Project Management Bootcamp and Large-scale collaboration workshop series for TI&E grantees of the Rare As One Network

Training details

Course: Project Management for Scientists

This seven-session bootcamp intensive offers a grounding in the basics of project management, tailored to apply to specific STEM contexts and with a strong emphasis on the interpersonal considerations that support successful collaborative work. This training draws upon a core text, The Harvard Business Review Project Management Handbook by Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez, with materials contextualized for STEM scenarios and applied to custom STEM case studies by CSCCE staff.

Over the course of this training, participants use CSCCE-created templates to create a Project Canvas describing the three key domains of a project (Foundation, People, and Creation) and the three building blocks of each domain (which include the project’s purpose, benefits, stakeholders, sponsor, and the plan for delivery and evaluation).

We use detailed STEM-specific case studies to support participants with completing the Project Canvas in small groups, with application sessions intended to aid participants in applying the concepts to their own project. In our experience, this provides the most value – supporting high fidelity acquisition of key concepts as well as dedicated time to make progress on individual projects with instructor support.

The Introduction to project management workshop, which is a prerequisite for the bootcamp, will be offered on Wednesday, 23 July from 12pm – 2pm EDT / 4pm – 6 pm UTC.

Our private offering of the Project Management Bootcamp (PMB25RAO) will run on Mondays and Thursdays beginning Monday, 11 August until Thursday, 28 August.

The key dates are: 

• Introduction to project management workshop session: Wednesday, 23 July from 12pm – 2pm EDT / 4pm – 6 pm UTC
• Monday lessons: 11, 18, 25 August from 12pm – 2pm EDT / 4pm – 6 pm UTC
• Thursday Co-Labs: 14, 21, 28 August from 12pm – 2pm EDT / 4pm – 6 pm UTC

Registration deadline: Friday, 11 July 2025

Workshop series: Preparing and designing for large-scale collaborations, and facilitating decision-making during virtual meetings

Part A: Preparing for large-scale collaborations

In this first of a two part series of two-hour workshops, you will explore dimensions of team readiness for large, multi-stakeholder collaborative initiatives and how a team readiness assessment can be used to identify which areas you need to address as a priority.  By the end of this workshop, you will have drafted a survey for your project, ready to determine how to translate the survey responses into practical next steps in the second workshop.

Wednesday, 10 September from 12pm – 2pm EDT / 4pm-6pm UTC

Part B: Designing for large-scale collaborations

In this second workshop of a two part series, you will debrief the team readiness surveys that you drafted in workshop one and completed for homework. You will explore how to report the results back to the team and determine next steps to take. Then, using a framework describing collaborative approaches, you will identify which combination of approaches or activities will be helpful for the next stage of your collaboration.

Wednesday, 17 September from 12pm – 2pm EDT / 4pm-6pm UTC

PART C: Designing for effective decision-making during virtual meetings

In the final session of this series, we’ll focus on decision-making. Decision-making invokes numerous considerations, including how to negotiate power dynamics, empower everyone to express their opinions, and actually reach the outcome(s) you desire. In this Mini-workshop, you will explore four broad decision-making modes (authority rule, consultation, voting, and consensus) and then use the PACT framework to plan a decision-making process. You will leave prepared to deploy decision-making processes in a way that invites all attendees at your meetings and events to contribute.

Wednesday, 24 September from 12pm – 2pm EDT / 4pm-6pm UTC

Register for all three sessions by Wednesday, 3 September 2025