Managing Your Research Project: A Guide for Researchers (Insider Guides to Success in Academia)

Managing Your Research Project is a practical and accessible guide that will help researchers navigate the complexities of project management.This user-friendly resource offers valuable insights and tools for funded, commissioned, unfunded, and student research in academic settings. Instead of advocating for a single project management approach, the book provides a variety of options, empowering readers to develop a style that works best for them.Each chapter is packed with practical tools and examples, offering easy-to-follow guidance on how to keep a project moving forward.Key topics include selecting the right project management approach, utilising effective tools, addressing ethical considerations, and managing critical aspects such as time, relationships, finances, bureaucracy, visibility, and quality assurance.While project management can be demanding, this book shows readers how to approach it so that it can be a satisfying, collaborative, rewarding experience.Along the way, the