Managing Projects in Research and Development places the tools, techniques and rigour of project management in the unpredictable domain of Research and Development to ensure a successful start of value chain for sustainable economic growth. Combining research with practical examples and experience from a career that has included blue chip organizations such as GSK, GlaxoWellcome and Unilever, Ron Basu offers a rigorous guide to the fundamentals of R&D project management including project lifecycle management, risk management; cost, time quality and other success measures as well as the keys to operational excellence in this complicated world.