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Title

Project Management for Research (319)

Dates

9 and 10 November 2017

Lang EN Workshop language is English
Responsable de l'activité

Ilaria Orsi

Organizer(s)
Speakers

Dr Carine Galli Marxer

Description

Do you want to perform innovative and successful research? Do you want to increase your chances to get funding? Do you want to improve your collaborations?
By applying dedicated project management methods and tools, you will work effectively and reach your goals more efficiently. Such skills are useful as well in the university environment as outside and doctoral research projects present the perfect environment to acquire these competences.

Course Objectives:

After this course, participants will be able to:

  • set project objectives
  • structure and plan a project
  • create the project budget
  • manage risks
  • define roles and responsibilities in projects
  • establish a communication plan
  • guide and control projects in a flexible and meaningful way

Content

  • Introduction of project management
  • System and stakeholder analysis
  • Definition of objectives and deliverables
  • Scheduling of tasks and resources
  • Establishment of budget
  • Risk analysis
  • Team, roles and responsibilities
  • Controlling of project
  • Problem solving
  • Communication plan
  • Most important topics in communication

Methods

Project management methods and tools that can be immediately applied in own research projects will be presented and illustrated by examples. This knowledge will be deepened during group exercises.

 

Requirements

Participants should already have an outline of the project's content or have written a project proposal. No prior knowledge of project management is required for this workshop that can be attended at any stage of the doctoral work, to greatest advantage during the first half of the project.

Location

Université de Fribourg

Information

Date: Thursday 9 and Friday 10 November 2017

Time: 9.00 to 17.00

Location: University of Fribourg

 

Trainer:

Dr. Carine Galli Marxer, physicist, project manager and trainer, Cubisma, Münsingen

Dr. Carine Galli Marxer studied Physics in Switzerland and Germany, did her Postdoc at Stanford, USA and holds postgraduate Master degrees in Project Management as well as in Teaching. She funded her own company Cubisma Ltd.

During her career, Carine Galli Marxer never stopped exploring new topics in different interdisciplinary and intercultural environments. In Academia, she successfully created and managed innovative projects and set new collaborations. In the public sector she developed and led the Swiss Knowledge and Technology Transfer Initiative. She also started a successful Swiss strategic project in the field of radioprotection in medicine.

Later she funded her own company to train junior and senior researchers about project management at institutions of higher education in Switzerland, Germany and USA.

Expenses

Participants are eligible for reimbursement of incurred travel expenses by train between the town of their university and the location of the workshop (half-fare card, 2nd class). For full-day workshops, lunch costs will be reimbursed upon presentation of original receipts (no photocopies or scans). A reimbursement form will be supplied to all registered participants for this workshop.

Places

14

Deadline for registration 02.11.2017
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