Planning Your Phd

Download or read book Planning Your PhD written by Hugh Kearns and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You need a plan. A PhD can be overwhelming. There's so much to do and organise. How do you know if you're doing enough? Where do you start? Start by reading this book. This book has grown out of the very successful course, Planning Your PhD, which has helped thousands of students take control of their PhDs and finish on time. Here, you'll find all the tools you'll ever need to successfully manage your PhD. You will learn how to:  develop your master plan  use tools for planning each six month period, each week and each day  estimate how long things will take and set realistic deadlines  create Gantt charts  use meeting agendas  take meeting notes  analyse the risks in your project  plan your finances  troubleshoot your PhD Download templates for all these tools and customise them for your PhD.