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Unit 4: Programme Management & Project Evaluation

Choices: Scope of Work Notes
Allocation of Resources: Assignment of Personnel:
You have sufficient personnel in your laboratory to attempt the scope of work. Allocate
your personnel according to the following rules:
 Choose only two scope projects.
 You must do the ongoing lab work.
 Each person can only do one scope project/ongoing lab work.
 You need at least one person per scope project.
 You can have up to two people per project.
 You must have people covering the ongoing lab work (one for each column).
Different personnel have different research strengths and can or cannot function in different
projects. Their abilities are listed in the following table. You can consider a degree of
redundancy in the work assignments that you may want in case of personnel loss or turnover.

Name Person Scope 1 Scope 2 Scope 3 Scope 4 Scope 5 Ongoing Ongoing
Lab Lab
Work 1 Work 2
Rudy Physician- Best Poor Adequate Best Poor Poor Poor
scientist
Chia- Graduate Poor Best Adequate Poor Poor Adequate Best
Ling student
Suzanne Post-doc Poor Poor Best Poor Adequate Adequate Best
Hortence Post-doc Best Adequate Poor Best Adequate Best Adequate
Pradip Post-doc Adequate Best Adequate Poor Best Best Adequate

Things Happen!
In the course of all events it is certain that things will go wrong. While you are working
on your projects the following things have happened in the laboratory. These will affect
your work, and the ability to complete your goal.

 Rudy quits the laboratory to join a private practice medicine group. If you want to
continue Scope 1 you need to place another person on the project (if you do not
already have another person covering the project).

 Bob’s Brain Foundation, the group funding your brain tumor research, decides to
perform a review of your program. To keep funding you need to show significant
progress. You need your “best” people doing the ongoing lab work.
Modify your available resources to best accomplish you goals. You may also change your
scope projects, just realize it is a “bit late in the game” to be changing scope projects.

Name Person Scope 1 Scope 2 Scope 3 Scope 4 Scope 5 Ongoing Ongoing
Lab Lab
Work 1 Work 2
Chia- Graduate Poor Best Adequate Poor Poor Adequate Best
Ling student
Suzanne Post-doc Poor Poor Best Poor Adequate Adequate Best
Hortence Post-doc Best Adequate Poor Best Adequate Best Adequate
Pradip Post-doc Adequate Best Adequate Poor Best Best Adequate
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