Spring 2027

Project Management in Drug Development

Applies project management theory, frameworks, and tools to the drug development process, covering lifecycle phases, scheduling, resource allocation, and risk management in pharmaceutical contexts.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Ardala Katzfuss

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.91 GPA, 96.4% A/AB (n=28 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.81 GPA, 88.5% A/AB (n=26 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.82 GPA, 94.1% A/AB (n=34 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Explain the concepts, principles and language of PM and its impact and role in the pharmaceutical industry.

  • Describe the functions of a Project Manager in general and within the drug development process (pre-clinical and clinical phases).

  • Compare and contrast different frameworks and tools of PM to make informed decisions on tailoring the PM approach to suit the project needs.

  • Develop a project charter, statement-of-work, scope of work, work-breakdown structure, a resource-loaded timeline, and a project plan.

  • Apply the critical path method and earned-value analysis to track progress and forecast outcomes against a project’s plan baseline.

  • Weight proper corrective measures according to earned-value analysis forecast methods, to ensure a project’s outcomes and deliverables.

  • Implement risk identification, mitigation and management strategies during project planning (pre-mortem), life cycle, and project closeout (post-mortem).

  • Consolidate the PM concepts and principles studied during the course by developing a Project Plan as Final Project.

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Prerequisites

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Declared in MS Pharmaceutical Sciences, Capstone Certificate in Applied Drug Development, or Capstone Certificate in Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation

    • Declared in MS Pharmaceutical Sciences
    • Capstone Certificate in Applied Drug Development
    • Capstone Certificate in Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation
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    • Declared in MS Pharmaceutical Sciences
    • Capstone Certificate in Applied Drug Development
    • Capstone Certificate in Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation

Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.91 GPA, 96.4% A/AB (n=28 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.81 GPA, 88.5% A/AB (n=26 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.82 GPA, 94.1% A/AB (n=34 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ARDALA KATZFUSS is recorded teaching in Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Online Only0 / 250
LEC 002Online (some classroom)0 / 100

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.91 GPA, 96.4% A/AB (n=28 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.81 GPA, 88.5% A/AB (n=26 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.82 GPA, 94.1% A/AB (n=34 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Project lifecycle phases including initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, and closing.
  • Predictive, adaptive, and hybrid project management frameworks.
  • Risk management specific to pharmaceutical projects.
  • Documents management and decision-making strategies.

Skills

  • Developing project charters, statements-of-work, work-breakdown structures, and project plans.
  • Applying critical path method and earned-value analysis for tracking and forecasting.
  • Implementing risk identification, mitigation, and management strategies.
  • Comparing predictive, adaptive, and hybrid PM frameworks to tailor approaches.

Grades

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1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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PHMSCI 753 · Spring 2027

Project Management in Drug Development

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Recorded 2026-10-14

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