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Staffing a Phase III Program Without Losing Timeline
What sponsors get wrong when they scale clinical teams late in development, and the resourcing order that protects the critical path.
Overview
A Phase III program rarely slips because one role went unfilled. It slips because the roles were filled in the wrong order. Data management arrives after database lock is already at risk. Medical writing gets engaged once the submission clock has started running.
This one maps the resourcing sequence against clinical milestones: which functions have to be in place before study startup, and which can be layered in later without much disruption. It draws on engagements where sponsors went from a handful of contributors to teams of twenty or more.
Most of the damage is done in the first six weeks.
What you will learn
- Sequence clinical hires against startup, enrollment, and lock milestones
- Work out where a contractor beats a permanent hire, and where they do not
- Set onboarding expectations that get consultants productive inside two weeks
- Plan the handoff back to internal staff after lock
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