Effective management of project financials is absolutely integral to successful project management. It is essential to establish a baseline budget, construct billing guides and calculate the Earned Value Analysis (EVA) with detailed projections of spend rates. In this session, the speaker discusses the change order process, including how to identify an out-of-scope item and/or scope creep, plus proactive approaches to manage your project financials.

This conference explores best practices on how to build a budget, analyze spend, proactively identify change orders and identify strategies to work within the budget. The speaker also reviews options for effectively controlling the budget.

This audio conference covers:

• Building a budget based on the scope of work
• How to effectively communicate to the team
• Tools for proactively identifying project spend and options for controlling the budget
• Identifying clear delineation of new tasks and avoiding scope creep
• Importance of proactively identifying and negotiating change orders

About the speakers:

Ann Flandermeyer, PhD, RN, is Senior Director of Project Management at Covance and works globally across all departments as a sponsor advocate, point of escalation and strategic partner. She brings with her 13 years of CRO experience, plus an in-depth background in hospital and academic nursing. Dr. Flandermeyer earned her Master of Science Degree in Nursing from Loyola University of Chicago and her Doctorate of Nursing Research and Design from the University of Cincinnati. She has a strong background in critical care.

Amy Larrison has been in the pharmaceutical industry since 1992 and has functioned as a study coordinator, CRA, CDA (clinical development associate), project manager and senior project manager with experience across pharmaceutical, biotech and CRO companies. Ms. Larrison received a BS in Exercise Physiology from Indiana State University and an MSM (Masters of Science in Management) in 2002 from Indiana Wesleyan.

Who should attend?

• Project Management
• Clinical Operations
• Finance
• Research & Development
• Outsourcing

*Please note: Each registration covers one line connected to the audio conference. Attendees dialing from separate locations are required to have separate registrations.