Project Management
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
Biology |
Instance: 2023/2024 - 2S
Cycles of Study/Courses
Teaching language
Suitable for English-speaking students
Objectives
The UC aims to develop in the students skills in the creation of new business ventures in the area of life sciences, integrating both a theoretical and a strong practical component. The presentation and discussion of concepts and methodologies, will aim to validate the application of the market potential of a concrete business project in the area of biosciences.
At the end of the course, students should:
1 Understanding the challenges of the creation, validation and start-up of new business process projects;
- Knowing the different functional areas of management and how they interrelate in the definition of a startup technology-based strategy.
- Able to apply a set of concepts, methods and management tools for the analysis, discussion and implementation of knowledge-intensive business projects in the area of life sciences.
- Able to develop teamwork.
Learning outcomes and competences
The UC aims to develop skills in Management, Innovation, Entrepreneurship for enhancing the creation and development of technology-based startups. With the skills acquired by students, are intended to be able to develop in a business context: 1) innovative projects in existing biotechnology companies, as employees, or 2) promote the creation of new business ventures internationally, while founders.Working method
Presencial
Program
- Ideation
- Design of Business Models
- Value Proposal and Market Segmentation
- intellectual property
- Investment
- Communication
- Pitch
Mandatory literature
Alexander Osterwalder & Yves Pigneur; Business Model Generation, John Wiley and Sons, 2010. ISBN: 978-0470876411
Eric Ries ; Lean Startup, Crown Business, 2011. ISBN: 978-0307887894
Steve Blank ; The Four Steps to Epiphany, K&S Ranch, 2013. ISBN: 978-0989200509
W. Chan Kim & Renée Mauborgne ; Blue Ocean Strategy, Harvard Business Review Press, 2005. ISBN: 978-1591396192
Teaching methods and learning activities
The UC is structured in training sessions, with lectures and practical sessions, in the form of workshops, where each of the competences to be developed in this UC will be developed. During the training sessions, the projects proposed by the students will be monitored in individual and collective mentoring sessions.
Sessions will also be conducted for submitting projects in Pitch format, and further discussion among teachers and students.
The students' assessment will include a final presentation session of the projects, at the end of the UC and the presentation of a report of the developed project.
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation without final exam
Assessment Components
designation |
Weight (%) |
Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese |
30,00 |
Participação presencial |
40,00 |
Trabalho escrito |
30,00 |
Total: |
100,00 |
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
designation |
Time (hours) |
Estudo autónomo |
80,00 |
Frequência das aulas |
42,00 |
Trabalho escrito |
30,00 |
Total: |
152,00 |
Eligibility for exams
Presence in 75% of classes and attainment of papers and presentations
Calculation formula of final grade
The evaluation of students will include a final project presentation session at the end of the course (30%)
the evaluation of a written report (30%) also presented at the end of UC. The remaining 40% will be related to 2 evaluation points to be carried out during the course that will evaluate the process of ideation, the presentation of the team and presentation and the evolution of the project.
Classification improvement
Will only be subject to improvement notes the submission of the final report (30%).
Observations
Coordinator Professor - Paula Melo