Certificate in Biotech Project Management
(Autumn, Online)
Developed in partnership with the Foster School of Business
Offered in partnership by the UW Professional and Continuing Education and UC San Diego Extension

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Course 1: Project Planning and Organization

4 CEUs, $895, Oct. 3-Dec. 12, 2009 (10 weeks plus a break during Thanksgiving week), Instructor: Schuelein

Topics Include:

  • Team rules and communications planning
  • Project lifecycle strategy for biotech and requirements management
  • Risk management processes
  • WBS, project estimating and tasking
  • Project scheduling
  • Contract and procurement management
  • Costing, budgeting, cash flows and lifecycle planning


Course 2: Project Execution, Monitoring and Control

2 CEUs, $645, Jan. 4-Feb. 13, 2010 (6 weeks), Instructor: Schuelein

Topics Include:

  • Project staffing and management
  • Change management
  • Progress reporting
  • Monitoring and control
  • Project closeout and transition planning


UC San Diego Extension Courses

Course 3: Project Management within a Scientific Environment

2 Professional Units, $895, Feb. 15-Mar. 27, 2010 (6 weeks), Instructor: Kennedy

Topics Include:

  • Timeline and metrics in research
  • Working with research scientists
  • Scientific culture, communications and teams
  • Organizational structures to enhance the success of R&D projects
  • Growing knowledge-based assets


Course 4: Applying Project Management Principles to Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Product Development

4 Professional Units, $645, Mach 29-June 5, 2010 (10 weeks), Instructor: Theriault

Topics include:

  • Biomedical and pharmaceutical product development as a project
  • Regulation as a critical project constraint
  • Quality assurance systems
  • From bench to development
  • Pharmaceutical product development
  • Biomedical product development
  • Manufacturing
  • Quality audits and monitoring