Project Management for Advanced PhD Students
A dissertation is a project with high scientific and organisational demands. Project management methods help to achieve goals faster and to work more efficient. Not only your PhD work but also other projects, such as organising workshops and meetings, require good planning and management and are the focus of this course.
General information
| Duration | 2 days |
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Participants will learn more about the key elements of professional project management (IPMA standard) with regard to the implementation of projects and the successful application for projects funded by third parties. There will also be time to introduce the Design Thinking Elements.
The course highly motivates scientists (and especially women scientists) to elaborate on their leadership skills and initiate and coordinate projects in the near future. Participants will draft their own project plan related to their research. Therefore, it is important that they already have a basic idea for a future project in mind. Ideally, they have discussed this basic idea with their superiors prior to the course. There will be plenty of examples about threats and pitfalls from running or completed research projects.
Content of the course:
The course highly motivates scientists (and especially women scientists) to elaborate on their leadership skills and initiate and coordinate projects in the near future. Participants will draft their own project plan related to their research. Therefore, it is important that they already have a basic idea for a future project in mind. Ideally, they have discussed this basic idea with their superiors prior to the course. There will be plenty of examples about threats and pitfalls from running or completed research projects.
Content of the course:
- Analysis of framework and research surrounding, project demarcation, stakeholder management
- Goal setting, dealing with undefined goals
- Design Thinking
- Project structuring (time, content)
- Project planning (activities, quality, costs, dates)
- Project organisation (participant roles, competencies, duties and responsibilities)
- Financial administration
- Project monitoring and –steering
- Risk management
- Project leadership
- Social community networks and platforms to improve communication in R&D projects and to disseminate results.
PhD students of the Life Science Zurich Graduate School have priority. External students can register to the waiting list and will be accepted if the course is not fully booked.
ECTS: 1.0
ECTS: 1.0
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