Budgeting Basics for Project Management

The workshop covers project budget development, and goes into detail on the requirements for a research project budget. At the end of the workshop, participants will be familiar with project budget development and expense categorization, and will receive some spreadsheet templates to get started in preparing a project budget. No prior experience necessary, familiarity with MS Excel and completion of the Introduction workshop recommended but not required.

About the Facilitator:

Robyn Roscoe is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with 13 years of experience in the management of large health research projects, and over 20 years experience in project management in scientific and technical fields. She is currently Director of Management and Administration for the BC Cancer Agency Genome Sciences Centre (GSC), and is responsible for project and finance management. Together with the team of 20 project managers and coordinators, Robyn is responsible for management of all project and platform work at the GSC, representing a total portfolio of nearly $150M. Robyn has previously worked in the environment sector and oil & gas industry as a project manager, operations specialist and environmental manager. She holds a BSc from the University of Manitoba.

Robyn is committed to expanding knowledge and interest in the field of research project management, and has developed a series of presentations and workshops aimed at enabling successful research through sound management and leadership.

Registration:

Registration is required, please register online. Registration is limited and we recommend early registration. PDFs who have successfully registered will receive an email from the PDFO within one week prior to the event.

** Please note that this session is FULL. While the registration link will continue to work, your information is being collected in order to be placed on the waitlist. Our office will email you if and only if a space becomes available to you. **