About this course

Subjects:

  • About projects: Concepts, structure and definitions.
  • What characterizes research projects?
  • Pitfalls and benefits.
  • Formulating project goals and objectives at different stages and levels of the research project.
  • Organizing research projects - Roles, stakeholders, responsibilities.
  • Scheduling: How to free resources and identifying time thieves within the project.
  • Uncertainty: Risks and opportunities in the project.
  • The Project Manager's responsibilities and tasks.
  • Cooperation and team building in research projects.
  • Status reporting and project control
  • Project closing and benefit realization
  • Building a Data Management Plan (DMP)

Learning activities:

Under supervision by the course instructor, the student prepares plans for his/her own resarch project.

Two compulsory submissions, of which one is a home examination

Learning outcome

Knowledge

  • Good knowledge of how to plan, organise, manage and lead research projects
  • Able to develop teams, strategic 'anchoring' and understanding of the project plan among the project partners

Skills

  • Is able to prepare the necessary documents needed to plan his/her own research project.

General competence

  • Knows relevant project methods and tools. By teaching and exercises, the student is trained in preparation, implementation and evaluation of research projects

  • Learning activities

    • Lectures on project related subjects
    • Group work based on the students' work on their own projects, under supervision by course instructor
    • Plenary presentations and discussions
    • Litterature study
    • Submissions following each of the two two-day gatherings

  • Teaching support

    • Canvas
    • Supervision during and between the two-day gatherings

  • Syllabus

    The course syllabus and references will be available at the start of the course.

  • Prerequisites

    MSc or other equivalent education

  • Assessment method

    Submission of home examination (to be graded).

    Examination details: pass / not pass.

    The submitted written assignment must be approved to be examined.



    Home exam Karakterregel: Passed / Not Passed

  • About use of AI

  • Examiner scheme

    External and internal examiner prepare examinations.

  • Mandatory activity

    • Lectures
    • Group work in which the participants work with their own project, with guidance from the instructors.Plenary presentations and discussions.
    • Home work, preparation of project plans.
    • Written assignment/ submission.

  • Notes

    If more candidates sign up for the course than there is seats available, the Dean of Faculty at each faculty will decide which candidates from his faculty shall have priority to the course.

  • Teaching hours

    Lectures and exercises. Two gatherings (2 + 1 days), altogether 25 hours.

  • Preferential right

    PhD candidates enrolled into a PhD programme at NMBU, Diplomat/European Veterinary specialists and research candidates in veterinary medicine.

  • Admission requirements

    Minimum requirements for entrance to higher education in Norway (generell studiekompetanse)