About this Course
This course introduces formal project management techniques and applies them to biotechnology projects. You’ll learn the foundational skills and best practices for successful project management and receive an overview of how project management fits into the biotech work environment. By using biotech and pharmaceutical case studies, you’ll gain an understanding of the project life cycle and the skills, tasks and issues associated with each stage.
What You'll Learn
- Methods for scoping a project and writing a project charter
- How to determine the critical path of a project
- Types of organizational structures and their impact on the project management process
- How to develop a sample project plan including a timeline, task definitions, cost estimating, task relationships, staffing and resource allocation
- Ways to use scheduling tools such as Smartsheet