For the resource management component, we assessed the extent to which review staff has
resources available to ensure an adequate understanding of how to execute new business
processes and quality activities. However, reviewer workload was not evaluated in this
assessment. A variety of informal and formal methods are available to help staff understand
new and existing review practices, including weekly senior staff meetings among Division and
Office level managers, premarket rounds to educate staff on the practical implications of
program changes, and new reviewer training. However, most of the available methods rely on
the initiative of review staff to participate and learn about review processes. Specifically, FDA
does not deploy surveys or use metrics or other evaluative methods to assess whether staff has
adequately understood programmatic changes.