The CAF & GPRD PM
Titan & Portfolio
How You Say It!
& The Liver
Project Spotlight
& Methodology
Business Process Potpourri
100
Employees with this many years of service are eligible to receive short-term need-based grants for basic living needs from the CAF (Clara Abbott Foundation).
What is... 1 year? Reminder - The CAF was founded in 1940 to honor a bequest of the wife of Dr. Wallace Abbott. It's Mission is "to effectively and responsibly provide needed assistance to Abbott families worldwide." All services are confidential; applications are available at http://clara.abbott.com
100
This is the new name for the tab in PWA (at the top of your browser window) that was once called TITAN.
What is... "Status Reporting?"
100
The Japanese presentation technique that involves limiting the length of time allowed per slide in order to force presenters to focus on their key messages.
What is... Pecha Kucha? For more information on this presentation technique, please contact Jean Kana, Functional Operations, GPRD PM.
100
This compound is a first-in-class, non-peptide, orally active GnRH-antagonist that may provide therapeutic efficacy without symptoms of estrogen deprivation in the treatment of endometriosis and uterine fibroids.
What is... ABT-620 (Elagolix)? Reminder - Few drugs are approved for endometriosis, and consequently this condition is drastically untreated and unsatisfied. Also, the Elagolix value proposition includes the potential to be the first and only oral chronic medical treatment for chronic fibroids.
100
This is the first step in the process for obtaining an eRoom license.
What is...submit a request to the GPRD PM Project Management Office mailbox (Rhiannon) and she'll process it for you, including submitting a LAN request if necessary?
200
Scholarships to these types of higher learning institutions are available to children of Abbott employees and retirees. (Name at least 2)
What are... colleges, universities, 2yr/technical schools, and vocational schools?
200
The action you need to take to avoid duplication of header and footer information in the PLT report.
What is... remove the header and footer from the Visio (as this information autopopulates)?
200
The four components of a pursuasive style of written communication. (hint... the first component is problem/opportunity)
What are... (1) problem/opportunity, (2) action/solution, (3) result/benefit, and (4) impact?
200
The Renal Team used this reality-based TV show as inspiration for its teambuilding activity.
What is... Project Runway? For more information on this idea, please contact Andrea Kho.
200
The individual that you should contact for planning and execution of Project Lessons Learned activities (for both drug development and other project types).
Who is... Kimberly Kotlar? Reminder - Project Operations is available to support the planning and execution of lessons learned activities at any point in time during the project lifecycle (e.g., phase transition, NDA submission). Output from these activities are available in the GPRD PM Internal eRoom.
300
In addition to basic living need assistance, these are examples of other resources available to you through the CAF. (name at least 2)
What are... financial counseling, retirement counsulting, educational seminars/classes, and free educational help desk including help with homework and prep for college extrance exams?
300
The report that allows you to preview the Project Detail and Project Diagram reports simultaneously.
What is... the "Combo Report?"
300
These are the functions of your liver (name at least 2).
What are... make protein, metabolize drugs, excrete bile salts and bile pigments, manufacture hormones, create energy from nutrients, store glucose as glycogen, and metabolize nutrients, cholesterol and bilirubin from red blood cell destruction?
300
The Bayh-Dole Act is a little known U.S. law that requires this.
What is... that a "substantial" manufacture of finished product be conducted in the United States when research is funded by U.S. taxpayers? Reminder - "substantial" is not defined (cost v/s people). For more information on this Act, please contact Abbott Legal.
300
The symbol you should look for in the Start/Finish columns of the FGT Upload file to identify mapping issues.
What is... "#N/A" ? Reminder - Accurate activity mapping is critical to the FGT Upload process. Eliminate date conflicts before they start. Use available reports in PWA to find new/changed activities and potential date conflicts. Look for yellow cells to find date coflicts. Resolve issues in eRoom file, if possible. Review results file and communicate with DDPMs to ensure issues are resolved before next monthly upload.
400
These are the 3 GPRD PM 2010 priorities.
What are... PM Value, Operational Excellence, and Customized People Development?
400
Regardless of the number of PBR projects contained in the PAID, this is the number of Key Decision Points that can be associated with that PAID.
What is... one?
400
This is the most common adverse event resulting in drug non-approvals, drug withdrawals, and post-marketing regulatory decisions AND is associated with significant mortality.
What is... drug-induced liver injury? Reminder - 46% of liver failure is due to drug-induced liver injury. Significant liver injury can occur without symptoms, and liver tests are not sensitive enough to find injury early enough or specific enough to identify the cause of the injury.
400
These are a few of the tools or techniques that NASA or Boeing project management representatives discussed during International Project Management Day 2010. (name at least 2)
What are... project assessment process, earned value management, integrated master schedules, joint cost and schedule probabilistic analysis, stage-gate decision-making / milestone reviews, activity duration estimating methods, free slack/total slack/margin or reserve, unallocated future expenses, project cost reserve status, cost margin vs. risk strategy, project risk, issue, and opportunity management, "what if" scenarios, Program Management Best Practices, APPEL training organization?
400
The templates a team should complete when it is has a proposal that is well developed (costs, assumptions, etc.) and ready to be considered as part of the "Ready to Go" process. (name at least 2)
What are... project templates, portfolio data set, external expense cost detail, and trade-off analysis (if appropriate)?
500
These are the 8 GPRD PM capabilities.
What are... project management, process improvement, drug development knowledge, team management, information management, resource management, operational management, and governance?
500
This cross-functional team ensures processes and tools for collecting data for large budget cycles are well planned and consistently communicated to the organization. (must also name at least 1 member of the team)
What is... the Budget Cycle Working Team AND (one name from list below)? Reminder - representatives include... DDPM (Biarnesen, Zeidler, Peterson, Hansrani) Functional Ops (White) CPRM (Grebner, Bedwell) Finance (O'Keefe, Fonk) PMOps (Smith, Schultze)
500
The name of the team/group and its contact person that can help your GPT evaluate questions such as... does the compound cause liver injury? How can we predict drug-induced liver injury prior to or following a clinical trial? What level of transaminase elevations are a signal to stop dosing? What kind of guidance is available for this liver problem?
What is... the Liver Safety Working Group AND Holly Read. Reminder - the Liver Safety Working Group exists to provide guidance regarding liver safety monitoring and follow-up, data analysis, interpretation, and presentation during all phases of clinical development. Contact Holly Read, MD, PhD, Senior Medical Director, Postmarketing Pharmacovigilance.
500
The Project Planning Refinements (PPR) methodologies recently rolled out to the DDPM and Project Planner teams. (name all 4)
What are... timeline variance / critical path, risk assessment, risk management / scenario planning, and Phase Transition
500
The most problematic error made when updating project plans. Hint... "Focus on the Future; Don't Change the Past."
What is... changing something in a project plan that impacts dates in the past? For example, adding a new task defaults to the project start date. If you forget to link this task to other tasks so that the new date starts in the future... Houston... you'll have a problem.
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