OPD_05: The Complete Researcher launchpad - IRON TRIANGLE
A PhD is a project. Research isn't!
Iron triangle of project management... The three parameters below limit or enable quality...
Schedule (Time)
i) what is the end (Viva) date? Write it on the wall now! How many days?
ii) what are the deadlines or immediate horizons? Upgrade? TMC? Literature Review? Thesis? Viva?
iii) ask other PhD research students to share their experience of timelines and allowances for pilots,testing, public engagement etc
Cost (Resources)
i) previous information and data
ii) people
iii) money
iv) equipment/facilities
Scope (function) of a PhD
What does it need to do?
What's the output?
What does it look like?
Thesis?
Expectations?
Papers & Reports
Films
Good scoping questions..
What?
How?
Why?
Who?
When
What is good enough?
Use good creative thinking to 'limit' PhD - and to NOT keep adding to the scope.
Know what to take out and what to leave in.
Iron triangle of project management... The three parameters below limit or enable quality...
Diagrams drawn and provided by Tracey Stead
i) what is the end (Viva) date? Write it on the wall now! How many days?
ii) what are the deadlines or immediate horizons? Upgrade? TMC? Literature Review? Thesis? Viva?
iii) ask other PhD research students to share their experience of timelines and allowances for pilots,testing, public engagement etc
Cost (Resources)
i) previous information and data
ii) people
iii) money
iv) equipment/facilities
Scope (function) of a PhD
What does it need to do?
What's the output?
What does it look like?
Thesis?
Expectations?
Papers & Reports
Films
Good scoping questions..
What?
How?
Why?
Who?
When
What is good enough?
Use good creative thinking to 'limit' PhD - and to NOT keep adding to the scope.
Know what to take out and what to leave in.
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