Tips for Managing Thesis Research Project | How to Avoid Thesis Submission Delay?

Asalamoalaikum, Hi welcome to my YouTube channel. Today I am going to share with you some important “ Tips for managing Research Project to avoid thesis submission delay”.

A research project is a treacherous task: you get just 3-6 months for a BS project, 6 to 12 months for an MS project and three to four years to work on a PhD project, and yet it manages to make time slip between your fingers in ways you never experienced. More often you hear students mention they’ll need an extension for the completion of their research project.
If you want to finish your project timely, managing your BS/MS/PhD project is an essential skill. For this, You need some basic project management skills to effectively manage and timely finish your project.
In this video, I’ve identified seven essential tips that will help you stay on track with your research and focus on what’s important:

1. Identify your research question
Your research question is the core of your work. You need to identify if a task is urgent or not, and important or not, to see where its priority lies. To know how important a task is, you need to know how it relates to your research question. At the beginning of your project, identify your research question and the related sub-questions.
2. Master the literature
You can’t define your research question before you have a good grasp of the literature. Don’t neglect your literature review as the cornerstone of your work. Read broadly and deeply, and frequently. Know your classics. Make outlines of what you read.
3. Learn planning skills
When you know what to do (your research question and its sub-questions), and you have the background to do it (the literature), you need to plan your time. Learn how to use calendars and to do lists to move your work forward. Plan per semester, per week, and per day. Don’t plan more than 75% of your time.
4. Identify your checkpoints
Add checkpoints to your planning. Use externally imposed deadlines such as conference papers that need to be written and meetings with your supervisor to finish certain parts of your research (and to document these!). Add self-imposed deadlines to make sure you finish your research and your dissertation within your allotted time.
5. Use technology to your advantage
Don’t become a slave to technology by trying out every possible time management app, but fill your toolbox with useful tools. Use cloud-based applications that sync across your devices. Use lists and calendars wisely. Delete applications that distract you or turn off notifications. Manage the literature with reference software. Make sure your documents are always backed up.
6. Take notes
You won’t remember the details of your experiments when you write your thesis. Keep a lab notebook and keep a research diary. Take notes about your work and your thought processes.
7. Work with students
Outsource a smaller sub-question of your research or a tangentially related question to a BS/MS student. Learning to work with students is an essential teaching skill necessary for your future academic career and can teach you leadership skills that are generally valuable inside and outside of academia.
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