LRIG → 2011 Fall Exhibition → Tutorial Registration

LRIG New England & ILA present:

Project & Technology Management in Lab Automation

Presented by: Joe Liscouski, Executive Director, Institute of Laboratory Automation

12 - 2pm Longfellow Room

Please note that this session is full.  Walk-ins will be welcomed as space permits.

Description:

In modern laboratories, automation plays a central role in getting work done – much of what is done both in research and quality control depends on intelligent instruments, robotics, and informatics.  The reliability and effectiveness of those systems is determined by the qualities of the project and programs that created them. 

This short course will review the major elements that should be considered in developing a successful project plan.

Outline:

• How does this session fit into the ILA’s educational program?
• How does project & technology management fit into the scheme of laboratory work?
• Why are these topics important to you?
• What does project management cover?
  • Process management – laboratory automation projects depend on an understanding and evaluation of the underlying processes that are being automated.  Are you automating the right process?
  • Documentation and planning – what documents and specifications are needed, how they relate to each other, scheduling, software development issues
  • Outsourcing project work
  • Validation – a natural consequence of a well designed project / program
  • Technology management  - project / program management includes making allowances for changes in products and their underlying technologies.  Those changes happen, so making provision for changes (including upgrades) is part of the work. How do you choose between options in upgrading a system… ex: faster robot, if you speed up that part of the work, will it just shift the bottleneck somewhere else?