Project management – a toolbox for scientists

Academia Raetica

Objectives

Participants who complete this comprehensive two-day workshop will learn how to initiate, plan, and execute a project that meets objectives on time and within the budget. In addition, the workshop addresses different techniques which are relevant for a flexible approach to project management.

Define and prepare

• What is a project and what is not

• Project management in academia vs. industry

• Project life cycle

• Stakeholder management

Develop plans

• Work breakdown structure (WBS)

• Gantt charts: define a schedule and estimate task durations

• Cost estimations

• Risk management plan

Execute and monitor

• Execution and closing of projects

• Monitoring of progress including an overview of available online tools

• Project communication

Introduction to Agile Project Management

• Agile and iterative approaches

• Changes, project crashing and common mistakes

What we DON`T DO

Learn PM software in detail. This workshop gives an overview on available PM software tools, only.

Trainer

Sina Saladin has broad professional experience in implementation and development of project outlines in the academic environment. She holds a doctorate in Molecular Biology from the University of Zurich as well as an MBA in Academic Management form the University of Basel. Sina Saladin combines her extensive research experience in the life sciences and in-depth understanding of process development and project management to provide interactive and professional training experiences. She implemented the Graduate Center GRACE, the professional platform for doctoral candidates and postdocs at the University of Basel and is founder of Manage Science (www.managescience.ch). In 2018, Sina moved to Davos to work as a project manager at the AO Foundation, a medicallyguided, not-for-profit organization. Since 2021 she works at the WSL-Snow and Avalanche Institute SLF to implement a new research center on climate change, natural hazards and extremes in the alpine region (CERC).

General information and fee

• Dates: July 3 and 4, 2025 (Thursday and Friday)

• Location: Davos, TBA

• Lecturer: Dr. Sina Saladin

• Language: English

• Target audience: PhD students and postdocs, all interested scientists

• Course fee for participants from Academia Raetica member or partner institutions: CHF 150. The course fee includes coffee breaks.

• External participants (not working at an Academia Raetica member or partner institution): CHF 300

• Registration deadline: June 17, 2025

• Max. number participants: 12 (min. number participants 8)

• Cancellation policy: We ex­pect you to be pre­sent for the full du­ra­ti­on of the cour­se. Please see our Terms of Participation for details.

• Course Coordinator: Daniela Heinen, daniela.heinen@academiaraetica.ch, phone 081 410 60 84

• WORKLOAD: ca. 30 hours (1 ECTS)

  • Preliminary work: between 30 minutes and 1 hour

  • Project Management Workshop: 2 x 8 hours interactive workshop

  • Optional: additional follow-up assignment (13h) to receive 1 ECTS credit

Plea­se check beforehand with your su­per­vi­sor at your uni­ver­si­ty, if the cour­se counts towards ECTS.

• Course certificate: You will receive a certificate of attendance, if you fully attend both workshop days.

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