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Fundamentals of Project Management

Notes Specifications: The experiments we carry out will answer the following questions:

1. Is Sumacan expressed in the prostate?
2. Is Sumacan expressed in prostate cancer?
3. Is there a difference between the expression of Sumacan in the prostate and in prostate
cancer?

Measure 2: The results obtained by these experiments will generate publications and grants.
Specifications: At least two (one for each postdoc working on the project) research articles will be
accepted for publication in a top-tier research journal in the field.

A request to NIH for funds to continue the research begun receives a percentile score on first-
round submission of at least 25 percent and subsequent funding on the resubmission.
Measure 3: People in the field are aware of our research.

Specifications:
1. We will receive several requests for information about the research.
2. We will publish at least two research articles in the scientific literature.
3. We will present the research results at at least two conferences in one year.

Section 3: Constraints

Limitations

The NIH proposal is due June 1, 2007. This means that the first research manuscript must be
submitted for publication by approximately January 1, 2007, and accepted by mid-April 2007.
Our lab has limited funds to cover the generation of preliminary data, which means that
productivity has to be reviewed monthly.
Needs

Our lab needs to be able to grow prostate cancer cells. Our lab needs to be able to handle human
prostate cancer specimens.

Section 4: Assumptions

The current research team will be willing and able to perform prostate cancer studies in addition
to their brain tumor studies. The collaborators we have identified will be willing and able to
work with our group or will provide the name of another person who wants to collaborate.

Self Assessment

Fill in the blanks:

7. The ....................... research team will be willing and able to perform prostate cancer studies
in addition to their brain tumor studies.
8. The ....................... proposal is due June 1, 2007.

9. A request to NIH for funds to continue the research begun receives a percentile score on
first-round submission of at least .......................
10. After some short training on these ....................... packages, it is straightforward to build
new plans.

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