The Office of Postdoctoral Development and Training Grant Support (OPDTGS) has created this course to make your life easier when it comes to managing your research project. The Academy for Transferable Management Skills (ATMS) will introduce you to the basics of project management and how you can use these techniques to improve your research. Project Management (PM) skills are also highly sought after by employers in any industry. By taking this course, you will improve your research management skills and your resume!
Course Objectives
Throughout the ATMS Project Management Course, you will learn how to:
- Decide and begin a research project, taking potential risks into account
- Plan your project in detail and estimate time for completion of objectives
- Brainstorm potential risks of your project and prepare both contingency and mitigation plans
- Monitor progress in your project, proposing changes in response to missed deadlines, expanding scope, insufficient work quality, etc.
- Organize and develop a team, including your additional mentors
- End a project and record lessons learned throughout the process
Contact Us
Email Dr. Elizabeth Salm at es1496@georgetown.edu if you have any questions.
A special thank-you to our ATMS pilot funder:
