Introduction to Portfolio Management and Performance Metrics
Venue: Drug Information Association, Inc
Location: Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States
Event Date/Time: Aug 23, 2011 | End Date/Time: Aug 24, 2011 |
Description
Event Code:
11407
What You Will Learn:
· How to develop viable portfolio, strategy, and drug value processes
· How to develop and use performance metrics for pharmaceutical development projects and for portfolios of development projects
· Why performance metrics are needed and the value they bring to the decision-making process at a project and portfolio level
· How performance metrics contribute to improved business processes
· Metrics available for measuring project and portfolio performance
· Steps and challenges involved in the various stages of conducting and managing metrics
· How corporate and divisional goal setting at a project and individual level can be integrated into the metrics process
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, participants should be able to:
· Define how corporate strategy is delivered through the portfolio of new and lifecycle drug projects; and correlate corporate strategy to portfolio and project strategies
· Discuss in general terms some performance metrics that might be valuable to measure for either projects or a portfolio of projects
· Explain the importance of managing the process of conducting metrics, communicating and implementing recommendations resulting from metrics information
· Support portfolio, strategy, and metrics/measurement processess effectively with sufficient knowledge to contribute to ongoing process improvement initiatives for these three processes.
Target Audience:
· Project Managers
· New Portfolio Managers and Performance Managers
· Project Team Leaders
· Project Support Office Managers and Staff