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Time Management Skills

In: Unlocking PhD Success

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  • Eelko K. R. E. Huizingh

    (University of Groningen
    Huizingh Academic Development)

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ManyTime management skills research projects are more ambitious than rich in resourcesResources, making careful management essential. Project managementProject management is the process of ensuring the production of deliverablesDeliverables PhD project ofPhDdeliverables sufficient quality with the allocated resourcesResources on time. An effectiveWorking style working style is equally important: when, where, and for how long are you most productive? Stress during doctoral studies is common. Good stressGood stress enables top performance, but bad stressBad stress exhausts. To keep a grip on your tasks, the chapter discusses effective guidelines to improve both short-term time management and the long-term planning of a Ph.D. project. Finally, four easy-to-use toolsTime managementtools and methods to improve project planningProject planning and time management are described. These include the Gantt chartGantt chart, critical path methodCritical path method, Pomodoro techniquePomodoro technique, and Eisenhower MatrixEisenhower Matrix.

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  • Eelko K. R. E. Huizingh, 2023. "Time Management Skills," Springer Books, in: Unlocking PhD Success, chapter 0, pages 102-125, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-40651-5_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-40651-5_6
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