Managing Projects in Research and Development

By Ron, Dr Basu

Book Overview

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. 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032837225
• ISBN13: 9781032837222
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.8" x 9.7"