How to Create Successful Projects and Productive Project Teams
- Research Academy Ruhr
- Leadership, Supervision & Management Competencies
- Führungs-, Betreuungs- & Managementkompetenzen
- For Postdocs
- Für Postdocs
- Workshop
Scientific and research group work-processes are more and more based on project-work, sometimes with widely disparate and diverse members. This needs competences in two areas - project management skills and also the knowledge of how to build a team and to be able to cooperate with a variety of different personalities. In this seminar we teach you how to combine these two abilities.
Content:
- What is a project?: Definition and outline
- What is the difference between classical and agile project management?
- The Agile manifesto – values and principles. Modern leadership.
- What are the phases of a project? Types of project working styles – Sprint & Scrum
- How do I set up a project? Project design - W-questions - Transparency
- How to build a productive project team (3 key tools) Leadership styles and models
- How do I use the differences of the team members (diversity)? - DISC
- Mitigating resistance
- Information and communication in the team (tools and meetings)
- Typical difficulties in the project and how to overcome them. Goal clarity.
- Time management as a team
Methods:
The seminar comprises inspirational input, exercises, small group work and group discussion. A lively learning atmosphere is created, and sustainable results obtained.
- Date: Mon, 08 & Tue, 09 & Wed, 10 December 2025, 09:00–12:30 h
- Location: online via Zoom
- Target group: Postdocs of all research fields of the UA Ruhr universities (max. 12 participants)
- Trainer: Mark Edwards
- Registration deadline: 21 November 2025
- Contact for organizational Questions: gcplusuni.duede
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