Biotechnology Project Management: Learn Scope, Scheduling, Risk, and Lifecycle Tools

This course, offered by the University of Washington, introduces formal project management techniques tailored to the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. You’ll build foundational skills and best practices for managing biotech projects, explore the full project lifecycle, and learn to address the unique challenges at each stage. Through real-world case studies, you will practice scoping projects, writing charters, determining critical paths, using MS Project, and identifying risks within biotech settings.

What You Will Learn

• How to scope a project and write a Project Charter
• How to determine the critical path of a project
• How to use scheduling tools such as MS Project
• How to identify risk in a biotech project.

Enroll

To enroll in this course, visit the University of Washington's course page for Project Management Standards & Processes.

The next course in this program is Project Management within a Scientific/Research Environment, offered by UC San Diego Extended Studies.