ISPE Project Management COP: New Advances in Project Management

Walk in

Opening & Intro

Dimitri Vangheel (Prothya)

Benoit Schmitt (Galapagos)

Setbacks in Late-Stage Drug Development: Role of PMO in Resources & Portfolio Management Topics covered to illustrate the role of PMO and tools available after late-stage setbacks, including forecasting resources in growth phase, scenario planning, managing steep decrease in demand due to portfolio changes, toolbox needed to support transition, and lessons learned.

Derek Finn (BMS)

In this presentation, Derek will discuss resource management constraints and opportunities from the context of mid to large scale Capex projects. The overview firstly describes the 'primary 1' resources before providing real world examples and opinions on dealing with resource constraints and opportunities as they arise in a multi-year project lifecycle.

Kees Mensch (DCC)

Navigating the Intersection of Agile, Digital, and Compliance in Pharma A project managers perspective Digitization of all aspects of the pharmaceutical process offers tremendous opportunities in data management and process optimization. In our presentation, we will highlight the implementation of a fully cloud-based GMP greenfield pharmaceutical operation where we combined the QMS and LIMS into quality driven operations. This QLIMS demonstrates more accurate workflows, faster processes, and advanced capabilities such as QR code scanning, preparation of algorithm-based support and the full digital validation cycle. This talk will focus on the project management aspects and, of course, the tension between innovation and compliance as well as the lowering costs of IT infrastructure.

Gitana Vaičiulytė (Terumo EU)

From Waterfall to Agile: Ensuring We Don't Slip Back In the context of organizational transformations, companies like Terumo strive to adopt Agile methodologies, even in highly regulated sectors such as healthcare. This adoption is challenging, requiring patience and understanding, as organizations must assess their readiness for change. In unfamiliar situations, people tend to fall back on familiar practices, hindering the shift to innovative solutions, a phenomenon observed by psychologist K. Weick. This tendency can cause organizations to revert to conservative and waterfall-like approaches despite their Agile aspirations. Consequently, the journey toward Agile transformation can often feel like a struggle, akin to taking one step forward and two steps backward.

Gordon Topping (UCB)

UCB’s journey towards a unified PM model UCB’s Unified Project Management Model is a company wide change program to implement a federated PMO model with the intention of improving our strategic execution capability during a critical period. The talk will explain the reasons for this change, the strategy and structure behind the Unified PM Model as well as lessons learned to date

Panel Discussion & Q&A

Networking & site tour

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