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Project Managing your PhD
Carolyne Jacobs
Thursday 24th November 2011
Thursday 24th November 2011
Introductions
CJ
Group
Intro to Victory
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Project manage your PhD/research? What defines a project? Why do you need to project manage
your research?
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Because you are probably facing:A research deadlineProfessional and domestic commitmentsResource limitations
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Outline (in Project Management speak)
Scoping - overview of what you are hoping to achieve
Business case – underpinning rationale Requirements – essential elements Design – tools and techniques Resources – time, consumables, etc. Planning tools
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Scoping/Business Case What is your project about?
What do you want to achieve?
Why are you doing it? (How will it benefit you professionally/personally)?
Analogies (CJ’s examples - UoP and own research)
Take 5 mins to explain your research to the person sitting next to you (10 mins in total)
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Scoping/Business Case
Write down your objectives
Then consider: Are they achievable? Realistic? Are they
SMART? What will stop you achieving your
objectives? What will help you achieve them?
(10 mins in total)
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Scoping
Getting the grasp of key concepts
What is the difference between methodology and methods?
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Scoping
Getting the grasp of key concepts
What is ontology?
What is epistemology?
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Scoping
What is ontology? Your view of the world
What is epistemology?
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Scoping
What is ontology? Your view of the world
What is epistemology? How knowledge is acquired
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Scoping
Ontology View of the world
Do you think the world exists externally to human beings?
or.....
Do you think that people contribute to a constantly changing world?
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Objectivism Constructivism
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Scoping
Epistemology How do I think knowledge is acquired?
By gathering data and seeking out rules/patterns or cause/effect (positivist)?
Or interpreting and taking into account context, experience and views (interpretivist)?
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ScopingWhy is this important?
Your view of the world and how you consider knowledge is acquired impacts on your research.
Examples: Effect of volcanic activity on rocks
objectivist?? research design??
Impact of social networking on integration constructivist?? research design??
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Scoping Does your research topic exist outside the influence of
human beings?
or Do humans influence your area of research?
Will you: Gather data, seek out patterns and/or cause and
effect
or Focus on individuals’ views and perspectives
Thinking time (5 mins)
Sharing your thoughts and ideas (10 mins)
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Break
10 minutes
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Reflecting on your PhD/research experiences to date The highs and lows (30 mins)
Individually (5 mins): ○ write 3 of your highs and lows on post-its (use
yellow post-its for highs and green for lows)Together (20 mins):
○ Look for common themes ○ Sort on large sheets of paper○ Discuss and note how
to resolve the lows (small green post-its)highs can be used in future research or your practice
(small orange post-its)
Group discussion
Breakout session
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Requirements
After determining your O&E approach, what next??
What distinguishes doctoral research from other research?
How do you find out if your research is unique?
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Requirements
Which literature resources are available for your research?
How can you find out about other sources?
Sharing your thoughts and ideas with the person next to you (10 mins)
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Milestone
Gaps in the literature Identifying your research questions
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A quick online tour
Vitae setup by Research Councils UK and Career Development Organisation
Guidance Downloads Discussion groups
Breakout session
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DesignHow will you undertake your research? What approach will you use?
experiment? case study? ethnographic research? survey?
Who or what is the population/data source? How will you choose the sample? (How do you know it is
representative and not bias?) How will you gather the data? (interviews, online
questionnaires, etc.)
Thinking time (5 mins)
Sharing your thoughts and ideas (10 mins)
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Recap
We have considered: Your approach/methodology
Literature review
Research design (population, sample, tools and techniques)
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Other areas to consider
How will you analyse your data? How will you report your findings? How will you disseminate your findings?
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Resources
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How much time will your research take?
How much time can you allocate?
(longer than you expect!)
(less than you expect!)
Will you need to spend any money? What resources will you need?
(Printing, postage, online s/w)
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Planning tools MsProject Gantter Smartsheet Excel Paper
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It doesn’t really matter. It is the thinking and organising in your mind that is important….
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Ending with…
New ideas and thoughts about how you will approach your research
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Comments?
Questions?
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Thank you
Carolyne Jacobs,
Department of Curriculum and Quality Enhancement
University of Portsmouth
www.port.ac.uk/victory
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SMART Specific: in both meaning and focus. Measurable: so that you know when you are achieving
progress and can declare success. Advantageous: what's in this for you? If you can see no
personal advantages, don't waste your time; you won't be seriously motivated towards success.
Realistic: make sure that you are being realistic: you can get feedback to help you do this. Setting learning targets in this way will, through experience, gradually improve your ability to manage your own self-development and learning.
Time limited: set deadlines and 'milestones', times when you will sit down and reflect on and review your progress
(Ref: www.vitae.ac.uk/researchers/1221/Setting%20objectives.html )
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