
• Breaking down the stages of a clinical trial.
• Course definition of project management.
• Forming a project plan.

10:30 am - 11:00 am

Morning Break

11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Session 2

• Controls and how to control a project.
• Choosing which items and processes to control.
• Measurement of a project.
• Developing objective criteria for project attributes.

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Lunch

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Session 3

• Reporting on a project.
• Use of flowcharts.

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Afternoon Break

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Session 4

• Working exercises to design project management systems for processes in a clinical trial.

5:00 pm

Adjourn

Continental Breakfast

8:30 am - 10:30 am

Session 5

• Review of Day One and questions arising.
• Management structures.
• Responsibility for completion — project management and operations departments.

10:30 am - 11:00 am

Morning Break

11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Session 6

• Capacity planning and resource allocation.
• Conflict resolution.
• Budgets and timesheets.

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Lunch

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Session 7

• Project management and CTMS tools.
• Managing a project team.
• Managing yourself.

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Afternoon Break

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Session 8

• Running a project management group.
• Working with CROs.
• Review of Days One and Two.

4:30 pm

Wrap-up/Evaluations

5:00 pm

Adjourn