Delivery value
The guide was launched at the ISPE Annual Meeting in Dallas, Texas in November 2011 as a part of the project-management track.
The launch, less than 18 months from kick-off, was due to a team effort born out of a combined desire to share knowledge,
provide good practices to improve project outcomes, and demonstrate the value of project management across the industry.
The launch success was only the start of the final stage of the guide project: benefits realization. Success can only be truly
determined by sustainable use of the guide, continual feedback from users, and continuous improvement.
To support the guide's objectives, the core team remain in place to assist ISPE by continuing to foster awareness of and educate
the pharmaceutical industry about the guide. The members of the ISPE Project Management Community of Practice (PM COP) continue
to promote the guide and its adoption in the pharmaceutical industry.
Table I: Benefits realization plan of the ISPE Project Good Practice Guide.
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To support achievement of the benefits, key metrics were developed against each of the goals described previously (see Table I). These indicate a strong release of benefits in the first six months since the guide's launch.
Conclusions
Ultimately, the success of the guide will be its continued use and development within the industry. The objective of the guide
project was to develop a resource to improve project delivery success, and the guide is only one aspect of the support the
ISPE PM COP wants to have available to those involved in projects.
Ongoing development of the key areas, those that are different or more challenging for pharmaceutical projects, will continue,
and the ISPE PM COP remains dedicated to this development.
Acknowledgment
The author of the article wishes to acknowledge the work completed by the PM GPG Core Team, all chapter teams, and the ISPE
Guidance Document Executive Committee (GDEC) on this project.
Trish Melton, BSc (Hons), PhD, MBA, CEng, CSci, FIChemE, is managing director at MIME Solutions Ltd. and author team leader of the ISPE Good Practice Guide: Project Management for the Pharmaceutical Industry, trish.melton@mimesolutions.com
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Reference
1. ISPE, ISPE Good Practice Guide: Project Management for the Pharmaceutical Industry (Tampa, FL, 2011).
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