How to create successful projects and productive project-teams

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 be able to cooperate with a variety of different personalities.

In this seminar, we teach you how to combine these two abilities.

• 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

The language of this workshop is English.

Methods

The seminar comprises inspirational input, exercises, small group work and group discussion. A lively learning atmosphere is created, and sustainable results will be obtained.

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• Time: Wed–Thu, 30–31 August 2023, each day 09.00–12.00
• Location: Online via Zoom
• Target group: Postdocs of all research fields of the UA Ruhr universities (max. 12 participants)
• Trainer: Mark Edwards
• Registration deadline: 2 August 2023
• Contact for organizational questions: Simon Kresmann (Graduate Center Plus)

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