Managing Projects in Research and Development
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (920 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1472450108 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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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&D; which is why effective project management is so important. 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.. 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
. He specialises in Operational Excellence and Supply Chain Management and has research interests in Performance Management and Project Management. He is the co-author of ’Total Manufacturing Solutions’, ’Quality Beyond Six Sigma’, ’Total Operations Solutions’ and ’Total Supply Chai
In a situation when R&D has a role to bring products to the market, or in a situation when basic research needs to be lead through limited time and resources the skills and methodology of project management and risk assessment play a significant role. His how to do it approach is supported by well researched case studies. The case studies help to bring to life key concepts. This book addresses key issues directly, illustrating the arguments with some interesting examples of corporate activity in this sphere. The chapters are well organised and they cover the essential practicalities of the project management and the R&D process, enabling an understanding of the latter to be firmly embedded in the re