Role descriptions for demo posted on https://reconfig.no/challenge

1. This pharmaceutical firm needs
your help…
• Pharma-Co is a large pharmaceutical company that is
developing several new drugs.
• The R&D unit is functionally organized today
• An internal review concludes that the functional
departments represent «silos»
• People complain they spend too much time in meetings
• Senior executives say that decision making is too slow
• …they want to find an organizational structure that is
aligned with the work processes
Background
The challenge
How you can
help
• We are not asking you to organize the entire
company…just 12 people representing four different
departments
• Who should be placed on the same team?
• See role descriptions for details

2. Role descriptions
Clement
Senior lab technician. Supervises experiments
done for Lyndon and Dennison. Creates check
list used by Howard.
Abbot
Lab technician. Tests compounds and records
results for Gulick and Ferguson. Creates
procedures used by Clement.
Baker
Physician. Interprets clinical evidence for
Isenberg. Creates analysis plans for Joseph.
Shares clinical audit methods with Gulick.
Ferguson
Chemist. Handles regulatory submissions and
updates Gulick and Abbot about progress.
Shares best practice with Denison.
Gulick
Physician. Creates test plans for Abbot.
Shares medical records data with Ferguson.
Summarizes field data for Lyndon.
Howard
Lab technician. Runs experiments for Baker
and Isenberg. Creates data files for Joseph
for further analysis. Shares best practice with
Abbot.
Lyndon
Physician. Analyzes clinical evidence and
summarizes results for Dennison and
Clement. Develops data analysis plan for
Erickson. Develops testing methodology for
Baker.
Joseph
Data scientist. Provides analysis of disease
subtypes to Baker and Isenberg. Shares data
mining techniques with Erickson.
.
Dennison
Chemist. Develops new compounds; shares
documentation with Clement and Lyndon.
Provides information to Isenberg about
analytical methods.
Erickson
Data scientist. Creates risk stratification
analysis for Lyndon. Explains simulation
results to Dennison. Helps Clement with
computations. Hands over datasets to Keene.
Isenberg
Chemist. Develops new compounds; creates
experimental plans for Howard. Helps Joseph
set up simulations. Shares data with
Ferguson.
Keene
Data scientist. Develops models of disease
severity for Gulick. Computes clinical
outcomes stats for Ferguson. Helps Abbot
review lab tests. Hands over Matlab files to
Joseph.