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| Stephen Potter |
| Chapter 5 - Planning
and organising |
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| Project planning schedules |
| A
Word version of the Activity 5.2 Project Planning Schedule
is available
here |
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| Project management
software |
| As noted in the chapter
you can probably manage your research project without
the use of dedicated project management software. For
most research student projects a basic spreadsheet and
word processor will be all that’s required. However,
the following is provided if you wish to check up on what
is available. |
| The following is a primer
on project management in a commercial software development
environment that nonetheless covers some useful ground
from the point of view of research students. It’s
also energetically written -
Click Here |
| |
| Another useful site is the following,
which focuses on managing research projects, but
is very terse - Click
Here |
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| There are some links below to specific
project management software. We don’t endorse any
particular package, but this is to give you an idea of
what’s available: |
| Project Kickstart is a reasonably
cheap and cheerful package, with lots of wizards to get
you through setting up a project - Click
Here |
| |
| Microsoft Project is an all
singing/all dancing professional software for project
management. Look for an academic discount! - Click
Here |
| |
| An open source alternative to Microsoft
Project is Open Work Bench - Click
Here |
| |
| Mind tools |
| Reference to Gantt charts can be found
on the Mind Tools site - Click
Here |
| |
| Project Management Software |
| As noted in the chapter you can probably
manage your research project without the use of dedicated
project management software. For most research student
projects a basic spreadsheet and word processor will be
all that’s required. However, the following is provided
if you wish to check up on what is available. |
| The following is a primer on project
management in a commercial software development environment
that nonetheless covers some useful ground from the point
of view of research students. It’s also energetically
written - Click
Here |
| |
| Another site is the following, which
focuses on managing research projects, but is very terse
- Click
Here |
| |
| There are some links below to specific
project management software. We don’t endorse any
particular package, but this is to give you an idea of
what’s available - Click
Here |
| |
| Microsoft Project is an all singing/all
dancing professional software for project management.
Look for an academic discount! - Click
Here |
| |
| An open source alternative to Microsoft
Project is - Click
Here |
| |
| Mind Tools |
| Reference to gantt charts can be found
on the Mind Tools site - Click
Here |
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