Program Management
Program Management for Medical Device Startups aka "The CEO Dashboard"
When projects become very cross-functional, it is critical to have an up to date 30,000 foot view in order to make informed decisions, understand the health of the overall project, have visibility into expenditures, track and manage risks, and identify opportunities. We do this by distilling only the most important information from R&D, Clinical, Manufacturing, Operations, and Regulatory and pull it together into reports and dashboards that are easy to read and tell the whole story.
Our Process
- Deep dive
Review existing schedules and update as necessary. No need to re-do any planning that has already been done; our process is compatible with all project management methods and software.
Create any schedules as needed. This includes timelines for future work such as additional clinical trials, interim commercial filings, commercial launch in various geographies, next generation product development, etc.
- Create custom program dashboard
Reduce the information. Identify key activities that gate other cross-functional workstreams (R&D phase reviews, clinical submissions, commercial submissions, regulatory and clinical approvals, etc.) from project schedules. This isn't always critical path items.
Identify key events that need to be tracked e.g. tooling purchase, design verification or clinical build start, fundraising triggers, filing decisions, commercialization decisions, etc.
Build a program level Gantt chart. Add durations and predecessors to tasks, schedule, and review project for accuracy.
Create and review program dashboard. Fine tune layout and information presented.
- Go live
Review and update schedule monthly or quarterly, and following completion of a milestone, major change in scope, prior to a board meeting, etc.
Schedule major revisions as needed (unplanned design change, additional clinical trial, regulatory classification change, etc.)
Live Dashboard
We work with existing project schedules to create a live program dashboard that shows all of the most important project information on one page. The program view is quick to update and flexible to accommodate changes easily.
The live, interactive dashboard provides executive team the tools and information needed to do proper long-range planning.
Benefits
Facilitate strategic discussions. We provide the executive team neutral ground and the information needed to properly plan.
We come up to speed quickly. Dedicated time is spent in the beginning of the project to learn the technology, meet the team, and review timelines and plans, in order to become productive as soon as possible.
See how the entire schedule is impacted by changes. Because of how we reduce the information used to build the program Gantt, the impact of schedule changes to the important milestones, triggers, decision points, etc. are easily visible.
Minimize burden to your team. By leveraging existing schedules, we avoid the extra time and cost that would be required to rebuild them.
Integration with Existing Schedules
No need to re-create schedules, buy new software, or learn new techniques. We integrate your existing project schedules into the program schedule. Keep doing your business and we'll build on that to create an interactive program dashboard that unlocks powerful strategic planning capabilities.
