Managing projects in research and development

Research and Development is the vehicle by which organizations and economies create opportunity, innovation and secure a stream of future products and services.These outcomes are all critically important sources of sustainability in a world that is changing faster than most companies can keep up.The challenge behind them is the fundamental unpredictability of R which is why effective project management is so important. Ron Basu's Managing Projects in Research and Development explains how and why project management can provide a means of helping to plan, organise and control multi-disciplinary research activities without stifling innovation. Combining research with practical examples and experience from a career that has included blue chip organizations such as GSK, GlaxoWellcome and Unilever, Ron Basu offers a rigorous guide to the fundamentals of R&D project management including project lifecycle management, risk management, cost, time quality and other success measures as well as the keys to operational excellence in this complicated world.

"A Gower book"--Cover.

Originally published 2015 by Gower Publishing.

1. Why project management is essential in research and development -- 2. Current thinking in managing R & D projects -- 3. Fundamentals of project management -- 4. R & D project life cycle -- 5. Managing cost, time and quality in R & D -- 6. Managing risks in R & D -- 7. Managing R & D portfolios -- 8. R & D project success criteria and success factors -- 9. Operational excellence concepts in R & D projects -- 10. Case studies of R & D projects -- 11. Making it happen.