Abstract for: System dynamics applied to oversight of ongoing project: a case of Clinical Trials Programming

It has been proven that System dynamics models accelerate the efficiency of project management. The examples of project managements applied System dynamics in business planning and developments or manufacturing settings have been seen many before, but the examples of oversight of a ongoing project have not. This paper applied System dynamics to ongoing Clinical Trials Programming. Clinical Trials Programming is a part of processes of a new drug development. Because the outputs from the process are required high quality, the model has specific processes like double programming and ongoing quality check. And this ongoing quality check process brings reworks. The reworks have been thought problem from the perspective of project management. But a key factor which occurs the reworks in the process has not indentified with any evidences. Then the objectives of this research are to identify the key factor which occurs problems in the process using the model and to confirm that System dynamics contribute to oversight of the ongoing project. Through the discussion of this research, it was identified that the rework rate in the late stage of the process is the key factor and confirmed the contribution of System dynamics to oversight of the ongoing project.